Creams from a tube.

[ceego]

Hi folks,

Fairly new to DE shaving(6 months) up until now i have been using TOBS and GFT creams, I was looking at some other creams which come in tubes(including TOBS in tube for travelling) and i was curious how much cream your guys use and how? do you just squirt a blob on top of the brush or directly into a bowl?

Cheers, Gavin.

 

[cnichol3]

If I apply it directly to the brush I face lather. Alternatively, you can just squirt a small amount into the bowl if you prefer to bowl lather.

 

[geunho]

If I apply it directly to the brush I face lather. Alternatively, you can just squirt a small amount into the bowl if you prefer to bowl lather.

+1 exactly the same. I'm not sure about others, I generally squirt out the same amount I imagine is the same amount I use from a tub, lathers the same

 

[closer]

I squirt out a few blobs and apply to different parts of the face. I find that gives me more even application all over the face as I load the brush, then I proceed to build the lather.

 

[5savages]

I squirt out an almond size blob into the heart of my brush and proceed to face lather. Quick & easy.

 

[Graeme F]

My favourite cream is Ingrams (cheap and easy to get hold of in Superdrug) and I squirt a blob onto my brush then face lather. Probably use a bit more than I would if it was a TOBS cream but still not that much. Experiment - you'll soon get to realise if you're using too much product.

 

[auk1124]

I squirt out all of the tube into an empty TOBS tub and proceed from there.

 

[normchowder]

I'm a bowl latherer, almost almond size, maybe a little more because of the hard water. Big soup bowl coffee mug that I leave submerged in hot water during my shower.

 

[BladeOfAnduril]

I've been using Proraso Red in a tube and I've found that I need to use a small blob around the size of a nickel and take my time to get good lather. But, I have hard water, which makes it challenging. YMMV depending on the cream and your water hardness. I found that AoS cream lathers like a dream, even with my hard water and I need only about half as much of it as the Proraso to get the same job done.

 

[Jimbob]

I squirt out an almond size blob into the heart of my brush and proceed to face lather. Quick & easy.

+1 Ditto

 

[JayEddie]

I put about a .5" long squeeze of Palmolive onto the tip of my finger then transfer onto my cheek. Then I take the residual ooze from the tube and put it on the other cheek and proceed to face lather. Love the Palmolive by the way!

 

[attime6]

Squeeze about the size of an almond (probably a bit larger) into my lather bowl.

 

[freeze205]

I squirt out a few blobs and apply to different parts of the face. I find that gives me more even application all over the face as I load the brush, then I proceed to build the lather.

That's how I do it too. Works great

 

[Searlands]

I mainly use tubs of cream, however I do find that tubes are easy to squirt some into my lathering bowl.

The tubes I have are Proraso Green and ToOBS Lavendar.

 

[chris.hale]

As a couple of others have said, I squeeze a dollop onto a damp brush and face lather.

 

[Mr Whiskers]

+1 Ditto

My technique as well, except I use proraso

 

[hookem11]

I squeeze a line about an inch long onto my brush, then either face lather or go to my scuttle with the brush

 

[ceego]

Thanks for all the helpful replies folks!