Aaron is asked a question about the best ways to lather a shaving soap in a hard water area
Austin Simmons, from the UK, asks:
“Hi Arron, I have recently begun to shave with a shavette and would like to try shaving soap as opposed to shaving cream. However, I live in a hard water area. Normal soap struggles to produce a lather. Will this be the same for shaving soap?”

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AARON SAYS
“Mr. Simmons,
I understand the struggles of hard water, we too live in a hard water area and there are a couple techniques that can help. First pre-soak your soap, this helps load more product into the brush, then load your brush by holding the soap upside down and applying the brush upright into the soap. Also when loading your brush start out being fairly dry, not sopping wet with water. Lastly, I would face lather, building the lather into a thick creamy goodness.
Happy Shaving!
Aaron”
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