Mystic Waters

Congratulations and that is the lather I always get with this excellent and inexpensive soap.

celestino , how did you stay away this long?  You're like Yoda sitting back and watching how your padawans (us) were doing.  Better late than never

Congratulations and that is the lather I always get with this excellent and inexpensive soap.

celestino , how did you stay away this long?  You're like Yoda sitting back and watching how your padawans (us) were doing.  Better late than never

Out of curiosity I pulled out my Omega 10049 to see what would happen with a boar as I almost never use them anymore. I feel I loaded probably double the soap and got half the lather that I do with my Synthetic brushes. At least the lather was similar to what I get with my Synthetics. I’m sure I could do better if I tried a badger again and probably will for fun  but think I’m just a Synthetic Guy.

I used my Rooney Victorian Super Badger on a tub of MW Adirondack Jack this morning . It did a fine job. 

I always use a synthetic with MW and bloom the soap while I shower

Used MW vetiver & oakmoss today, I didn’t get the best of lathers but even so still had an amazing postshave feel.

I always seem to forget how truly fantastic Mystic Waters shave soap truly is, and Marrakesh smells EXACTLY like the desert after a sudden rainstorm!

Great shave!

Vr 

Matt

I have known this for almost 9 years, now, and that is why it is my only soap.
You should do a lather video on how you generated this beautiful lather to help others.

Ha!  Thanks Celestino!

I don’t do videos, but to make that lather I pressed about a silver dollar size amount in my lather bowl, and used a syringe to add distilled water in a very slow and controlled manner 1 ml at a time.  The amount looked similar to this:



While in the shower, I soaked my brush in a tea cup of distilled water, and then shook it all out so that the brush was just damp when starting the lathering process.  I used 8 ml of distilled water total for the lather in the pictures, and did a brush squeeze after 5 ml.  

Swirl, soap gets pastey, add 1 ml, swirl until lather gets pastey, add 1 ml...repeat until perfect lather consistency for my tastes.

This is the exact way I lather Sebum Gold soaps.  

I think that the trick for both of these superior soaps is to use just a damp brush at the beginning, and to add water very slowly, and in small increments.  I prefer to use a syringe because 1ml at a time is perfect for me.  However, adding just a few drops by dripping water out of the hand is equally effective.

I did a post about this process on another forum, and it became quite a scandal...the syringe, and the lather pictures that people were posting.  

At any rate, I don’t know if the distilled water is necessary, but it works for me!

Vr 

Matt

Some shots from today’s lather with Sardinian Honey!

I hope everyone is well!

Vr 

Matt