Perhaps the cure to male loneliness is men stepping up for men. As a former lost boy myself, I certainly would have appreciated it.
Now I mentor the shit out of juniors in my professional life.
Perhaps the cure to male loneliness is men stepping up for men. As a former lost boy myself, I certainly would have appreciated it.
Now I mentor the shit out of juniors in my professional life.
it’s a noble cause, 100%.
but no one should be encouraging anyone to blow $18 on bullshit gillette, or whatever, refillable shaving cartriges. actually it was $18 the last time i bought a 5-pack, that was in the 90s. i don’t even want to know how much they cost now.
do yourself a solid and switch to safety razors. i got a handle ~9 years ago for like 10 bucks, and spent maybe $30 on 300 blades. actually 600, since they’re double sided. granted, i shave every other day, and never on weekends or during winter, but one blade will last about 3-4 weeks
please take the “you need 5 blades on your razor…unless you’re not a REAL man” propaganda and throw it out the window
I also shave with a safety razor. Figuring out my setup was a long and painful process to be honest. I’m not sure I would do it again. Now that I’m set I up golden.
Gillette permasharps, a Mekur 38 and Creamo cream is what does the trick for me. If anyone is staying out though I would recommend Vokshod blades - they are really consistent and forgiving
x2 for safety razor gang!
So, so much cheaper going forward, once you figure out something that works for you.
And it’s better for the environment in many small ways!
Just gotta set up a little safety box to put dull blades in, which can literally just be a mason jar or even a damn cleaned used can of soup, with a duct tape cover with a slit in it.
Why do people keep saying “once you find something that works”
I bought a safety razor and an assortment of like 50 different types of blades. Maybe 2 our of the 200+ blades have been incompatible and impossibly not to cut myself with.
I am quite literally still working my way through the box I bought a decade ago.
Yeah, this kind of thing is what I think subconsciously prevented me from getting a safety razor for years. The wetshave sub on reddit has tons of posts like “I used emu fat extract soap with my hog bristle sterling XCo 9000 brush today after preheating my skin to the optimal 99.4 degree temperature (confirmed with a laser thermometer) and shaved with the jewel-encrusted limited edition sex panther cage free Blade BlasterTM”.
I’m sure if you have sensitive skin you might need to make certain adjustments, but I got the cheapest safety razor I could find online and a pack of 100 blades for like 10 bucks, and use it exactly like I used those stupid 5 blade ripoffs with no issues at all.
Laser and electrolysis also work! 😂
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Seconded. I bought a Merkur handle, 25 blades and some soap about 15-18 years ago. Since then I’ve bought maybe 3 more soaps and a pack of 100 more blades. I probably get through moisturizer faster than I get through any of my other shaving stuff.
Shaving is basically free if you use a safety razor. It makes me wonder what other basic necessities stolen by capitalism are actually easily reclaimed.
shaving cream. you think it’s necessary because you use it every time, and if you were to not use it all of a sudden, your face would be shredded
that’s what every “skin care” product does–some immediate effect (“cooling!” “moisturizing!” “fortifying!” etc.) followed by your skin saying “ok, i don’t need to produce oils or any other thing that i’ve been doing for millions of years, because i’m already slathered with it.”
so you use skin lotion = after it evaporates, your skin is dryer than it would have been had you not used any lotion. i know sooooo many people who can’t stop complaining about their dry skin even though they basically drench themselves in lotion all day. that’s by design, to sell you lotion you never actually needed
There are some recommended by dermatologists like lac hydrin. I have chronic dry skin and whenever I actually decide to use it my skin gets noticeably better even when I’m barely using it.
You shave with just water alone? I’ve done that a couple times in the past and it’s not a pleasant experience, and I’m far from having sensitive skin.
i pretend i’m in ancient times before they invented shaving cream. or safety razors for that matter. or mirrors. everything i use is a luxury
but seriously, i’ll use the cream if i skip 3 days of shaving–so mondays in other words. otherwise the stubble is so short that water works fine and shaving takes half the time. one can of cream lasts about a year and a half
Amen, I grabbed a Henson razor handle that presets the blade angle and depth. It’s more expensive than a normal safety razor handle, but my hands aren’t steady enough to use a normal handle. Either way it takes normal razor blades. I got 200 Feather blades for $50 a couple of years ago and I’m not even halfway through.
All that being said I keep a Harry’s handle and cartridges in my travel bag because it’s just easier to get through TSA
IDK, I use a cheap razor for months as I’m very light haired so…
Also, baby steps!