Aaron is asked a question about the best way to lather a shaving soap
Richard Allison, from the UK, asks:
“Hi Aaron, as a recent convert to double edge shaving (and really enjoying it!), I’m interested in trying out shaving soaps instead of creams. I’ve read they are much slicker, which I’d like to experience. At the moment I put a drop of cream in a warm ceramic bowl and work up the lather with my slightly damp brush. How do I use a puck of soap? Do I put it in the bowl and create the lather on top, or do I cover the brush in soap then lather in a bowl? What happens to the left-behind soap if I just leave it on the puck after?”
Using a puck of soap is not altogether very different than a cream.
AARON SAYS
“Mr. Allison,
Thanks for a thoughtful question! Using a puck of soap is not altogether very different than a cream. The best method of using soap seems to be loading the damp brush with soap, the building a lather either on your face or in the bowl. Building a lather on top of the puck with continue to use more product which wastes the soap and makes the lather not as effective.
Wet shaving evangelist Mantic59 uses several great techniques in this video which will be very useful as you learn to use soap. http://youtu.be/_MGLi_m9n_s. If you leave the lather on top of the soap it will just dry out and become a film. I’m honestly not sure if it will help with building a lather the next time you shave however my guess is it would not make much of a noticeable help. Thank you. Again for your question!
Smooth Shaving!
Aaron”
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