Shaving Soap Lathering Tutorial - How To Make Thick, Rich, Shaving Lather

This is a short tutorial on how to lather shaving soap, brush, and a bowl.

Shaving with a safety razor has become a bit of an obsession for me. Now I look forward to this daily routine. This video is on how to make shaving lather with a shaving brush and shaving soap.

A good quality shaving brush paired with a good quality shaving soap makes a huge difference when shaving with a safety razor. The brush needs to be soft, but firm enough to lather the soap and work into your face stubble. So get yourself a decent boar hair or badger brush. A good quality soap will lather nicely will be slick enough to lubricate your face when shaving, and will not dry out your face. You will know a good soap when your razor glides nicely without skipping on your skin, cutting you at the same time.

Of course, your safety razor and blade combination choice is critical. You can have a great safety razor with a junky blade. Or, you can have a junky safety razor with an awesome blade. Either way, both will result in a terrible shaving experience.

With that said, don't go cheap on the blades or the razor. Have fun exploring, and learning about all your options.

Thanks,
Mark

[hcabbk]

At last a how-to video with a view of the actual process of making lather, and not just a talking head this is in love with his own voice.

[mahlstadt]

I use the whisk attachment on my KitchenAid

[GamingBlade]

Legend says he is mixing soap in that bowl till this day

[petekadenz]

The most useful lathering video I’ve seen. Clear, concise, informative. Particularly helpful explanation of when to know the lather is ready to use. And a relief to know that the lathering process can be done in a few minutes. Thank you.

[dethmaul]

lmao at the applause. Had to do a double take for a split second.

[vikmoj]

I am a simple man. Shaving soap, aggresive, good music. I like.

[UnknownOutcast]

Can we appreciate how hes got the sound track of shaolin showdown!!!

[fursey]

I always struggle to get such a thick consistency with whichever soap I use so this tutorial has been a great help. Thanks. And I loved the sound effects 😊.

[ImTheDudeMan]

I prefer the soap and brush👍. I'm usually pressed for time in the morning. Splash my face, wet the brush, a few swirls of brush on soap, then get on with it shaving. Love my single blade safety razor. Zero clogs. I don't need a 5 blade disposable getting clogged w wiskers at $4 each. I'm much quicker with the simple shave.

[sandsmine]

I fill the sink with hot water. mix my soap then let the bowl to float on the hot water with the brush inside. this means on each pass the soap and brush are nice and warm to the skin. I use one of those white enameled pie tins with the blue rim. it float and conducts really well

[narq]

I could shave and then make a meringue pie with that thick lather!

[jamshny]

Thanks for this vid man. Just started using a single edge razor and now I know what I was doing wrong. Lol

[paulmcwilliams]

Well I was wondering how you made it to the shower with all those people in your bathroom. :-) lmao

[brodyberry]

Damn man that’s a nice set up you got there. Where did you get the porcelain tray from?

[maxfracture]

Just had the kit as birthday present and keen to try. Good to see the lather consistency at the end literally hanging off the brush. So that's what to aim for. Thanks.

[shasboom]

Just got my 1st safety razor and 1st shave brush with soap...this was perfect!

[xforcepillow]

Great tutorial, thanks so much for being really detailed!

[namelessjd]

Damn i didnt know you had to load and then lather. New to soaps and brushes but in the culinary world this is the exact same concept as whipping cream into soft/hard peaks.

I thought you just ran your brush in your soap bar and that was it. Gona try this out 1st time tomorrow as i juat got my brush and van der hagen soap yesterday

[jmjr]

Sin lugar a dudas, el mejor video que he visto de hacer espuma en un bol con jabón del Betis bueno

[XxSYNDROISxX]

Is there any way we can get the names of the products you were using