The Lather Test - Boar/ Badger/ Horse/ Synthetic Brush

[@ricardoaguilar7810]

It's a lot of soap 🫧🧼 !!!!!

[@sheshaveswithjill4838]

Interesting experiment. Good work. Now rest that lathering hand and arm.

[@damiannematode5193]

Great experiment! Why did I spend that much money on different brushes when all make a good lather? I have all 4 animals as well. My brushes are in the < 10€/£ range. Is there a difference when you go above 100 €/£? You are mentioning that you have hard water. May I suggest to compare tap water with bottled water? Volvic has a low amount of Ca. I can’t compare it since I have soft tap water (50 mg of Ca per l) at home. I‘m looking forward to the next instalment of Maja’s shaving lab.

[@majasmagic]

The difference will be the quality of the hair/knot there are many grades of softness and also shape.

[@levlvovich1367]

Hi, I think it depends also on knots' diameter

[@dimitardimitrov5366]

I’ve heard that synthetic will work better with shaving cream than soap.Great comparison! Thank you for your time and efforts!

[@majasmagic]

I wouldn't say that. Synthetic is just instant and stays the same, a natural one gets better and better the more you use it.

[@puffintube]

Omega Proraso 27mm boar brush for $ 9. What could be better? I also have a quality badger brush. But I don't use it. The badger is too soft for me. The boar massages the face much more pleasantly. And the most important thing: is worth a penny.

[@majasmagic]

I like all natural, Horse comes super soft to boar like, Badger can be more stiff too if one takes the pure badger and I prefer the premium boar which is a little softer than the normal. I have been exploring natural mixes Badger Boar Badger Horse Boar Horse and mixed horse and Horse It's just amazing how different each one is.

[@calejudd828]

Very interesting, Maja! I think other considerations which might outweigh the ease of building lather are a brush's lather capacity, how well it paints, and the softness of its tips (face-feel).

[@majasmagic]

Yes of course those are also super important - Unfortunately I haven't got enough different of the same type natural hair brushes to do that sort of test. The two badgers I have are the same dual band. The other considerations are of course handle type and size and knot type and size, there is so much to explore!

[@gamekingkiler]

Nice

[@jasonsmith8210]

I'm impressed with the horse hair. Might change my buying choice.

[@majasmagic]

What have you got so far, Jason?

[@jasonsmith8210]

@@majasmagic Looking at Vie horse hair, Semogue 830 or RazoRock as my first.

[@majasmagic]

@@jasonsmith8210 There are many vie long horse so check out my horse hair brush vid in lather lab. I don't have a semogue many like them tho (I went for Omega) I also have RazoRock brush video (love those too) but totally different to natural hair. 👩‍🔬👩‍🔬👩‍🔬 Lather Lab bit.ly/LatherLab

[@geniuspharmacist]

I think most barbers use boar brushes.

[@majasmagic]

Yes they do as they are economic and once broken in very soft. Although in finer establishments these days they also have the range available to choose from: badger, horse, boar and synthetic