Owen Bawn
Garden party cupcake scented
You're doing it all wrong.Well... I face lather and in never takes me that long.
If I am using a hard triple-milled soap, I bloom it. That's the basics. I then pick up my brush, swirl it vigorously over the surface of the soap, holding the puck at about 80 degrees in my left hand, loading with my right hand. The excess water and foam drips into a bowl. When I'm done loading, I proceed to my face doing swirls, figurine motions and painting motions. I use the excess water, slurry basically from my bowl to dial in my lather. Works like a charm.
If I am using a cream, I will take a tiny bit, an almond-size amount and massage it on my wet face, like a "pre-shave". I'll then put another almond-size or so in my bowl and build the lather in a bowl, then proceed to face-lather on my face.
In either case, the loading takes seconds and definitely not minutes.