Most folks who attempt to use Ivory Soap to make shave lather complain about the lackluster results, but perhaps it is how Ivory Soap is used to make shave lather is the culprit behind the aforementioned lackluster results.
Below are the instructions from an Ivory Soap advertisement on how to use Ivory Soap as a shave stick.
Give it a try and let me know what you think!
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Follow these directions, and you can shave as well with Ivory Soap as with any shaving soap you ever used:
Moisten the face with lukewarm water. Rub on it a cake of Ivory Soap, manipulating it as you would a stick of shaving soap. Work up the lather with brush. Rinse. Moisten the brush and reapply the lather to the face, working it up thoroughly. Shave.
Ivory's advantages as a shave soap are: It is inexpensive: it is always at hand in the bath room; it contains no "free" alkali and leaves the skin in better condition than any other soap. The usual way of using Ivory Soap for shaving - applying the brush to the soap and then to the face - is not entirely satisfactory. The lather is light and dries quickly. But this objection is overcome if you adopt the method outlined above.
Below are the instructions from an Ivory Soap advertisement on how to use Ivory Soap as a shave stick.
Give it a try and let me know what you think!
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Follow these directions, and you can shave as well with Ivory Soap as with any shaving soap you ever used:
Moisten the face with lukewarm water. Rub on it a cake of Ivory Soap, manipulating it as you would a stick of shaving soap. Work up the lather with brush. Rinse. Moisten the brush and reapply the lather to the face, working it up thoroughly. Shave.
Ivory's advantages as a shave soap are: It is inexpensive: it is always at hand in the bath room; it contains no "free" alkali and leaves the skin in better condition than any other soap. The usual way of using Ivory Soap for shaving - applying the brush to the soap and then to the face - is not entirely satisfactory. The lather is light and dries quickly. But this objection is overcome if you adopt the method outlined above.