Editing Making basic cream lather in three different ways

This article explains three different ways of making lather from shaving cream, either tube or bowl.

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Image:creams.jpg | I'll try to keep it simple. Here are two different shaving creams, in the tube and in the bowl. Like in a soap lathering guide [[Illustrated guide to making basic soap lather]] I'll use a basic pure badger brush (Tweezerman) to create a starter version of making lather. 

Image:lather 3.jpg | Fill the bowl full of tap hot water. No need to use a boiling water because it could harm your brush. I like to stand the brush in to water instead of throwing it in. This saves the wooden handle when it doesn't soak in the hot water. Soak the bristles 5 minutes or more to get the proper absorption of water. Now it's great time to take a shower.

Image:lather 4.jpg | Give a good squeeze to your brush just to get rid of the worthless dripping water. I like to adjust the amount of water later with the bowl.

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==Shaving cream (tube)==
Here is the option one how to make a lather from a tube cream.

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Image:tube 1.jpg | Press the tube and get a little amount of cream in the bowl. No need to take too much cream as it won't make your lather any better.

Image:tube 2.jpg | Start swirling

Image:tube 3.jpg | Go on and lather starts to appear

Image:tube 4.jpg | Sweep the edges and gather all in the center

Image:tube 5.jpg | Looks good already but we need more. Add more water in the bowl but be careful not to add too much. I say that the precise amount is about one tablespoon. Remember that you can always add '''more''' water in the lather but you can't take it away.

Image:tube 6.jpg | Now the lather looks quite a wet but don't be afraid of that. Keep on swirling.

Image:tube 7.jpg | Again sweep the edges and swirl repeat the steps what you done first. Swirl...swirl...and swirl

Image:tube 8.jpg | Now it's ready and there's enough of proper lather

Image:tube 9.jpg | Here comes the lather

Image:tube 10.jpg | Much easier to take a picture from my hand than from my face.

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==Shaving cream (bowl) and finger dip==
Here is the option two how to make a lather from a bowl cream with finger dip
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Image:finger 1.jpg | In here you can see how small amount of cream you need to get a same result

Image:finger 2.jpg | Sweep it in to your brush

Image:finger 3.jpg | There it is all

Image:finger 4.jpg | Start swirling

Image:finger 5.jpg | Go on and lather starts to appear but there is not enough of it

Image:finger 6.jpg | Add a teaspoon of water and repeat swirling

Image:finger 7.jpg | Now it's better

Image:finger 8.jpg | There you go again

Image:finger 9.jpg | As you see part 2

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==Shaving cream (bowl) with a brush dip==
Here is the option three how to make a lather from a bowl cream with a brush dip
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Image:dip 1.jpg | Take a three finger grip from your brush to prevent bristles spreading and dip the brush gently in to cream.

Image:dip 2.jpg | There you go. Some creams are so soft like this TOBS rose that sometimes I take too much a cream. That's not a end of the world you can simply sweep  some of it back to the bowl or keep on going. Only difference is that you might need a more water later to get a proper mixture.

Image:dip 3.jpg | Start swirling

Image:dip 4.jpg | Go on and lather starts to appear

Image:dip 5.jpg | Repeat steps 4 to 8 (from tube cream) until

Image:dip 6.jpg | Lather is great again

Image:dip 7.jpg | And there is plenty of it

Image:dip 8.jpg | As you see part 3

Image:lather 22.jpg | 22. At last I rinse the brush, squeeze & shake it vigorously and let it dry out upside down.

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--[[User:TonyJ|TonyJ]] 00:09, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

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