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Has anyone seen the latest ad from Gillette (I think), encouraging men to buy THREE different shaving products before even putting a razor to the face!
Is anyone soft enough to fall for this cr@p?
Surely only a woman would be daft enough to buy:-
a) Pre-shave stuff that’s supposed to "prepare" ones stubble
and
c) Something for the skin AFTER the shave that somehow rejuvenates the skin after the trauma of being shaved.Okay, there may be some use for shaving foam – but I never use it.
It was not that long ago that people were being chided by some advert for taking TWO bottles into the bathroom to wash their hair (conditioner and shampoo). Wow – what an onerous task that mankind needed saving from – having to carry TWO bottles into the bathroom. How did we manage?
Now Gillette say we need THREE bottles of assorted snake-oil to take in when we shave.
It’s all a con of course.
PS I haven’t used shampoo when washing my hair for nearly 4 years now; only rinse it with water – there really is no need whatsoever to buy any fancy shampoo or conditioner. Hair naturally regulates its own oils. Paying some fancy chemical/cosmetic company dosh to screw up your hairs natural oil cycle is damn crazy. My hair looks fine (and I even think my bald patch has retreated a little now it’s not having some poncy chemicals slapped all over it).
Any forumites currently wasting good money on the con-trick that is SHAMpoo (and CONditioner), try giving them up as a New Years’ resolution. May feel odd for a week or so, but just keep washing your hair in water – and nothing else – and within 3 weeks, your hair will feel and look fine. And think of the money you’ll save.Has anyone seen the latest ad from Gillette (I think), encouraging men to buy THREE different shaving products before even putting a razor to the face!
Is anyone soft enough to fall for this cr@p?
Surely only a woman would be daft enough to buy:-
a) Pre-shave stuff that’s supposed to "prepare" ones stubble
and
c) Something for the skin AFTER the shave that somehow rejuvenates the skin after the trauma of being shaved.Okay, there may be some use for shaving foam – but I never use it.
I am now converted!
I’ve always suffered from really bad irritation after shaving no matter what blades or shavers I’ve used and whatever shaving foam/cream I’ve used.
This came out in a conversation at work a few months ago and a couple of the lads said I ought to give the Clinique stuff a try, they both used all the stuff and both said it was brilliant. I wasn’t too sure to begin with and have never been one for all the creams and stuff but thought why not it’s worth a try.
It is pretty expensive for what it is so I asked my good lady to get me some for Christmas.
Well, I used it for the first time yesterday and like I said I’m well and truly converted. It’s the smoothest shave I’ve ever had, the first time I’ve used a new blade and not cut meself for years and years, and most important of all I’ve woke up the day after and got no irritation at all.
I never, ever thought I would be someone who would apply 3 different things during the course of a shave, but it’s the greatest money spent ever and I will never, ever go back now…it’s absolutely brilliant stuff!!
^I’m sure your lady will be delighted at this result. Such care and attention I think tends to indicate in men a propensity for general cleanliness.
Still a few ‘soap dodgers’ around it seems.
Beards are no more than food collectors and hairy covers for said gentleman’s double chin(s).
Needless to say, I have never had to – and never will – sport a beard.
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Irritation also a problem for me particularly my neck. I find Weleda shaving cream fantastic. Cant recommend it highly enough. 100% natural ingredients and 1/2 the price of Clinique.
Kissing stubble is painful, this whole rough look is bollicks, get a shove you scruffy basterds
Beards thats have not recently been trimmed short are fine, but recently trimmed hurt like hell too kiss.
Cav. Ramp & Zamorston recommend Weleda & Clinique respectively for shaving. Had anyone given me these as an Xmas present I’d have been really interested to try them as I believe other peoples’ recommendation is so much better than just taking in the advertising blurb. Sadly, no-one did, so I can’t pass judgement on them.
It would be wrong of me to be dogmatic and say that they have no merits or are not an improvement on natures’ way.
What I will say though is that, like your hair, nature provides all the necessary oils etc. for keeping facial skin healthy. This is only fuc@ed up when one starts adding artificial products to your mush.
