Definitely disappearing. Concavity forming. Decent lather and excellent shaves continue. The foamy first lathers are ancient history. I'm about 18 shaves in due to a road trip. Might take close to 2 months to knock it out.
When using shave sticks I face lather. I usually never have any issues with using other kinds of shave sticks. But I feel like I am not getting enough product off the stick. I probably should have bought the pucks. But I wanted them for travel
I don't have much advice for face lathering; I'm a scuttle user. You should ask this in a new thread, there will be plenty of folks who will jump in with advice.
[MENTION=87630]cvargo[/MENTION] - I have not used Mama Bear in stick form before, but if you feel you are not getting enough soap on your face maybe try soaking the tip a bit before application?
Worst case they melt down very easily and you can turn it into a puck.
Still working on Ye Old BarberShop. It's lasting longer than I expected. Loaded a bit heavier last night and ended up with loads of thick creamy lather. Want to finish this off before starting on the Whiskey Cream - it's been hard to wait though.
Moving some furniture to the new apt today so I was a bit pressed for time I just used the Ages Spice as I leave it out since its been my regular soap for some time now.