The Shaving Cream Racket: Stop the Insanity!

A man can shave his whole face in 20 seconds without a single abrasion.

Oh FFS come on...

he pities you and your unknowingness

But you say: surely if this were true, it would be common knowledge. Not sure. There are many thing that are true – the state is a parasite on society, private property would solve most social problems, rock music is tedious and stupid – but are nonetheless not generally known or applied.

Dude is totally writing letters to Ron Paul about not using shaving cream, isn't he.

P.S. I find that people are constantly holding forth about shaving and secret revelations they have about technique, and usually they are so dumb about it that they are amazed and unresponsive when you point out to them that not everybody has identical skin/hair. (To be fair, people do the same thing with preaching about skim creams, lotions, shampoos, etc., which is basically the equivalent of walking to every single person in a room of every size and shape and saying "OMG I found the greatest thing, have you tried 32/34 men's pants? They fit AWESOME, you have to try them.")

"OMG I found the greatest thing, have you tried 32/34 men's pants? They fit AWESOME, you have to try them."

classic!

They are good, though.

Also: Shampoo is for suckers! If you wean yourself off it your hair just cleans itself. this is why stray dogs smell so wonderful!

I tried shaving without shaving cream for a while and I got shaving rash.

i tried shaving without a razor and ended up with a big white beard

i like this shaving cream that the Body Shop makes, but it probably has to do more with the scent of it than with any functionality.

what i hate is how fucking expensive razor blades are, and how quickly gilette products crap out

i tried shaving without a razor and ended up with a big white beard

Santa! :hugs:

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i'm back on the shaving soap, works well but in the winter when the air in chicago is too fucking dry as it is it's just not an option.

i tried for years to shave with the stuff and all i ever ended up with was smooth, supple skin that had my girlfriend saying 'my god, it's so solid and robust!' no more.

what i hate is how fucking expensive razor blades are
^^

$13 for a few mach3 blades! it's not even the newest fangled shit!

If you're not super-beardy (dark skin also helps), just using a beard trimmer / clipper can be ... better.

libertarians complaining about business conspiratorially inventing high-price shit for u to buy & simultaneously holding out 'solutions' perfect for middle class white ppl as the be-all end-all = lol

it's almost as if they don't really understand the implications of the free market or personal liberty

A little fewer than half the times I shave, I shave dry, or with just water (b/c I'm in a hurry or b/c I'm lazy). My skin can handle a lot of abuse. But it feels so much nicer when I use shaving cream.

???

I don't follow, goole. Saying the market is more efficient doesn't necessarily imply that you can't advise against buying a dud product.

xpost

shaving oil >>> shaving cream

kinda wish they didn't put that nasty gunk on the mach excel turbo whatever blades though.

(xpost) As nabisco said, it depends on your skin type.

I think that the gunk is aloe or something? Fairly pointless anyway. Does anyone use those stupid five blade Fusions? It's like shaving with a Venetian blind...

i think i use mach3? which still seems slightly excessive

everyone hates on you when you say it...but honest to god i've had better luck with a norelco electric razor and that 'letric shave shuff you put on your skin than any shaving set up i've used.

i wouldn't hate on it. i just have some weird thing about electric razors.

I use Mug shaving soap. It costs like $1.50 for a bar that lasts a long ass time. It leaves a thin lather that seems to help the razor glide more easily. I definitely agree that regular razors are better and cheaper than Mach 5 type stuff.

but does it smell good? i want my face to smell good! not like that old-man's stuff

i didn't shave with a razor for like a year because i was getting terrible razor bumps, but it seems to be better now!

actually i've been shaving without shaving cream (just a sharp razor after i get out of the shower) because i ran out, and it's been fine. :/

The horror of long-time ILXordom = I feel like it was just months ago that Jordan was all like "man, shaving messes up my skin, whaddaya think I should do about it"

mug soap after a shower. sensor excel or some shit that i haven't changed the blade on in months. we love talking about this rocket science.

i switched to shaving oil and never looked back. seems way better than foam to me, although it's no good after a few days growth. i'm surprised oil isn't more popular, king of shaves do a good range.

Shaving cream in a tube, shaving brush, in the shower, change the blade (Sensor Excel mostly) every other week, splash with cold water when I get out.

I think I've spent $2 on shaving products in '08.

(i don't shave every day and i'm not crazy thick-beardy, tho)

How do I do that w/o having a beard? Seriously.

I mean, that's one of the basic upkeep-stuffs that I truly resent spending money on

Nice to see the Sensor Excel is still popular - I'd been wondering for a while if they were going to discontinue them. If Gilette ever do, then I'll have to start shaving with something that looks like a cross between a Klingon warship and a Jetson's egg slicer.

...which also vibrates and is endorsed by David Beckham

yeah, shaving "technology" has gotten cornier than the toothbrush equivalent

My dentist told me I should floss instead of brush if I'm only gonna do one or the other.

no way is it cornier yet, no shaving products claim to trim your beard using soundwaves.

Give it time, give it time...

(xpost) I brush, floss, and use mouthwash. Jeff Tucker would probably claim that the foul toothpaste is sandblasting my teeth, the evil floss is like using a bandsaw, and the Machiavellian mouthwash is like gargling with paint stripper. Then he might suggest that I clean my teeth with rusty barbed wire instead to avoid falling for the "racket" of Big Cosmetics.

Just got a nice shaving brush as an early b-day present, and some sweet-smelling goat's milk soap to go along with it, and I used a hot rag to soften my face for a bit, then a small bowl which I warmed with hot water, then just a tiny bit of the soap to work up a crazy-thick lather with the brush, and then my own face to work up even more lather against my own stubbliness, culminating in a lather that just ain't gonna happen out of a can of shaving cream, and had a shave that was MAD smooth, entirely free of irritation, just fucking genius. The difference between this shave and the shave I had before it was about 10 minutes of time, true, but also unmeasurable units of smoothness and comfort and satisfaction and manliness. Yes, even MANLINESS. A shave like this makes you more awesome, and you can feel the difference.

ok everybody STEER CLEAR OF KENAN'S HOUSE FOR 36 HOURS OR SO

Resistance is futile.

Have you yet sat with the towel on your face, and then a seagull lands on it, and you don't realize there is a seagull on the lower half of your head, and then you accidentally lather the seagull's butt, and then you shave the seagull's butt? Instead of your own face?

And the seagull's name is Albert Ross?

Has that ever happened?

No, but it's a real risk that shall be considered, perhaps in future judicial decisions.