Recently I read an article of Mantic59 about lathering and saw the description of Marco Method there. Everything was written as usual (basically go with a brush with plenty of water in it), but I misunderstood a part - namely "turn the brush upside down" (which meant simply to let the water drip out and go for the puck, as usual again).
Until now I soaked the brush in a mug, let the water drip out and went to the puck.
For some reason after reading the post I thought I was missing a part in the Method: "turn the brush upside down", so I did just that, next time I turned (flipped) it to the base - and do that ever since, because this accidental discovery helps the brush hold water more evenly.
As a result, you basically won't have to bother with slowly adding/not addig water in the lathering process! The only water you will need is already there in the brush.
Method tried may times now and proven! Here are some pics to explain the concept:
1. Let water drip out (as usual)
2. Turn brush LITERALLY UPSIDE DOWN (on its base) after dripping and HOLD IT FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS (pic might look funny, but that's he part I misunderstood and resulted in the post)
3. After lathering (with ample product, as the Method suggests!) you will have the "usual" result WITHOUT having to decide in the lathering process if you need more water or more product.
The indicator of the lather quality for me is if AFTER I did my 3-pass shaving how does my brush look like (I face lather so for me those nice pics of bowl lathered brushes are another world )
I hope this speaks for itself.
Give it a try, you won't regret it I promise!
Happy shaves!
Until now I soaked the brush in a mug, let the water drip out and went to the puck.
For some reason after reading the post I thought I was missing a part in the Method: "turn the brush upside down", so I did just that, next time I turned (flipped) it to the base - and do that ever since, because this accidental discovery helps the brush hold water more evenly.
As a result, you basically won't have to bother with slowly adding/not addig water in the lathering process! The only water you will need is already there in the brush.
Method tried may times now and proven! Here are some pics to explain the concept:
1. Let water drip out (as usual)
2. Turn brush LITERALLY UPSIDE DOWN (on its base) after dripping and HOLD IT FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS (pic might look funny, but that's he part I misunderstood and resulted in the post)
3. After lathering (with ample product, as the Method suggests!) you will have the "usual" result WITHOUT having to decide in the lathering process if you need more water or more product.
The indicator of the lather quality for me is if AFTER I did my 3-pass shaving how does my brush look like (I face lather so for me those nice pics of bowl lathered brushes are another world )
I hope this speaks for itself.
Give it a try, you won't regret it I promise!
Happy shaves!