Cella is always in my top 3 soaps for life. Mike, put the entire 150ml into a large bowl or mug 4-6" wide by 3" deep and lather from there. I think if you use Captain's Choice bowls then 2-4g would be sufficient for like 7 passes of soap. Start with 'too much' soap and adjust your water ratio. Then you can go to 1-2g of soap. Then to 1g of soap, and then start to add double the water, triple the water, until you get a nice thick creamy lather with peaks. The Crema Da Barba in the tube has a lot of fat to it so it should be a creamier lather. Cella is a beautiful soap, really easy to learn with and perfect for making your lather it's best. If you want to get more precise, get a bowl, measure out on a gram scale your soap. And then use a transfer pipette to adjust the amount of water. Within 20-30 shaves I imagine your problem should correct itself. Straight razors require a thinner, slicker lather. And double-edge razors can use a thicker cream.

The contents of the tube is dried up and hard and can barely be extracted from the tube. What little I did extract was not useable. I tried contacting RE, first through the online contact form, not reply after 7 days. I tried calling, hit 3 for Customer Service and went to voice mail but "the person at this number has not set-up their mailbox".