I've been wetshaving on and off for a couple years now(when not wetshaving i was keeping a short scruffy look with an electric trimmer, never went back to carts 
) and my lather has always been the toughest/most potentially disappointing aspect for me. I've always bowl lathered and with my hard water, my lather has been hit and miss. I always get excited reading about, then buying or ordering new soaps or creams and can not wait to try them out, however when i finally do use them I often find myself disappointed. My most consistent results/successes have come from my TOBS Sandalwood and Eton College, but unfortunately they irritate my face. I love the performance and scents, but my skin just does not agree with them. 
I decided with the hard water and my success with TOBS, i'd order some of the popular creams to try, for the most part in their scents for sensitive skin, and am awaiting their arrival.
Now to cut to the chase; after reading some threads about face lathering late last night, I planned on giving it a try today. Today i was feeling quite nostalgic and planned to superlather Williams and Proraso cream, which were my first couple purchases and saw regular use as a superlather in my beginning months. I don't know if it's just the fact that it was my first wetshaving product or what, but i absolutely love the scent of Williams! I figured i'd load the brush with Williams, then rub some Proraso into my whiskers and lather up. It didn't exactly go as planned though, when i was loading the Williams with my new to me silvertip, which obviously doesn't have the backbone of my first and only other brush, my omega boar(which hasn't seen any action since i've felt the silvertip on my face
), I just kept loading, and loading, and loading. The soapy water/prelather was running off into a bowl in the sink and I rubbed it into my face before putting the brush to my face and lathering up. I had a great, 2 pass shave(don't want to shave too close or I can't shave tomorrow!) with Williams.
Yes, that's right, with Williams, no superlather as i had originally planned. This is coming from a guy who has a hard time lathering Tabac...
I think I am now a face latherer. This has inspired my to go back through all of my current products, one by one, maybe two shaves with each before moving on to the next. I am going to completely rediscover my lather and ultimately, my shave. Tomorrow I will have another go with Williams, then Wilkinson sword blue soap on Thursday. After that I'll move up in popularity(quality?) and go through Tabac soap, TOBS even though they often irritate me, Proraso, and my newly aquired Nivea and RSC creams. I can't wait!
Sometimes I like to be a story teller.
) and my lather has always been the toughest/most potentially disappointing aspect for me. I've always bowl lathered and with my hard water, my lather has been hit and miss. I always get excited reading about, then buying or ordering new soaps or creams and can not wait to try them out, however when i finally do use them I often find myself disappointed. My most consistent results/successes have come from my TOBS Sandalwood and Eton College, but unfortunately they irritate my face. I love the performance and scents, but my skin just does not agree with them. I decided with the hard water and my success with TOBS, i'd order some of the popular creams to try, for the most part in their scents for sensitive skin, and am awaiting their arrival. Now to cut to the chase; after reading some threads about face lathering late last night, I planned on giving it a try today. Today i was feeling quite nostalgic and planned to superlather Williams and Proraso cream, which were my first couple purchases and saw regular use as a superlather in my beginning months. I don't know if it's just the fact that it was my first wetshaving product or what, but i absolutely love the scent of Williams! I figured i'd load the brush with Williams, then rub some Proraso into my whiskers and lather up. It didn't exactly go as planned though, when i was loading the Williams with my new to me silvertip, which obviously doesn't have the backbone of my first and only other brush, my omega boar(which hasn't seen any action since i've felt the silvertip on my face
), I just kept loading, and loading, and loading. The soapy water/prelather was running off into a bowl in the sink and I rubbed it into my face before putting the brush to my face and lathering up. I had a great, 2 pass shave(don't want to shave too close or I can't shave tomorrow!) with Williams. Yes, that's right, with Williams, no superlather as i had originally planned. This is coming from a guy who has a hard time lathering Tabac...
I think I am now a face latherer. This has inspired my to go back through all of my current products, one by one, maybe two shaves with each before moving on to the next. I am going to completely rediscover my lather and ultimately, my shave. Tomorrow I will have another go with Williams, then Wilkinson sword blue soap on Thursday. After that I'll move up in popularity(quality?) and go through Tabac soap, TOBS even though they often irritate me, Proraso, and my newly aquired Nivea and RSC creams. I can't wait!
Sometimes I like to be a story teller.
