Hello B & B, hope your enjoying your summer. I've been doing a lot of experiments with a lot a different soaps, and have recently discovered Uber lather. Basically after wetting my face, I use a wet bar soap or shave stick( I found Dial cranberry glycerin and Pears hypoallergenic to be wonderful) to rub on to my face. After this, I apply my regular lather made from whatever shave soap of my choosing from my bowl. It's like combining the shave stick method with the bowel lathering. This dual soap method makes the lather explode on my face. The resulting shave is awesome.
Uber Lather
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DEafficionado, thanks for starting a thread and hopefully stirring up some nice discussion.
Do you find you get similar results to adding a few drops of glycerin to a nice bowl lather using this method?
I enjoy both the vitos pre-shave and MR GLO from time to time... I think leaving some product on your face can most definitely impact the lather.
Do you find you get similar results to adding a few drops of glycerin to a nice bowl lather using this method?
I enjoy both the vitos pre-shave and MR GLO from time to time... I think leaving some product on your face can most definitely impact the lather.
This thread is hilarious.
OMG cpeter47...I about died laughing.
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I've been meaning to get my hands on some glycerin for a long time. Last time I asked a sales lady if they stocked it, she gave me a look as if I'm a terrorist. I have tried preshave with Michael Jordan pre shave oil, baby oil, & olive oil. I think the oil does provide additional protection, however I think I get a closer shave without it. It's been two weeks now that I've been prepping my wet face with soap or stick prior to using brush with additional lather. Arko is a terrific preshave.
Ha, I like how you don't even acknowledge our posts.
I'm a bit hesitant to ask, but have any tutorials been posted in the wiki for bowel lathering? Seems tedious.
I like to add a dollop of Bigelow cream from BBW and 7 drops of glycerine to my scuttle, drip lather on top, and mix for straight razor shave lathering. It also works well for SE/DE shaves, but I find it less necessary as I work faster with safety razors and there is less on-face drying of the lather. The uber lather drys more slowly on my face allowing me more time to work before I have to hydrate or relather and less razor chatter (better glide). Warm scuttles dry the lather in the scuttle bowl which must be rehydrated for reapplications of lather.
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What is the correct wiki? Apologies if "Uber" means something else. I thought it meant something like "Super" ,"better", or "upper echelon"
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Über (German pronunciation: [ˈyːbɐ] (
listen), sometimes romanized as ueber or uber) is a German language word meaning "above", "over" or "across." It is a cognateof both Latin super and Greek ὑπέρ (hyper). It is also sometimes used as a hyphenated prefix in informal English, usually for emphasis. It is properly spelled with anumlaut.
-acording to Wikipedia.
listen), sometimes romanized as ueber or uber) is a German language word meaning "above", "over" or "across." It is a cognateof both Latin super and Greek ὑπέρ (hyper). It is also sometimes used as a hyphenated prefix in informal English, usually for emphasis. It is properly spelled with anumlaut.-acording to Wikipedia.
maybe he is adding a few drops of nitroglycerin instead of glycerin. that would explain the exploding bowel lather.
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i've been experimenting with different soaps and stuff. i'll have to try this. i will however stick with a bowl, and try to keep explosions to a minimum!
Hello! Anyone? Anyone?
I was refering to the "bowel lather" that exploded on your face.
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