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- Wednesday May 31, 2017
I've been using Palmolive Cream (Good stuff) for my first few weeks of DE shaving. Never had an issue with it. Leathers up nicely no matter what I do. In fact it would probably be an achievement to make it not lather.
anyway, this isn't a post about Palmolive.
I bought a stick of Erasmic (red box/tallow) today. Took it and tried using it. I did what it said to do (wet face and rub,) but this didn't deposit much on my mush so I wet the stick and went at it with my brush (synthetic). I managed a lather after a time but the weirdest thing happened. I had a nice lather on one side of my face but as soon as i went to the other side it started to disappear! I ended up chasing lather around my face for a few minutes. I eventually gave up and tried shaving. Utter failure. I stopped after the first few strokes and washed it all off and used my Palmolive.
Dreadful. Is this a thing with this soap? it disappears as you load it on your face?
Smells like a knackers yard as well.
However, I am not a man to give up at the first hurdle.
Any tips to make it work? My water is super soft. I did use it with cold water though. Is this a hot water soap?
anyway, this isn't a post about Palmolive.
I bought a stick of Erasmic (red box/tallow) today. Took it and tried using it. I did what it said to do (wet face and rub,) but this didn't deposit much on my mush so I wet the stick and went at it with my brush (synthetic). I managed a lather after a time but the weirdest thing happened. I had a nice lather on one side of my face but as soon as i went to the other side it started to disappear! I ended up chasing lather around my face for a few minutes. I eventually gave up and tried shaving. Utter failure. I stopped after the first few strokes and washed it all off and used my Palmolive.
Dreadful. Is this a thing with this soap? it disappears as you load it on your face?
Smells like a knackers yard as well.
However, I am not a man to give up at the first hurdle.
Any tips to make it work? My water is super soft. I did use it with cold water though. Is this a hot water soap?