A little bit of background, I have been wet shaving for about two months now and pretty much sticking with Gentlemen's best signature series soap. I have been getting enough lather for 4+ passes of thick, slick, beautiful lather. I have been using the same technique every morning but for the last 1.5 weeks my lather seems to literally disappear from my face before I can finish my first pass. I can't seem to figure out what is happening, I can only get either a really really thick almost dry lather or a lather that disappears and my lather isn't filling the bowl to overflowing like it had been. Can anyone think of a reason for this? Could the brush need cleaning? Did my city chage the water on me? Did I dream the last few weeks of beautiful lather?
Can't seem to get good lather anymore
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Have you been thoroughly rinsing out your brush after each use? If it isn't rinsed out completely it may indeed need cleaning, even after only 2 months.
What kind of brush is it?
Have you tried face lathering as opposed to lathering in a bowl?
Approaching the problem with a clean brush as if you had never done it before and are starting from scratch can sometimes work out the kinks if it is a technique issue, but it doesn't really sound like it is.
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The only face lathering I have done is with the mamas bear sample slivers. After I get back from this weekends camping trip I will try cleaning the brush. The brush is an Edwin Jagger best badger brush. Any suggestions on cleaning it? I know the couple of times I tried to use the dr Harris soap I was PIFed I had a hard time cleaning the brush so that may have something to do with it.
Lots of really great step by step info here;
http://www.shaveinfo.com/videos/brush_cleaning.htm
And this great thread by one of our own;
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=115800
Damn Phil, you beat me to it!
