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Easiest Soap to Lather

Marco

B&B's Man in Italy
Any Tcheon Fung Sing manufactured soap using the old, trusted TFS formula. Hence, not only TFS branded soaps, but also TFS made soaps for other companies, which include RazoRock and Mastro Michè.
And, among the other soaps I have in rotation and love, Martin de Candre and Haslinger.
 

Ron R

I survived a lathey foreman
I find a lot of the creams in a tube to be the fastest or even tub creams work lather nicely with a 24-26mm synthetic brush quite quickly fast.
I find the Ach Brito Lavanda cream one of my favorites for fragrance and ease to lather (1-2 min) for quite good lather qualities (Very little is needed if that matters). All I do is dab 4 small spots of cream in my bowl and smear it a little around my bowl and off to the races.
 
With soaps, the easiest/best lather for me is face lathering a stick- Arko, La Toja and Palmolive sticks are all incredible for me. I do need to see what other sticks are readily available as this is my favorite way to lather.
 
For the most part, I find that any soap that I can easily whip into a reasonably thick lather works just fine for me. Scents, of course, are very subjective. So the most important factor for me is how easily, quickly and consistently I can produce a god quantity of creamy lather. I have used many different soaps over the years (although none of the "super premium" soaps), and have found that Cella, RazoRock Dead Sea and pretty much any Stirling soap are at the top of the list for me. Cella, in particular, seems to be foolproof. It works great with any brush and isn't fussy about how wet or dry the brush is. I enjoy many other soaps, but if I'm looking to minimize the fuss Cella seems to be the one to use.

Any other suggestions?
Any shaving soap, with the right ingredients (e.g. saponification with potassium hydroxide for more stable lather), is easy to lather with the right technique.

Overall harder triple milled soap pucks will take some more loading time and moisture than soft soaps and creams. Leaving aside the water quality issues faced by some members often times a the perception that a soap is hard to lather is based on preferences for a soft artisan products that load in 15 to 20 seconds versus the 45 - 60 seconds for really hard puck.

Note that there are differences between hard pucks. Some, like PdP, MWF or Williams are rock hard requiring what I call a "mug soap method" where lather is built directly on the puck with a really almost dripping wet brush in a taller mug or container. Others like Arko or Tabac (new formula) are somewhat malleable allowing one to load with a damp brush followed by face lathering with repeated addition of small amounts of water to the brush.

I use either 26mm synthetic or boar brushes for my soaps and creams.

See the thread linked below for more details. Note that the hard puck method described is what I now refer to as a "mug soap method".

 
Cremo is not an easy Cream to lather, I have tried & tried.

But I keep trying to figure out.🤯

Is this a joke? I don’t think Cremo will lather unless you add other ingredients to it. It’s very slick though and my go-to when I’m in a rush.

I’d go with MdC for the best combination of ease, speed, and repeatability. It lathers very quickly and tolerates a wide range of water types and also the amount of water used. I really have to not be paying attention at all to get an over-hydrated or under-hydrated MdC lather.
 
Is this a joke? I don’t think Cremo will lather unless you add other ingredients to it. It’s very slick though and my go-to when I’m in a rush.

I’d go with MdC for the best combination of ease, speed, and repeatability. It lathers very quickly and tolerates a wide range of water types and also the amount of water used. I really have to not be paying attention at all to get an over-hydrated or under-hydrated MdC lather.


No joke but I am. trying.
 
I find running some hot water over the puck before a shower and pouring out the water (pour to save some more soap, if you don't care leave it in for extra easy lather) then tub load the soap. I use a cayuen bowl (below) with perfect grooves that won't damage the brush. Helps speed up load time significantly.

Tldr, Barrister Mann, Fine, and Noble otter are my top dogs. For non tallow I like tobs shaving cream and proraso, super easy in a pinch and available on Amazon in case I'm traveling.
 

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After Arko, and Cella as especially easy to lather (and great value), Pre de Provence is also an easy lather.


With soaps, the easiest/best lather for me is face lathering a stick- Arko, La Toja and Palmolive sticks are all incredible for me. I do need to see what other sticks are readily available as this is my favorite way to lather.

Get some of the empty twist up containers and make your own:-

Some soaps are just soft enough (but not too soft) to use as they are as a stick
Officina Artigiana Milano is nice (the oli del benessere is the one to get i think), as also does Razorock Santa Maria del Fiore or For Chicago.

Softer soaps cn be mixed 50/50 with grated Mitchell's Wool Fat or Haslinger's to get a nice firmish like Arko stick that wipes on to the face easily. So, I've made some with Sterling soaps and MWF...

the 'other' way where you have proper hard soaps, they can be used as they are... but they're a bit too hard to wipe on to face nicely... so I mix those 50/50 with Myrsol Shave Cream (a really good, bargain tallow cream with Lanolin and Glycerin that you can get in 1Kg tubs).
I can highly recommend the Myrsol mixed with Saponificio Varesino - in particular the Argania or Morado soaps... fantastic.

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