Palmolive shaving soap stick. it's snowing!

[Cyanshine]

Greetings!
I switched from Speick cream to Palmolive soap stick to test it and love it. However, I find the lather dries up on my face rather quickly and then flakes... I tried using more water, but it's the same. I superlathered with the addition of the Speick cream and again the same... Then I used even more water and it became too thin... What am I doing wrong? I am using a silvertip badger brush (bought as Fantasia, prolly overpriced Chinese...)

 

[AndreasTV]

Hello,
use a little mor product and water - then swirl = Lather bomb .
Wash your face and let it wet. Then rub the stick around the area you will shave until a little soap coating begins to "shine up" and go with the damp brush on it and swirl around it.
When the lather is to stiff = more water and swirl further.
The stick gives - like the cream - wonderful creamy lather with a lot of glide + protection .
Good luck with it ...

Regards

Andreas

 

[bobfarvour]

You aren't using enough soap it sounds like. Palmolive is one of the best there is.

 

[kiwimike]

Palmolive stick works great for me milled down to form a puck but works well also as a stick.
I start with a soaked and shaken out brush (not squeezed) and load quite heavily for around 40 sec.
Wet your face and facelather and dip just the tips of the brush every now and again until you have a slick creamy lather with a nice plasticy looking sheen to it.
I tend to run it a little on the thin side as I get my smoothest closest shaves that way with minimal to no razor burn.
Thats the beauty of this quality soap though- you can run it on the thin side to get the slickness up but it still has enough protection.
If you still want to use it as a stick make sure your face has a good coating of soap and also prime your brush for around 30 sec on the stick before hitting the face.
Great soap, and the scent grows on you too- my favourite soap so far.

 

[DougK]

Palmolive is quickly passing Cade on my favorite soap list for the number one spot. Now that I've spent some time with it over the last couple of weeks, I'm really getting a feel for how much soap and water i need for a lather (answer: a lot more of both than I originally thought). I get nothing but fantastic shaves with it now and my wife loves the scent.

 

[TonyJoe]

Palmolive is quickly passing Cade on my favorite soap list for the number one spot. Now that I've spent some time with it over the last couple of weeks, I'm really getting a feel for how much soap and water i need for a lather (answer: a lot more of both than I originally thought). I get nothing but fantastic shaves with it now and my wife loves the scent.

This has been my experience as well. The Palmolive stick is very hard and it can be tricky to get enough on your face for making a lather. Some guys soak the tip of the stick to soften it up before they rub it on their face. This can help to get more soap in the lather to support a wetter lather.

 

[Nicola]

I only used the stick once, and I didn't use enough water (and probably product, too).

Smells great and left my face nice and moisturized, so I'm looking forward to another go.

Can't beat the price, and I get robbed at $3/stick!

 

[kiwimike]

Im finding that as I go on I am tending to use more of all my lather products and that gets me consistently better lathers.

 

[Cyanshine]

Thanks a lot for all the constructive replies! Gonna try it out right away

 

[VerbaVolant]

... What am I doing wrong?...

In my opinion you are not using enough soap. The more water you give the thinner the lather gets the faster it dries the poorer the shave you get. This is the situation when many blame the poor shave on blades, or razor.

 

[Seattleite]

Don't be miserly! This stuff is inexpensive. Use more than you think you'll need and enjoy the terrific results.

 

[Deano]

Someone posted, with Arko, once you think you have enough on your face, add more. Seems to work good with Arko so I would think the same would hold true with other stick soaps.

 

[Cyanshine]

After some time, I realised I wasn't using enough water. I was using too much of the soap (so, not being a miser there, after all a stick costs me 75 cents) and not enough water. I had read somewhere here to be careful not to use too much water and was using too little instead! Except for the one time I experimented but prolly went over the board! Getting awesome lather and shaves now!

 

[TonyJoe]

After some time, I realised I wasn't using enough water. I was using too much of the soap (so, not being a miser there, after all a stick costs me 75 cents) and not enough water. I had read somewhere here to be careful not to use too much water and was using too little instead! Except for the one time I experimented but prolly went over the board! Getting awesome lather and shaves now!

Great to hear!

 

[Mad Man]

I only used the stick once, and I didn't use enough water (and probably product, too).

Smells great and left my face nice and moisturized, so I'm looking forward to another go.

Can't beat the price, and I get robbed at $3/stick!

Paid almost $10AUS to get some down under - considering the quality of the soap I STILL reckon it's a bargain. Can't imagine picking it up for less than a fiver up in your hemisphere....lucky!

 

[Polerouter]

Soak the stick in warm water for 2-3 minutes, that way you`ll be able to get more stuff on your face. It`s bulletproof!