I’ve tried after-shaves/shaving-foams/pre-shave/post-shave products + wet-shave /electric razor shaves etc. and can safely say that (for me any way) the best outcome is:-
a) Electric shaver on dry skin, then-
b) wet face with lukewarm water and-
c) run safety razor over face/neck
and that leaves me with a face as soft as a baby’s bottom.
True, there’s no "tingle" that one might get with various (Weleda / Clinique maybe ?) products, but your skin is still stubble-free and soft.Nature DOES do the job; just have the confidence to get out of the cycle of using man-made products (shampoo / shaving foam & the like), and after a few weeks you’ll appreciate that using such products is a con. (Albeit one that gives off a nice smell)
If you want a smooth post-cheek shave with a tingle, then just stick a half-sucked Victory-V on your cheek!
And bear in mind that ones’ skin is not designed to have intrusive chemicals (no matter how nice they smell or "tingle") sploshed onto it day-in, day-out. It may make you feel momentarily "improved", but that’s rather like those sun-worshipping women who look great with sun-tanned brown skin at 20/30. but later on have wrinkles on their faces like Methusalah’s foreskin.
Once again. I won’t say that after-shave stuff like Weleda / Clinique aren’t beneficial, but I will categorically state that Shampoos/Conditioners are a CON. Your body doesn’t need them as it has its own hair oiling regulatory methosd and that you only need wash your hair with luke-warm water to have great hair.
When was the last time you saw a dog, cat, wolf, bear, camel. panda, mole, fox etc. with awful hair? How many of them use Head & Shoulders?No need to ‘pre-wash’ just submerge your dirty, oily face in a basin of the hottest water you can stand for one minute along with a badger-hair shaving brush. Shake brush and spin it on a glycerine-based hard shaving soap e.g Trumper’s Rose. Immerse face once again for 30 seconds, work up a lather on face ‘against the grain’ of your stubble. Shave ‘with the grain’ using a cut-throat, safety razor or if you must a twin-blade. Re-immerse face, re-lather and repeat ‘across the grain’. Immerse face in cold water for 15 seconds, allow to air dry (no towel) and gently apply a little aftershaving balm e.g Trumper’s Coral Skin Food. Never shave ‘against the grain’
Result: face as smooth as the proverbial baby’s bottom, no razor burn and no lingering irritation.
And the whole ritual is enjoyable so make it the evening if you are short of time in the morning.
As Insomniac has pointed out the ‘shaving game’ is a marketing man’s macho dream. Most unctions, potions, gels and all multi-blades are at best a waste of money and at worst damaging, and none perform as well nor as economically as the Grandad scrape outlined above.
I was in Asda a few months ago and happened to be walking down past all the shaving foams and razors when this woman who was stood there stopped me and asked;
"Are these razors ok?"
She was holding the Asda own brand which costs about 27p for 10. Anyhow, this is how our conversation went:
"Are they for you?"
"No, my boyfriend"
"Well, in that case – do you love him?"
"No, he’s a complete prick"
"That’ll do fine then"She put them in her basket and walked off
Nothing wrong with Asda disposables..it’s what I use [this will confuse Gerald even more……]
Nothing wrong with Asda disposables..
Moe, with respect, a Brazilian or Hollywood on your downstairs department
may be one thing but attempt to remove 4 days worth of stubble and they will cut your face to ribbons…Beards are for religous maniacs, sandal wearing fat farting CAMRA bores, boneheaded left wing college lecturers who smell and captain birdseye
Most boilers hate them i gather but none of the above get shgged much anyway.
Some women might like them for …ahem… i suppose
I suppose i would be a cunning ploy for some to have a beard….
I’ve just removed my 2 month beard. Just one very small cut on my neck, more of a pinprick.
By coincidence, I got a 10 for 25p pack of Asda razors yesterday, as my usual weapon of choice, the Wilkinson Sword Quattro Titanium, would get gummed up with bristles if it was used to shave off a beard.
I was impressed with the Asda product (compared to say a bic), but I suppose it will be best to reserve judgment until I use one for a normal shave.
Anyway, I’ve now got 5 Quattro blades, plus the 10 disposables, so that ought to last me until the Melbourne Cup.
Next task tomorrow is to use Cocoa Dark Brown Nutrisse Creme on my locks to disguise the grey bits.
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