Barrister and Mann Lavender

I own several of the Barrister and Mann classic shaving soaps and love them.  I recently purchased the BM Lavender Reserve Soap.  It is very difficult for me to lather and seems sticky, gooey is the best I can describe it when working the soap up.  Has anyone else experienced this with the Reserve line of BM?  I have never had an issue building a lather with the BM classic line...

I own several of the Barrister and Mann classic shaving soaps and love them.  I recently purchased the BM Lavender Reserve Soap.  It is very difficult for me to lather and seems sticky, gooey is the best I can describe it when working the soap up.  Has anyone else experienced this with the Reserve line of BM?  I have never had an issue building a lather with the BM classic line...

Use a semi wet brush and load a small amount of product then begin lathering on your face with plenty of time and hydration worked into the lather. This soap base does not require building a proto lather off the soap surface.

You could also try adding a few more drops of water to the brush or on the soap when loading, just to make it a little easier if it seems too sticky. Then when you start building the actual lather, don’t be afraid to add a little more water than you’re perhaps used to. The Reserve soaps can handle quite a bit. (Just don’t add too much at once, so that the lather doesn’t get too thin or pick up too much air.)

You could also try adding a few more drops of water to the brush or on the soap when loading, just to make it a little easier if it seems too sticky. Then when you start building the actual lather, don’t be afraid to add a little more water than you’re perhaps used to. The Reserve soaps can handle quite a bit. (Just don’t add too much at once, so that the lather doesn’t get too thin or pick up too much air.)

Like Matsilainen said, be patient with your effort and use your time to keep hydrating and applying the lather. If you maintain a good amount of back and fourth strokes with your brush knot. That will keep the lather moving at the tips. If you want to aerate it, I believe that is when will pull the lather into the knot but in a twist and fold motion. It is the way I would intend to exfoliate my skin where as if I was to sweep across the skin using the lather and the bristle of the knot. To the the lather in good shape in regards to density, I aim for smoothness and runny drippy lather.