Hi ladies and gents. In the last year of wetshaving my personal lather preferences have changed tremendously, and it made me want to start a dialogue on different lather consistencies and feels so that we could all experiment outside our comfort zone with the guidance of the fine people on B&B. I'll get the ball rolling.
I used to like my lathers very voluminous and peaky because I misappropriated peaky volume for quality. A big reason why I fell into this mindset was that my Stirling soap was high structure and just looked incredible when built up. Lately however I've stopped going for that kind of lather. Now, especially with B&M Omnibus and Lothur V2, I've shifted to a very wet and medium volume lather.
I changed my mentality entirely from hydrating the top layer of the lather which never touches my face to hydrating the bottom layer of the lather which is in direct contact with my skin. If my brush cannot move the lather to reveal a very translucent layer of soap above my skin, I paint water on the top layer and lightly agitate until I notice the volume increasing so I can stop adding air and keep repeating as many times as necessary. This has given me the slickest shaves I have experienced to date.
That's my favorite lather, what about yours?
I used to like my lathers very voluminous and peaky because I misappropriated peaky volume for quality. A big reason why I fell into this mindset was that my Stirling soap was high structure and just looked incredible when built up. Lately however I've stopped going for that kind of lather. Now, especially with B&M Omnibus and Lothur V2, I've shifted to a very wet and medium volume lather.
I changed my mentality entirely from hydrating the top layer of the lather which never touches my face to hydrating the bottom layer of the lather which is in direct contact with my skin. If my brush cannot move the lather to reveal a very translucent layer of soap above my skin, I paint water on the top layer and lightly agitate until I notice the volume increasing so I can stop adding air and keep repeating as many times as necessary. This has given me the slickest shaves I have experienced to date.
That's my favorite lather, what about yours?