I don't like it. Maybe because I eat a lot of greek yogurt and that is not how I would want my lather to be.
Using the word 'yoghurty' to describe lather
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I don't lke it either. Yogurt is generally either 1) slimy or 2) clumpy neither of which I want in a lather. Lather is a foam, yogurt is not, why whould they be compared.
I agree that lather is techinically a foam, but if your lather is "foamy" it probably isn't any good. I think slimy is a good thing for lather. The best analagoy I can come up with (leaving out a better adjective) is with steaming milk for espresso based coffee drinks. You want the steamed milk to look like wet paint with no visable bubbles. If you have a jug of frothy crap, it won't taste nearly as good. Similar to lather. If you have a bowl full of dry, airy, "foam", it won't be as good as a thick, wet, yogurty consistency.
Now I want a cup of coffee and some yoghurt.
Make mine a Fro Yo.
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To me yogurt is not exactly precise, but I think it is good because people have the experience of dragging a spoon through it, which serves as an analog to the brush. So it gives you some idea of how the lather should feel. I don't think I would ever be able to get my lather as thick, dense, or heavy as the Greek (or Icelandic) yogurt that I eat. But still, it gives you the idea that the lather should thicken up.
The analogy has confused me a lot too. I suppose I'm used to Greek yoghurt which is an impossibly thick comparison. While I've had comfortable shaves with my lather I always doubt my skills because I fail to get really thick, heavy lather like I expect. I guess I need more product and more water.
This reminds me that I need to whip up a batch of yogurt tonight.
I just took mine out from the oven but forgot to shave with it. I used TOBS instead.
Don't think Greek Yogurt, think Indian Yogurt.
Greek Yogurt
Indian Yogurt
Greek Yogurt
Indian Yogurt
A while back, using "meringue like" was in to describe lather.
Now you have me itching for a saag gosht scented shaving soap.
I remember reading it. The description doesn't work for me. Meringue like implies air bubbles.
Thanks for the pictoral examples. They have set a new lofty (but hopefully achievable) goal for me.
This is an interesting thread for it will give us Noob guys what to stive for. I think I know what I need to achieve, but sometimes I am not sure if I have the lather to dry. What I do know is that I really don't like it to wet and sloppy. But as I lather my face, and then go over it one more time, painting as I go. The second time around it appears that the first pass with the brush was kind of dry. But the second pass livens it up again, and after the second pass, it appears to be to thick on my face. Which concerns me, since sometimes I think that it is to thick, and kind of clogs the razor. But I don't like to shave with just the first pass of lather because to me it is to thin. And therein lies the dilema.
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I think cake icing is the description that works for me. If it's foamy, I've gone too heavy on the water. From repeated failure, I have learnt you want to almost make a paste that's very stiff and hard to work (like cake batter), and then as you add VERY LITTLE water (single digit drops), it loosens ever so slightly to an icing-like mixture with a little bit of slop.
Maybe plaster is a good description? But I don't do renovations so I wouldn't know what plaster is like to work with.
Maybe plaster is a good description? But I don't do renovations so I wouldn't know what plaster is like to work with.
What about "cool whip" like
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