Im becoming a face lather convert.
I started as a bowl lather student 5 months ago. Searched for the perfect bowl. I have 6 bowls/mugs/scuttles and a variety of brushes, boar, badger, synthetic. I can make a nice lather with most soaps and I like my Etsy artisan bowl and the Timeless bowl the most. (I’m not sure that my huge PAA scuttle actually makes any warm difference.) Sure, I enjoy the process and “challenge“ of whipping up a great lather.
Recently, I began face lathering. Still experimenting with different brushes, different shapes, different size knots, from Razorock Monster to a Semogue boar to a new Oumo badger fan brush.
The process:
float the tub of soap in HOT water
soak the brush
preshave oil or PAA tube
squeeze out the brush
load the brush
apply to face
add HOT water, little by little to the thick face paste and scrub it to a lather.
finish by painting with the brush
shave, repeat.
Now I’m a convert. I only use my Fendrihan mug to soak the brush. I get a more enjoyable, much better AND warmer lather.
Of course YMMV! SO?
Why would do you bowl lather? Just the aesthetics of using a bowl?
I started as a bowl lather student 5 months ago. Searched for the perfect bowl. I have 6 bowls/mugs/scuttles and a variety of brushes, boar, badger, synthetic. I can make a nice lather with most soaps and I like my Etsy artisan bowl and the Timeless bowl the most. (I’m not sure that my huge PAA scuttle actually makes any warm difference.) Sure, I enjoy the process and “challenge“ of whipping up a great lather.
Recently, I began face lathering. Still experimenting with different brushes, different shapes, different size knots, from Razorock Monster to a Semogue boar to a new Oumo badger fan brush.
The process:
float the tub of soap in HOT water
soak the brush
preshave oil or PAA tube
squeeze out the brush
load the brush
apply to face
add HOT water, little by little to the thick face paste and scrub it to a lather.
finish by painting with the brush
shave, repeat.
Now I’m a convert. I only use my Fendrihan mug to soak the brush. I get a more enjoyable, much better AND warmer lather.
Of course YMMV! SO?
Why would do you bowl lather? Just the aesthetics of using a bowl?