I will occasionally watch a YouTube soap review and I've noticed that several of the reviewers - Ruds is one of them - smash their loaded brushes against their faces/heads while lathering. I mean push that loaded knot right up so that the handle is actually touching the face. I find that unusual. I have lots of brushes at various price points and in badger, boar or synthetic (I don't use those much) and I've never felt the need or desire to crush a knot so firmly against my face. I seem to be able to lather quite well with a more measured contact between brush and face without forcing the bristles to splay out fully perpendicular to the handle. I was thinking about this only because someone remarked on another thread that brushes wear out and that was one reason they didn't want to pay big money for one - I think someone had referred to certain brushes as heirlooms. It occurred to me today while watching a different reviewer (monkey something or other) smash his brush into his face that using a brush in that manner would certainly accelerate any wear and tear that might occur to a brush.



Does anybody else use the brush smash method of lathering their face and if so, why?