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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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

Shaving cream (tube)

Here is the option one how to make a lather from a tube cream.

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  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.

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  Start swirling

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  Go on and lather starts to appear

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  Sweep the edges and gather all in the center

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  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.

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  Now the lather looks quite a wet but don't be afraid of that. Keep on swirling.

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  Again sweep the edges and swirl repeat the steps what you done first. Swirl...swirl...and swirl

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  Now it's ready and there's enough of proper lather

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  Here comes the lather

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  Much easier to take a picture from my hand than from my face.

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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  In here you can see how small amount of cream you need to get a same result

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  Sweep it in to your brush

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  There it is all

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  Start swirling

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  Go on and lather starts to appear but there is not enough of it

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  Add a teaspoon of water and repeat swirling

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  Now it's better

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  There you go again

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  As you see part 2

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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  Take a three finger grip from your brush to prevent bristles spreading and dip the brush gently in to cream.

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  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.

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  Start swirling

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  Go on and lather starts to appear

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  Repeat steps 4 to 8 (from tube cream) until

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  Lather is great again

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  And there is plenty of it

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  As you see part 3

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

--TonyJ 00:09, 25 January 2009 (UTC)