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Registered: ‎03-10-2010

Great Facial Bar Soap Lathering Technique - Unique!

I just saw the most amazing video which shows the representative of Chidoriya line (a Japanese beauty line, based on traditional oils, etc.) foaming and lathering up her facial soap bar.  Its produced by the guys at Smallflower (a GREAT 'apothecary' type cosmetics/etc. website. Go there and get lost!)

 

But what I want you to see in this video is how she lathers up the soap bar and makes the foam grow. Its AMAZING. And I've never seen this technique!

 

Side commentary: I think a lot of people don't lather up their cleansers enough and end up putting the gel or soap right on the skin. I was taught when I was younger, that its the FOAM, the activated cleanser, that does the actual cleaning and this cushioning layer keeps you from tugging on your skin. 

 

(I do something similar with my gel Alpha Hydrox cleanser, where I add drops of water and keep going until the foam is thick, but I do it rubbing my hands together, but I'm now going to try this technique shown in the video!! .... So in other words, I think we could easily adapt this technique to our bar and gel and liquid cleansers with great success.)

 

Anyhow, I hope you can enjoy this video. Just go to youtube and search on "Chidoriya Azuki Red Bean and Brown Sugar Soap" and look for the video produced by "smallflowertv" or go directly to the 'smallflowertv' channel. Video was produced in 2013.

 

(Apparently I can't post a direct link here, sorry! But if you use a facial bar soap, please go check it out, its super cool.)

 

She does two other videos with the guys if you're interested in learning more about the line. Both produced by 'smallflowertv' and one is titled only "Chidoriya" and the other is titled "Chidoriya Camelllia Oil and Satsuma Tsuge Boxwood Brush."

 

Let me know what you think!

 

 

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Registered: ‎06-09-2010

Re: Great Facial Bar Soap Lathering Technique - Unique!

Hi cerinthe, I watched the video--neat technique--and briefly looked at the site. What a nice selection of interesting soaps!  Timely for me as I was just looking through my DHC catalog thinking about how I love their facial bar soaps.  

 

I will revisit the website. I hope to visit their shop sometime in Chi town. 

 

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Re: Great Facial Bar Soap Lathering Technique - Unique!

Please leave a note if you try anything, I'm super curious! I just got the hinoki oil, but have to admit that if anyone runs a friends and family sale with their products, i will likely try a few more! I like that its made of very basic and simple ingredients. No artificial colors or fragrances, etc. For example, their skin cream moisturizers are made up mainly of shea butter, then camellia oil and rose hips oil and ... another oil or so.  I'm really trying to stay away from synthetic fragrances to the best of my ability and artificial colors. My body doesn't mix well with those... 

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