This is one of those things you do so often you can get to a point of starting to question how you do it. Like when a completely normal and banal word looks weird to you when spelled correctly all of a sudden.
I know you're not supposed to pump your brush hard into your bowl, hand or face when loading or lathering. I know it's not good for the core of your brush hairs. But I was shaving yesterday and thought, if you look online on YouTube alone there are any number of variations of what is considered acceptable movements with a brush. Some people hold it on an angle and rotate, some rotate while pushing the hairs down about half way, others are totally pumping rather firmly, others say "NEVER pump your brush firmly!!" and then they go to their face and literally shove the handle into their face and scrub back and forth... And I've dug around and there is no clear consensus. You might think there is, but go have a search. You'll see as many variations as there are shaving products. And then there's the added complication of whether it matters what type of brush you're on.
So, I'm on a synthetic (best brush I've ever owned by the way, the Razorock Monster) and I wanna know, from this community, what is the acceptable amount of pressure to put on a brush when loading and lathering and how much water should be on the brush? What is the goal? That in loading from a puck you get a really wet foamy load that THEN becomes thick in a bowl or on your face? Or a pasty sticky load that you water down? None of the above? Can I push down halfway? All the way but on an angle? Never push at all and only use tips of hairs?
I know, I know, it's possible to overthink this, but you'll see that in the first page of responses, you'll struggle to see two people who agree. And yet everyone, atleast the YouTube videos, will tell you: THIS is how it's done and if you don't it's wrong. And that's just the reputable sources!
I know you're not supposed to pump your brush hard into your bowl, hand or face when loading or lathering. I know it's not good for the core of your brush hairs. But I was shaving yesterday and thought, if you look online on YouTube alone there are any number of variations of what is considered acceptable movements with a brush. Some people hold it on an angle and rotate, some rotate while pushing the hairs down about half way, others are totally pumping rather firmly, others say "NEVER pump your brush firmly!!" and then they go to their face and literally shove the handle into their face and scrub back and forth... And I've dug around and there is no clear consensus. You might think there is, but go have a search. You'll see as many variations as there are shaving products. And then there's the added complication of whether it matters what type of brush you're on.
So, I'm on a synthetic (best brush I've ever owned by the way, the Razorock Monster) and I wanna know, from this community, what is the acceptable amount of pressure to put on a brush when loading and lathering and how much water should be on the brush? What is the goal? That in loading from a puck you get a really wet foamy load that THEN becomes thick in a bowl or on your face? Or a pasty sticky load that you water down? None of the above? Can I push down halfway? All the way but on an angle? Never push at all and only use tips of hairs?
I know, I know, it's possible to overthink this, but you'll see that in the first page of responses, you'll struggle to see two people who agree. And yet everyone, atleast the YouTube videos, will tell you: THIS is how it's done and if you don't it's wrong. And that's just the reputable sources!