I am guilty of using too much soap per shave

[ElonsMusk]

Tonight I decided to use only a bare minimum of soap and see how far I could stretch it, to see if I could get a full lather with it, adding a little bit of water repeatedly until the desired result is achieved. Well, yeah, turns out I'm a wasteful inefficient bastard when it comes to lathering. I use way, way too much soap normally.

Gonna be much more efficient from now on!

 

[Lightcs1776]

There is no such thing as too much soap, in my opinion. It is cheap per use, so I go all out. No need to minimize.

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[Atlantic59]

I like to make slightly more lather than needed, without going into the full soap orgy decadence.

 

[mrlandpirate]

Load it
Like
Ya stole it

 

[burg1198]

If you don’t use the max each shave how do you justify buying ridiculous amounts?

 

[ajkel64]

Not frugal with soap anymore. I load as much as I can. I would like to use it up as if I died tomorrow I think it is just going to get tossed out. I bought it so I should use it.

 

[hcoop112]

I’m with the rest here 1. Soap is cheap 2.it’s better to have more soap then less and have to load again mid shave ..but ymmv use less or more but just use it!

 

[Hannah's Dad]

No such thing as ‘too much’!

 

[JackJ]

While I generally like to be frugal and efficient, shaving soap is an exception: too much is just enough. I use what’s left at the end of the shave for a face massage before rinsing and then witch hazel/aftershave.

 

[musicman1951]

With my SOC badger and MdC I need to load for 4 seconds, so of course I load for 7-8. I'd rather have too much than too little.

 

[NPK]

1 neat thing about Arko, when you do a thin single swipe of the stick over the shaving area you always think it's not going to be enough. Then you work it with a damp brush and BOOM an explosion of lather....and you always have just a little bit of later left in the brush to do a few more passes if needs be.

Every. single. time.

 

[Hannah's Dad]

1 neat thing about Arko, when you do a thin single swipe of the stick over the shaving area you always think it's not going to be enough. Then you work it with a damp brush and BOOM an explosion of lather....and you always have just a little bit of later left in the brush to do a few more passes if needs be.

Every. single. time.

I once said there’s ‘no such thing as too much.’ Correction: ‘Except in the case of Arko, there’s no such thing as too much.’

 

[never-stop-learning]

full soap orgy decadence

You say this like it's a bad thing.

 

[never-stop-learning]

No such thing as ‘too much’!

^^^^^ +1 ^^^^^

 

[Atlantic59]

You say this like it's a bad thing.

Well, there is a lot of soap to get through...how else to make room for more?

 

[McBlade]

I like shaving sticks & face lathering. It's a two-stage process: first "paint" in some water, a little bit at a time, to make a slick cream and then scrub vigorously to build up a lather.

More soap needs more water and that takes longer to work in so I try not to use more than I need.

I once tried to weigh the amount of Arko I was using per shave. My scales are accurate to about +/-2g (I think) but I couldn't measure any difference in weight even after a few days.

 

[BudgetShaverGuy]

I used to do that also, until I ran into a soap that was tougher to load, one being Mitchell's Wool Fat, learning (by accident) how ideal lather should be (for me). At that point, I realized overloading my other soaps was:

a) drying out my face
b) reducing glide
c) wasting soap
d) wasting time

I now used all triple-milled products that barely need to be loaded, in my case a thin coat of film from a shave stick to the face, to give me enough lather for 2 delightfully slick and protective passes and touch-ups.

 

[BigJ]

Shaving soap is a small ‘luxury’ that makes life enjoyable! ’Load it like you hate it!’

 

[benos]

While I generally like to be frugal and efficient, shaving soap is an exception: too much is just enough. I use what’s left at the end of the shave for a face massage before rinsing and then witch hazel/aftershave.

I like doing that too, but I never have enough time anymore.

 

[Ron R]

I think I'm a minimalist, but when done shaving with a 2 pass with pick ups I still have enough for another complete shave out of the bowl I calculate. I let my small plastic container over flow of stubble and used soap & then I rinse out my brush and use the excess water and clean soap collected in the small Glade plastic sandwich container(used to protect my razors & swish stubble soap) and use the soapy water to clean my sink area & mirror of splashes and hang out the reusable towels to dry for another session. Nothing really gets wasted that way and sink area is always clean & keeps the Warden happier.

Have some great shaves! Stay & think safe in these times!