How do you whip up the lather on those brushes so that look like soft ice cream cones?
Okay, so how do you do it?
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Just use three times more soap than you actually need to shave with. Build the lather in a large bowl, adjitating with a combo of side-to-side and circular brush strokes, adding water gradually in several stages until the lather develops that sheen that looks so pretty in the photos.
Lemme see... I don't
Load for 60 seconds or more, add water slowly and agitate agitate agitate. Splay the brush in back and forth motions to really create a lot of volume.
Also... Some soaps are higher or lower structure than others. Stirling beef base is a good choice for lather porn. As with any type of porn, what you see won't necessarily be practical for real world use and is more for show
Also... Some soaps are higher or lower structure than others. Stirling beef base is a good choice for lather porn. As with any type of porn, what you see won't necessarily be practical for real world use and is more for show
Oh, and use a synthetic brush
the ones that look like perfect swirls of ice cream, are most likely piped with baking piping bags 
One extra minute. It's part of the shave-Zen experience anyways.
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Use a lot of product and a lot of water. And a synthetic brush.
Owen Bawn
Garden party cupcake scented
I've never done such a thing. If asked to do it I think I'd shake my can of Noxzema and then spray the foam all over the knot. You probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
I used to aim for this consistency but have recently stoped chasing it. The extra air and fluff doesn’t seem to help the shave. A denser, lower volume lather seems to be more effective. Sometimes less is more.
Lefonque
Even more clueless than you
Ask Chard the master.
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Agreed!
- A decent load of soap.
- Add water gradually.
- Use a synthetic brush.
- Use a lather bowl or mug .
Only ,takes two minutes ,really.
...Once I’ve stored left over lather on
an empty container and 12 hours
later seemed to be still thick as soft ice cream!
- Add water gradually.
- Use a synthetic brush.
- Use a lather bowl or mug .
Only ,takes two minutes ,really.
...Once I’ve stored left over lather on
an empty container and 12 hours
later seemed to be still thick as soft ice cream!
^This! Nobody in their right mind shaves with the amount of lather in those beauty shot pictures (unless they do a 7 pass shave).
I use ice cream.
Me ?... I prefer Redi Whip.
Sounds like those pesky synthetics are the key. I don't have any super duper expensive
boars or badgers, but I do have one of each and a super badger, my Maggard's synthetic
is all I use now. Full Disclosure--- I'm not a brush snob so I don't really know a lot about
what makes a good brush , well a good brush.
boars or badgers, but I do have one of each and a super badger, my Maggard's synthetic
is all I use now. Full Disclosure--- I'm not a brush snob so I don't really know a lot about
what makes a good brush , well a good brush.
the ones that look like perfect swirls of ice cream, are most likely piped with baking piping bags
Seriously? I would have never thought to go that far... but I suppose it looks nice.
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