Can someone provide pics of your lather?

[SilverKarn]

specifically i want a picture (or series of pictures) of your hand after you put lather in it, and squeeze your hand in a fist as hard as you can. I want to see what a good lather looks like after doing this.

I have slacked in the lather making department since in the last few months i've been using shaving oil and/or cremo creme instead of making lather, and for some reason now i cant make a good lather to save my life.

PS: If someone out there could show me what their C&E soap lather looks like normally that would be great also.

 

[ackvil]

Take a look at the video at this post.

 

[DavidP]

My quick advice: use more product than you normally do, and start with a dryer than normal brush. Add more water as needed until it's dense and slick, but not so much water that it foams up.

 

[Duke of Somerset]

My quick advice: use more product than you normally do, and start with a dryer than normal brush. Add more water as needed until it's dense and slick, but not so much water that it foams up.

+1. Lather for me is really more of a tactile exercise, both in terms of the resistance of the brush working it in the mug and the slickness when rubbed between the fingers. It's fairly tough to gauge the quality of a lather from pictures alone.

 

[SilverKarn]

See, my problem is that i cannot tell when the lather is "slick". To me it goes from "gummy/sticky", meaning that there is not enough water right to "dry/not-slick at all".

To my fingers there is no in-between those two options. I lathered up Proraso last night, put WAY too much in the bowl, and whipped some lather up. After a minute the lather still felt gummy and sticky, so i put a few drops in, immediately it went to a dry, airy lather that felt like it was not there when i rubbed my fingers together.

So i am assuming that i had the sweet spot earlier, i just did not realize it because i couldn't tell.

 

[DavidP]

Yeah I'd try shaving with the early version of your lather. Knock of the easy WTG pass with it and possibly add more for the 2nd pass. But if you splash a little water on your face after the 1st pass and lather back up that residual water will likely be enough.

Now's a good time for any face latherers (myself included in that group) to get on their soapboxes This technique lets you feel the progress of your lather. As you start it the brush will drag a little because the lather is too dry and gummy, like you said. Then when you dip & add a bit of water you'll feel the brush start to glide more. When it's "glidey" enough try your shave.

See, my problem is that i cannot tell when the lather is "slick". To me it goes from "gummy/sticky", meaning that there is not enough water right to "dry/not-slick at all".

To my fingers there is no in-between those two options. I lathered up Proraso last night, put WAY too much in the bowl, and whipped some lather up. After a minute the lather still felt gummy and sticky, so i put a few drops in, immediately it went to a dry, airy lather that felt like it was not there when i rubbed my fingers together.

So i am assuming that i had the sweet spot earlier, i just did not realize it because i couldn't tell.

 

[SiBurning]

Sorry. Reread the OP and my reply was off topic.