Wee Scot advice please

[anaguma]

I just got a Wee Scot and, while I can see the potential there, I feel there is going to be a high learning curve on it. When I'm lathering up, I get lather on my chest, arms, hands, everywhere. Which, at first, seems like a good thing. Lots of lather, right?

But it also means lots of lather not on my face. Each time, I get a pretty decent lather built up, but by the time I get it on my face, it seems like I've splattered the lather over half of my body.

Is this normal for the Wee Scot?

So, I'm hunting around for tips, and I can't find much out there. Is there one particular type of soap or cream that works best? I've tried it will MWF, TOBS Jermyn Street cream, Proraso green tub, Body Shop Maca Root cream.

Also, I think the Wee Scot is giving me "brush burn", as in razor burn, but caused by the brush. I shave everyday with a Flare Tip and Red Personna blade, but after I started trying to face lather with the little brute, my face started getting sore.

Any suggestions guys?

 

[Mick]

Wee Scot is a very nice brush but it does not hold a lot of lather because of its small size. I always got lather all over my hands when I used it. NO big but just the nature of the beast.

Are you building your lather by "scrubbing" the brush in a circle? Try back and forth motions after you get the soap built into a paste.

Are you face lathering with a puck or with a shave stick? Give Arko a shot. It builds later faster than most of the products out there.

 

[Larsson_Power]

I get a "brush burn" with the Wee scot to if I´m not careful.. dont know why..

 

[brucered]

The Case is the smallest usable Simpson brush in my opinion.

The Wee was cool to look at beside my larger brushes and it was great to use under my nose for lathering, but overall was too small for me. having to reapply lather between passes is a hassle and time consuming and the handle is too small for normal sized hands.

I found the Wee a novelty item and will one I have no desire to retry. Others will argue the wonders of it, how it's amazingly small and can still perform....and they can have it. I don't buy into it and that's based on my experience with it.

Mine did not give me brush burn, it was quite soft actually. I think people may be getting Mash Burn from it. it's a small brush with a short loft and takes some pressure adjusting so you don't mash it into your face out of habit, coming from a larger full sized brush.

Good news is they sell instantly on the BST and you should have no problem moving it.

 

[Oscroft]

I recently got a Wee Scot - because, just for the hell of it, I wanted to put together the physically smallest travel set I could.

I didn't expect it to be great, but I am really very pleasantly surprised by how good it actually is. It obviously doesn't have the volume to hold enough lather for three passes, but I've never been too hung up on that myself - I've never understood what's so horrendously wrong with picking up more soap for later passes.

My approach is to load the Wee Scot for each pass (and when I'm traveling, I'll soap up my face with a Palmolive stick once for each pass), and then gently build the lather on my face - don't scrub, don't push, just use the tips.

I've only used it with MdC soap so far, but treating it like that I've had very good results - I think the Wee Scot is a great little brush.

 

[mdevine]

I'm a Wee Scot fan. I find it best when face lathering a shave stick.

 

[Perished]

I have no problem lathering soaps or cream with a Wee Scot. Face lathering that is. And I've never had lather go wildly out of control. I'd say slow it down.

 

[jsj_297]

Wee scot is the greatest brush ever created. period.

It loves arko face lathered with the stick, it loves all my creams and even when im in a williams kinda mood.......Shes always there for me. I bet you are overloading the brush, when I use creams to face lather, I kinda spread the hairs apart, and inject the cream into the middle of the brush, seems to stay put for me. Not sure its quite a bowl lathering brush imo. Keep with it, she will pay you back with a lovely brush, once you figure it out!!

 

[merkur59]

in my face-lathering experience, many of my brushes would give me some brush burn if I:

a. use lots of pressure
b. face lather too fast.

The combination of the above is a recipe for serious face burn.

 

[cfender]

I had one to use for travel. Too small. Lather got all over the place. Not enough backbone for my liking. Went to the Omega Boar Wide Mighty Midget. Better, but it took too long to dry. I use the Muhle Synthetic Silvertip Fibre Turnback now. Perfect solution for my travel challenges.

 

[bkflyfisher]

Unfortunately I think I'd have to agree with Brucered. Too small for me. The Wee Scot is cool to look at, and I use it for travel sometimes as it's good when traveling (really lightweight overnighters,e g.) but otherwise find the Simpsons Case or the Omega 11047 Mighty Midget to be much more practical travel solutions, and still large enough for regular home use.

The Case is the smallest usable Simpson brush in my opinion.

The Wee was cool to look at beside my larger brushes and it was great to use under my nose for lathering, but overall was too small for me. having to reapply lather between passes is a hassle and time consuming and the handle is too small for normal sized hands.

I found the Wee a novelty item...

 

[Greg1911]

The Case is the smallest usable Simpson brush in my opinion.

Good news is they sell instantly on the BST and you should have no problem moving it.

Unfortunately I think I'd have to agree with Brucered. Too small for me. The Wee Scot is cool to look at, and I use it for travel sometimes as it's good when traveling (really lightweight overnighters,e g.) but otherwise find the Simpsons Case or the Omega 11047 Mighty Midget to be much more practical travel solutions, and still large enough for regular home use.

What these guys said. Case or Mighty Midgets are much better brushes.

 

[Netzer]

I had one ... And sold it... Best hair has been too scrubby/scratchy for me... And the size too small ...

 

[MidAg_BlackGold]

Too much water perhaps? I have only used mine (quite new) with Mike's soaps, and have been able to get an easy two passes (both face lathering after loading and with a stick). I am fairly confident I will be able to get three passes worth soon. Keep at it! If at first you don't succeed, try! Try again!

 

[anaguma]

Thanks for all of the great advice and comments! As with eveything, it's a matter of experimenting until I can get it to work just right for me. My first ever soap was MWF using a Vulfix 100 pure badger. Man, did that thing ever give me brush burn! But, I have learned how to get a great lather in a bowl using MWF and the Vulfix 100 or 404. (Also, the Omega 49 can whip up a mean MWF lather!)

I got the Simpsons because I wanted to start face lathering with Palmolive stick, but I'm afraid that my face just might be too sensitive to that method of lathering. However, I am interested in trying the Arco stick.

I may have to get a softer brush before I try face lathering again. In the meantime, I will follow your tips about varying the water and amount that I load on to the brush. The Wee Scot is a tiny little guy, but I'm determined to become familiar with it and acheive some success with it. There simply has to be a reason why so many people love it!

But, I think I have started a new love affair with the Omega 49. The stink is gone, and I'm in hog heaven now.

I wonder if synthetic brushes are a good solution for face lathering if I'm getting brush burn??