Hey gents. I have a quick question for someone. I recently purchased some Colonel Conk Lime glycerin soap and went home to lather it up. I loaded my brush for approx. 1 min. and started lathering. I lathered really well, and looked very creamy and thick. One problem though. As soon as I applied it to my face, it quickly started 'evaporating' after about a minute. Does that means its too dry or what?? This has happened to me on every shave soap I have tried to lather. I can never shave with just soap because of this problem. I always have to make a superlather and lather it with some cream. Any advice would be appreciated.
bowl lathering soap??
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OldSaw
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Sounds like you're not loading enough soap. Load the brush for a little more time. Also try face lathering and if it looks weak, just load some more soap until it looks right. After a while you will just know how much is right. Another trick is to try rubbing the soap on your face, like a shave stick, and then build the lather on your face with a slightly wet brush.
Or just get a Tallow based soap 
Dragan
Dragan
You could get a better quality soap. There are so many out there. However, you may need to add more soap to your brush.
no, no, no, something wrong here. i have col. conk almond and i love it! and he's loading for 1 min... i load for about 10 seconds.
its something else entirely im afraid.
what brush are you using? are you soaking it before hand? are you loading and going straight to your face?
my advice,, use a badger brush, soak it, shake off excess, load, then whip it in a mug. if you feel it is still too dry, just add a tiny amount of water. then whip some more.
also,, if you want more? just scrape the brush on inside of mug leaving soap/lather in mug and load again. kind of like double dipping on the "load". of course you will add more water. but just a tiny bit at a time.
look up lather on youtube. tons of videos to watch.
its something else entirely im afraid.
what brush are you using? are you soaking it before hand? are you loading and going straight to your face?
my advice,, use a badger brush, soak it, shake off excess, load, then whip it in a mug. if you feel it is still too dry, just add a tiny amount of water. then whip some more.
also,, if you want more? just scrape the brush on inside of mug leaving soap/lather in mug and load again. kind of like double dipping on the "load". of course you will add more water. but just a tiny bit at a time.
look up lather on youtube. tons of videos to watch.
Put warm water on the puck for a few minutes before loading. Then drain the water off and load. The soap will be softer
for soaps, try a BOAR brush. lots of water, lots and lots and lots of product.
make sure you are applying to a WET face. i rinse my face with sink water in between each pass and when i don't, it's much drier on my face.
practice lather as much as you can, watch a few videos and you'll get it. if i can lather, anyone can.
make sure you are applying to a WET face. i rinse my face with sink water in between each pass and when i don't, it's much drier on my face.
practice lather as much as you can, watch a few videos and you'll get it. if i can lather, anyone can.
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Different brushes or soap is not the answer here.
Sounds like not enough water to me
Sounds like not enough water to me
Not enough soap is usually the problem, you may want to dry a wetter brush to help you pick up more soap as you load.
Fixed that for you. And, I agree with what you meant to say.
Something's wrong.
1) The brush is too dry, try soaking it for a while before you start loading it with soap.
2) Try bowl lathering and add a generous amount of water.
1) The brush is too dry, try soaking it for a while before you start loading it with soap.
2) Try bowl lathering and add a generous amount of water.
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Thanks gents. I really appreciate the advice!!
OldSaw
The wife's investment
I used nothing but Conk almond for many years. I never liked the lime and it never lathered as well as the almond for me. It's been a few years since I used it but I believe the almond is far superior to the lime, regardless of what others say.
Anyway, good lathering method. I used to just whip the lather up right on top of the Conk soap and that worked great for me. It's a pretty easy soap to lather.
Could also be hard water. That would mean you need more product!
I'm currently using Conk Almond, and i put a little warm water over the puck during my prep, also soaking my badger brush. Then I shake the water off the brush, dump the water off the puck, and later for about 10 seconds which is more than enough for a great lather for me.
But like always YMMV
But like always YMMV
a minute to load is ages, sound like its a tad dry, try more water.
Use a not too wet boar brush, and dig into the soap initially. Add tiny bits of additional water to brush as necessary.
This seems to work well and quickly with many soaps that some people review as being hopeless in the lather department.
Badger brushes do work too - eventually.
Good luck.
Renato
P.S. You've been given lots of contradictory suggestions. Within a week you can test them all out and report back on which one worked best.
This seems to work well and quickly with many soaps that some people review as being hopeless in the lather department.
Badger brushes do work too - eventually.
Good luck.
Renato
P.S. You've been given lots of contradictory suggestions. Within a week you can test them all out and report back on which one worked best.
I just used col conk for the first time last night. Not enough product or too much water, whichever way you prefer to look at it(say it). Still a good shave after I let the lather set up for a minute. I also tried to bowl lather for the first time. Probably should have loaded and face lathered so I know what the soap is supposed to do. Will be trying again tonight. My skin does pretty well no matter the product(no breaking out or razor bumps from anything yet). I am determined to make every product, regardless of price or reputation, work for me. I know it will take some tweaking, but it will happen.
i wondered about that too.. "are the different scents, made/lather differently"? i would say that almond conk is one of, if not my favorite soap scent!
more like "paste"
shake brush dry, and load for 10 seconds, scrape into mug, load again. whip lather and add drops of water as needed.
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