My bowl doesn't have a rough bottom, so that technique wont work but great idea! I bowl lather all my soaps, so it won't do any harm face lathering arko, its great to master multiple techniques! Sent from my Redmi S2 using Tapatalk
I remove wrapper on a stick and easily press it into a bowl. I like to lather on the soap. I get a fantastic lather and I do like the smell. I bought 12 sticks, so i'm sure I'll have enough for a while.
Arko, one of the first soaps I bought and it does work well and is part of my soap rotation. You get a great lather with reasonable slickness but it is a thirsty soap so add water to keep it hydrated with the brush as needed. Even if it is a stick, I prefer it in a Underarm deodorant container and apply it that way to the face (less messy IMO). You can warm it up a little in the microwave for 15 seconds and it even gets softer than it's natural state and will fit almost any container. The scent is nothing great but it does not bother myself and use it on the road and at home. The stuff lasts a long time. Have some great shaves!
The scent of Arko is similar Williams but not as strong. The scent of Arko while in a bowl disipates as time goes on.
Arko is a thirsty soap, it likes water to get a good lather. As I soak my brush I pour water onto my bowl of Arko and let sit while I shower. then dump the water give brush a shake and start to swirl, adding water as needed, either by a few drops from the hand or a brush dip in sink filled of water, I continue to swirl and presto, lots of thick, rich, slick lather. After your shave, it rinses off easy too.
Blooming soaps is one method of introducing hydration. There are some folks who have issues with the term, but it's just one way to get the soap wet. I'm a Bloomer and do it most times since many of mine might sit and dry out before I use them again.
Don't lie, you want to bloom too. Get that Williams to a rich, creamy, cushiony lather with more slickness than hot snot on ice. It brings out the absolute best in a soap. Especially Arko and Williams. Want more cringe, I bowl lather for the perfect lather every time for every pass.
I of the school of thought where Arko does NOT, need blooming nor does Williams. I pressed a chunk into a bottom of bowl/mug, bowl/mug lathering is my favorite Arko method. I have decent pre shave ritual before soap/lather and my face and facial hair aepre well hydrated. I sometime add a drop of glycerin before lathering. What will really get your craw is making Uber lather. My first was Arko with poraso green ( tube). Willams get lathered in the tin that it lives in
To Bloom or not to Bloom that is the question (or until recently I called it a puck soak) . It is not weather it is right or wrong to Bloom but what is a personal style of lathering. Its a mater of what is the best method of lathering for that particular person. Each of us has found our own perfect way to shave. Is it wrong or right? Only the one in the mirror knows. I like blooming Arko but not Cella. Oh these senior moments make me crazy.
Y'all are about to witness a bricking. A bricking of history, a bricking where fuzzy may wear out his brick mold and have to get another one during the bricking. Seriously though, I see no need to bloom a soap. I also don't bowl lather, and I do admit that if you bowl lather, it could make building a lather easier. I face lather, so, I find if I get enough soap loaded on the tips of the brush, or directly on the face from a stick, that's enough for me .