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Nonidi 9 Ventôse an 234 de la Révolution, jour de Marceau
The shave to close the week of the stag was meh like the days before. I just can't get the lather to a silky texture that protects the face well enough. I'll classify this week after the fact as self-harm (don't do that, people of the piefed; there are very good soap bases around).
Have a good evening!
~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~
Do you have the silk "tallow" base? Its lid has a scene whereas the tallow base is mostly black with words.
Are you tub loading or scooping? I scoop and find the soap comes out ... chalky. It's tricky to get it to stick to the bowl. I'll spritz it with a bit of water before taking a shower. I lather in the bowl with a boar brush and get a slick, cushiony result in about the same lather time as Stirling.
I have the silk tallow, and like you, I scoop. It sticks easily to the bowl, and I bloomed it a bit. Maybe I try to bloom it longer...
But I don't have any chalky consistency 🤷
@walden@wetshav.ing , I think you have the silk base. How do you lather?
I killed a tub of Loyal a while ago. I enjoyed the base. I tub load and heard other people saying you need to load a lot of soap with the Silk Tallow base so that's all I did differently.
I think if you're scooping it might be easy to under load if you're scooping a comparable amount to other soaps.
I think the base is your problem, then. The Silk tallow base is infamous for being hard to lather. Usually, normal CFG base is pretty solid - comparable to Stirling base IMHO. Never had any performance issues with the plain black tubs.
I am not wild about the Chiseled Face soap base either, but I used Stag for an Austere August and found a way to make it work for me. The EdP for Stag is surprisingly good, btw. Much richer and more detailed than either the soap or splash.