So I'm currently in a phase of buying and testing soaps/creams because I have trouble keeping them wet on my face. I shave slowly, it takes a few minutes for a single pass, I have troubles with irritation and bumps. I palm lather, adding water very slowly. Bowl lathering doesn't work for me, I can't beat out all the bubbles and I love dense, shiny, thick lather that's veeery hydrated, sometimes I add water until it starts dripping down the brush. It's my ideal lather, very slick but gives a little "cushion" effect.
Speick and Palmolive - lathers how I love it, keeps absorbing water while staying dense and shiny. But it dries out! A minute or two after applying, the edges of where the lather is applied on the face are no longer shiny and start to get flaky, like it's been sitting there for half an hour. Do you experience this as well? Proraso pre-shave cream and TOBS oil do not help much.
Cella - I guess this one is similar to Arko? In a sense of being an old-school type of lather. Not particulary dense and shiny but more foamy and light. Is that how it's supposed to be?
TOBS tobacco leaf - I can't get this thing to lather, is it similar to Arko and Cella and does it prefer to stay foamy? Or can you get it dense and shiny?
My favourites are Stirling and Proraso. Saponificio Varesino and Tabac are very good as well. But I'm reacting to something in those soaps and if the shaves takes too long they sting. MWF stings after a while as well but holy moly is that one slick and does not want to rinse out. I'll be trying Stirling Unscented beeswax and Haslinger next.
Speick and Palmolive - lathers how I love it, keeps absorbing water while staying dense and shiny. But it dries out! A minute or two after applying, the edges of where the lather is applied on the face are no longer shiny and start to get flaky, like it's been sitting there for half an hour. Do you experience this as well? Proraso pre-shave cream and TOBS oil do not help much.
Cella - I guess this one is similar to Arko? In a sense of being an old-school type of lather. Not particulary dense and shiny but more foamy and light. Is that how it's supposed to be?
TOBS tobacco leaf - I can't get this thing to lather, is it similar to Arko and Cella and does it prefer to stay foamy? Or can you get it dense and shiny?
My favourites are Stirling and Proraso. Saponificio Varesino and Tabac are very good as well. But I'm reacting to something in those soaps and if the shaves takes too long they sting. MWF stings after a while as well but holy moly is that one slick and does not want to rinse out. I'll be trying Stirling Unscented beeswax and Haslinger next.