Lathering my fingers more than my face

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roboboticus
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Lathering my fingers more than my face

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I've been doing a lot of face lathering lately, and I keep running into one problem with a couple of my brushes. I get a lot of lather forming and oozing around the knot, but very little at the tips. And the tips is where I want it. I end up with a fistful of lather that I'm trying to smear onto my face.
Is there some way to correct this?
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Post by gil3591 »

sounds like you have a brush with a dense knot
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Post by roboboticus »

You are correct. I have this problem with a couple of my denser badger brushes. In contrast, my boar brush lathers at the tips beautifully.

Any ideas?
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Post by notthesharpest »

I don't wet the entire height of my brush, only 3/4 of the way; I load my brush generously but at the tips only; and when I lather that up, it only goes halfway up the brush. Works great for me.
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In all seriousness, I don't know that I've had this problem. I agree the degree of wetting is critical. I think also when face lathering I tend to be a little more "touch and go" with the brush, for lack of a better term--i.e., I lift the brush from the lather more, to pull the lather from the brush, and avoid too much contact with the higher points of the knot. When I'm bowl lathering, I think I tend to be more aggressive and "smooshy" with the brush, as the lather has to be transported anyway.

I'm not sure if that's making any sense. I'm having a difficult time explaining what I'm thinking.
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Post by giammi »

If the knob of the brush is not too big for your hands, then also hold with your fingers the lower part of the knot.
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Post by brothers »

I'm trying to visualize what's happening to you, and if I understand, my suggestiion would be to try a bit more of the "painting" of the brush, an exaggerated motion, back and forth again and again, as if you're painting the lather on. That does work for me when I'm wanting the brush to make more lather as I'm face-lathering.
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Post by jww »

Do you squeeze the bottom of the knot between your fore-finger and thumb to move the lather upwards between passes? That has always worked for me when nothing else has. Also - holding the brush in a cupped hand with your fingers gently squeezing the knot all the time should help prevent lather creep.
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Post by gil3591 »

jww wrote:Do you squeeze the bottom of the knot between your fore-finger and thumb to move the lather upwards between passes? That has always worked for me when nothing else has. Also - holding the brush in a cupped hand with your fingers gently squeezing the knot all the time should help prevent lather creep.
of course, if you use a semogue boar you won't have this problem :wink:
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Post by roboboticus »

Indeed, my Semogue 830 does not have this problem. Love that brush.
Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I'll try and see what works.
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Post by ferroburak »

I always thought knob is the one to blame :)
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