So I've been shaving with a traditional DE razor (Edwin Jagger) for the last 6 weeks or so. I have been using Clinique shave gel as I had some to use. I've now decided to use a soap. I decided to try Taylor's Sandalwood. I've just shaved with it for the first time and also lathered for the first time and had a few issues.
I covered the brush with soap and went to work in a bowl to create some lather, but only seemed to create a bit, and it seemed a bit thin, I was going for ages and didn't seem to have much joy. I kept going back to the soap to get some more, but still only ended up with a rubbish lather giving me a thin layer. After I'd shaved my face felt a bit sore, but I'm putting that down to not being too used to the sap and the rubbish lather.
I have watched lots of lather vids and I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Is this soap a particularly difficult one to lather? Is there a better one for a noob like me? The brush I'm using is just a bog standard wilkinson sword one and when I'm mixing the lather it does shed a few hairs
I covered the brush with soap and went to work in a bowl to create some lather, but only seemed to create a bit, and it seemed a bit thin, I was going for ages and didn't seem to have much joy. I kept going back to the soap to get some more, but still only ended up with a rubbish lather giving me a thin layer. After I'd shaved my face felt a bit sore, but I'm putting that down to not being too used to the sap and the rubbish lather.
I have watched lots of lather vids and I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Is this soap a particularly difficult one to lather? Is there a better one for a noob like me? The brush I'm using is just a bog standard wilkinson sword one and when I'm mixing the lather it does shed a few hairs