I tried some, hated them, and shredded them into a bowl to face-lather.
I have a LaToja stick in my dopp bag as it is small and easy to fit for traveling. I don't hate it, it's just not my preferred method. I never use it at home.I tried some, hated them, and shredded them into a bowl to face-lather.
It can take a little practice to get the hang of shave sticks. I wanted to like them because right from the start I thought it was a great method for making lather. I found Arko to be the easiest to use. Easy to make lather. Tabac came in second for ease of use.I tried some, hated them, and shredded them into a bowl to face-lather.
I believe years ago just about everyone lathered on the puck. I did at first. Then I read here about using a lather bowl. I guess you waste less soap with a lather bowl. It's nice either way.I have been known to rub a puck on my face because I just prefer face lathering. I'm WAY too ADHD to lather in a bowl. I'm liable to forget it's soap and eat it!
I think I am going to do just lathering on the puck until the new year.... Lots of soaps just (softer types) that I am missing...
I've never tried building lather in a bowl.I believe years ago just about everyone lathered on the puck. I did at first. Then I read here about using a lather bowl. I guess you waste less soap with a lather bowl. It's nice either way.
That's exactly why I switched to face lathering.I've never tried building lather in a bowl.
I'm pretty sure I would find it maddening.
It's just so much easier: wet face, apply soap, wet brush, apply brush, and shave.That's exactly why I switched to face lathering.
Have you thought about lining the bottom of the inside of the shave stick with a small square of wax or parchment paper?The challenge is that B&M is a soft soap, too soft to push through the top with an open riser and bottom like these containers have, it would have gone straight through and everywhere
I think I see a new business for ol' @Tanuki !A 1oz B&M sample came in the other day and those come as paper-wrapped blocks, like bar soap. I wasn't exactly sure how I was going to store the bulk of it as I used it by scooping bits out into the bowl. Then I thought of the 1oz push up containers I have.
The challenge is that B&M is a soft soap, too soft to push through the top with an open riser and bottom like these containers have, it would have gone straight through and everywhere. But not long ago, the shaving stick ambassador @Tanuki came up with the clever idea of punching out 1" disks from plastic container tops to solve that very problem. These thin plastic "bottoms" sit on the top of the riser, providing a floor for the soap and include a convenient hole in the middle for the spindle.
With this sweet mod, the Smoking Bishop loaded easily and I can just scoop it out of the tube into the bowl or face lather like a civilized wet shaver.
Bonus: The B&M label that came on the sample packaging was easily transferable and fits, strangely, like it was made for that container size.
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