Thread: Arko Lathering Video

Hello, Jeremy,
I like your video. The demonstration is comprehensive and the overall quality quite good. I especially like the eye contact framed in your the natural and friendly delivery. Good show.

Originally Posted by tekbow

And remember guys, like the palmolive sticks, Arko are also tallow based.

Great vid too, have you tried applying the arko directly to your wet face? just work it around until there looks like a thin layer of soap "scum" over your neck and face, then take a wet brush (wet but not dripping) and start face lathering this usually leaves enough soap in the brush for a 3 pass shave for me

I know this is an old thread, but...

I got some Arco today, along with some O Melhor. I shaved using the O Melhor, but, being a little bored, decided to 'practice' lathering with the Arko (Yes, I should get a life)...

I rubbed the stick directly on my face; I've never used a shave stick before, but I'd seen my father use one when I was a child. I wet my face and dipped the stick in a little hot water and just rubbed away, bearing in mind I'd already shaved, so didn't have any whiskers to create a rough surface. The stick left a very thin, faint film on my face. I thought there was no way that I'd get a decent lather (I don't normally face lather, in fact I've inly face lathered maybe twice). I dipped the brush in a little hot water and started swirling on my face. I actually enjoyed it. I liked the exfoliating experience. In just a little while, after a few more dips of the brush in water, I had a great lather. Normally, I never dip a brush in water (when bowl lathering), I normally dribble water into the bowl from my hand, but this worked really well.

I'm tempted to buy another stick and grate it into a bowl using a mouliner (I think that's the right word; one of those little mill things you use for mincing meat, etc). I say 'another stick' as I love the label so much I want to keep one in its natural state with the label! :-) Then again, it works so well just rubbing the thing on one's face, there's probably no reason to grate it!