Expensive blades, inexpensive shaving cream
19th February 2006
A couple of weeks ago, Randy got a new Gillette Fusion razor – the one with five blades. I got one at the same time.
I was using products from The Art of Shaving. With the Fusion, I found the combination of the shave oil and the nice creamy lather to be too thick. I wasn’t getting a close shave and I had to work to clear the stuff out of the blades between strokes.
So I decided to try the Gillette Complete Skin Care “Shave Multi Gel” and after shave. By the standards of drug store products, they’re a bit more expensive. But compared to The Art of Shaving, they’re almost free.
And after a week with the new shaving gel, I’m going to stick with it. The razor moves more easily across my face, it rinses cleanly, and I don’t have any skin irritation. It’s surprisingly good.
The difference in cost between the shaving products will probably be more than offset by the cost of the Fusion Power blades, but I’m just glad I have found a shaving combo to be happy with.
Well, as happy as I can be about shaving….