OSP face lather problem

Digging soap out from the puck seems a strange thing to suggest - mind you I've not used OSP soaps, but, if it's a hard soap, it shouldn't be necessary. My formula for face-lathering hard soaps is as follows:

1. Soak brush (if natural hair) in warm-to-mildly-hot water while face prepping
2. At the same time, wet or soak the puck with warm water
3. Once face is prepped and wet, give brush a quick, light squeeze and one flick to remove excess water
4. Pour water off the soap
5. Load brush from soap, using swirling motions and moderate pressure. IMO, the tips of the brush should partially spread, but don't force the brush to splay the knot.
6. A couple of times during the loading process, I stop swirling and gently 'pump' the brush onto the soap, this releases any excess water trapped in the base of the knot, which can cause lather in the brush to turn wet and bubbly between passes
7. Continue loading until the end third of the knot is filled with lather, and there is a continuous covering across the width of the knot at the tips. You should find yourself craping lather from the top of the puck where it meets the walls of the container and placing that on the brush
8. Lather the face for at least 30 seconds, checking lather consistency
9. If the lather is too dry, lightly dip the very tip (literally the end millimetre or two) of the brush briefly in the basin of water, and reapply. Repeat as necessary until a smooth, lubricating, dense but not sticky lather with a semi-gloss/pearlescent finish is generated.
This is almost word for word my face lather process, and it never lets me down.
 
Bottom Line..Some Traditional Tallow Soaps like these Need a Bit of Water Compared to Vegie Soaps..That's it in a Nut Shell..Add Water as You Go..As Far a Loading a Brush for Multiple Passes Goes there is No Rule that Says that's a Must Do Happening thing..I Laugh when I Hear Folks Saying I Cant Get a Brush to Load for Multiple Passes..If You Do that's Great But So What..:D

Billy
 
I'm a little intrigued as to why you dug some out of the puck? There is no need and no wonder it didn't lather. I think you will get better results loading directly from the puck.
Soak your brush, unless it is a synth in which case just wet it, then swirl the brush on the puck until you get a good loading and from there into the bowl to adjust the water to get the luscious lather OSP is renowned for.

^ This.

It is why I stopped selling samples. They just don't work. The knot bristles need to move a good distance over the soap in order to pick some up.

Don't pick some out of the tub. Load the brush direct from the tub in large circular motions and don't be afraid to put some effort into it. Lather like you hate it!

OP, if you would like me to do another video on how to load the brush and make a lather, let me know.
 
I'm a little intrigued as to why you dug some out of the puck? There is no need and no wonder it didn't lather. I think you will get better results loading directly from the puck.
Soak your brush, unless it is a synth in which case just wet it, then swirl the brush on the puck until you get a good loading and from there into the bowl to adjust the water to get the luscious lather OSP is renowned for.

I've seen quite a few guys do this on YouTube vids and am always baffled by it. Very hard to load up a brush from one or two little shavings.
 
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