- Joined
- Thursday September 16, 2010
A few newbies have contacted me over the past few weeks, saying that no matter what soap or cream they are using the lather is always thin and weak when they get to the third pass. Most people follow this routine...
1. Wash face, or rinse and leave wet
2. Create lather on brush
3 Lather face
4. shave (1st pass)
5. Rinse off lather
6. Re-lather face
7. Shave (2nd pass)
8. Rinse off lather
9. Re-lather face
10. Shave (3rd pass)
What they perhaps don't realise is that it is amazing how much water the surface area of the face will hold when wet. So by the time they've lathered for the third pass they have already diluted the soap a further three times.
When you create the lather at the beginning of the shave, and you are happy with the thickness and consistency of the soap/cream, to keep it like that, simply dry your face after rinsing after each pass, and apply the lather to dry skin for each new pass, this way you won't be diluting the lather for each new pass. There is already plenty of moisture in the lather, you don't more on the skin surface as well.
So if this is you, try drying your face after each pass and see the difference in the quality of the lather by the time you get to the third pass.
Martin.
1. Wash face, or rinse and leave wet
2. Create lather on brush
3 Lather face
4. shave (1st pass)
5. Rinse off lather
6. Re-lather face
7. Shave (2nd pass)
8. Rinse off lather
9. Re-lather face
10. Shave (3rd pass)
What they perhaps don't realise is that it is amazing how much water the surface area of the face will hold when wet. So by the time they've lathered for the third pass they have already diluted the soap a further three times.
When you create the lather at the beginning of the shave, and you are happy with the thickness and consistency of the soap/cream, to keep it like that, simply dry your face after rinsing after each pass, and apply the lather to dry skin for each new pass, this way you won't be diluting the lather for each new pass. There is already plenty of moisture in the lather, you don't more on the skin surface as well.
So if this is you, try drying your face after each pass and see the difference in the quality of the lather by the time you get to the third pass.
Martin.