A straight razor shave may seem like a dangerous task for men who want to use it at home. However, the procedure actually isn’t as dangerous as it seems.
In fact, numerous websites and reports show that a straight-edge razor is a very simple tool to use.
A barber from The Art of Shaving shop in New York, Israel Leon, explained just how easy the shaving process is. In a demonstration for the Wall Street Journal, he explained that men can get the best shaving results in the shower. The hot moisture of the shower opens the pores of the skin dramatically. This allows the razor to glide across the skin much more smoothly.
In a barbershop, Leon replicates this moisture effect by applying a warm towel onto the face for a few minutes to open up the pores of the skin. He then applies pre-shave oil thoroughly onto the face. This puts a protective barrier in-between the blade and the skin, so that he can shave in any direction without irritation. [click to continue…]
Gillette has always worked hard to perfect their high-quality razor lineup. Their newest upgrade, the Fusion ProGlide, is more than just a deluxe version of the Fusion.
The ProGlide adds in new changes to make the excellent shaver glide even more smoothly than before.
For anyone who doesn’t know the Fusion shavers well, Gillette’s brand uses five blades to thoroughly trim facial hairs down to size. They also include a sideburn trimmer on the back, so that people can remove thicker hairs without a problem. The company labeled this new feature as “fusion technology.” This technological name was more or less made just to counter against Schick’s Quattro razors, which used four blades.
As silly as the name sounds, it helped Gillette’s Fusion gain acceptance as one of the top razors in the market. Despite a few complaints that the Fusion was not much different than Gillette’s previous Mach 3 razor, it still received very [click to continue…]
Some people regret removing their hair and they try to grow it back using other shampoos and lotion. These people may want to reconsider their purchase.
The Food and Drug Administration forced a recall for specific brand of harmful regrowth products.
According to a press release on the Food and Drug Administration’s website, Perfect Image Solutions products could cause blood pressure to drop to dangerously low level. The unapproved lineup consists of regrowth topical lotions with high concentrations of chemicals such as minoxidil, azelaic acid, ketoconazale and salicylic acid.
Minoxidil is not a completely lethal chemical. In fact, oral minoxidil was originally used to treat patients with high blood pressure. When a person takes it in pill form, the minoxidil widens the small arteries in the body, causing the blood flow resistance to decrease.
Doctors actually stopped prescribing the drug for blood pressure when people discovered that [click to continue…]
The Nair hair removal lotion may seem like a strange concoction, considering that one version uses baby oil as ingredients. It may not replace shavers, but Nair is a safe, dependable lotion alternative.
As further proof of Nair’s effectiveness, a science writer for Wired magazine decided to analyze each ingredient of the product. The lotion primarily uses potassium thioglycolate, a sulfur-hydrogen atom group that eats away at a skin and hair protein called keratin.
The liquid also contains calcium hydroxide to destroy the keratin proteins in the hair follicles at their weakest point. This substance attacks into the shaft, where the hair sprouts from the root. Manufacturers of earlier hair removal products previously used sodium hydroxide, until they received complaints that the chemical causes terrible burns on the skin. Thankfully, calcium hydroxide is a much safer alternative.
Many of the other components of Nair’s product include [click to continue…]
Manufacturers of women’s razors often have trouble differentiating their products from the myriad of competing razors. Schick found a unique way to level the competition by adding a shaving cream bar next to the blade on its new .
People may wonder how Schick’s product works. The Intuition is a four-blade razor that actually layers a skin conditioner around the blades. This means that women no longer need extra shaving cream to soften the skin before shaving. Now they only need water on the skin, so that the razor can build up lather onto the wet area.
The blade has its own share of critics who have either praised the new product or dismissed it as a waste of time and money. The razor seems to provide exceptional results for most women. However, some people noted that the blade does not provide the absolute closest shave. Women may have to run the razor over the skin four or five times before it removes the hair. [click to continue…]
Gigi is the most recognizable manufacturer of wax warmers, but other companies also provide their own alternative devices. Sally Hansen recently started selling their wax warmer with results that are not nearly adequate.
In fact, many users of the Sally Hansen wax warmer kit were disappointed with either the electronic device or the wax itself.
Certainly Sally Hansen’s wax warmer comes packaged with everything that a person needs to wax the hair off his or her body. It includes the warmer, wax and three wooden spatulas to spread the wax. The wax is stripless, which means that it does not need cloth strips to rip the wax off the skin.
The entire kit is available for an inexpensive $20 price. It could have worked as an excellent value package for customers on a tight budget. Instead, the package [click to continue…]
Shoppers who love natural products may want to look into purchasing Moom for their hair removal needs. Unlike other waxing products, Moom is completely made from natural ingredients.
Although the name doesn’t seem to mean anything, Moom is a dependable brand that definitely uses all-natural ingredients. The hair removal wax consists only of chamomile, lemon juice, tea tree oil, sugar and water. The simple formula is somewhat similar to sugaring, but people still need to use the waxing strips to remove the hair from their skin.
The entire do-it-yourself process is not hard to figure out, especially if someone is experienced in waxing. A person who has bought the product will first have to microwave the wax for about 10 seconds. After applying the Moom wax onto the portion of hair that they wish to remove, she or he should then adhere a reusable strip of fabric onto the hair.
Like most waxes, the removal process is somewhat painful. The person needs to rub on the strip three times firmly, before zipping the strip off quickly. The skin may sting after stripping the hair off, but the procedure becomes easier as the body adjust to [click to continue…]
Nads is one of the more popular hair removal companies when it comes to gels and creams. Their lineup often carries mixed reviews around the web, but their products for women are remarkably effective.
The company is renowned for its original hair removal gel, which is made from safe, natural ingredients. It isn’t toxic, so it definitely will not damage a person’s skin permanently. For some odd reason, the package even states that the gel is edible. Hopefully no one has the nerve to eat a gross depilatory gel.
Like most depilatory creams, the Nad’s original gel tends to sting after women apply it onto the skin. The pain only lasts for a short while, before the chemicals of the gel start to break down the protein structure of the hair. The only difference from other depilatory creams lies in the uprooting process. Women will have to uproot the hair in the same fashion as a waxing operation.
Some women have written complaints about the accompanying instructions, which claim [click to continue…]
Readers of this blog may not have heard of machines that can perform intense pulsed light hair removal at home. These devices are actually quicker and much more efficient than expensive appointments with a hair removal specialist.
There are three popular brands of machines for intense pulsed light hair removal. Shoppers should try to find the Remington i-Light first, because it lasts the longest out of all the light pulse machines.
For anyone who hasn’t heard about intense pulsed light hair removal, also known as IPL hair removal, the process is similar to that of laser hair removal. The pulse device uses light energy to damage parts of the hair follicle, so that the hair is less likely to grow back. Most devices works best on light people with dark hair, because the light texture of the skin’s melanin is less likely to absorb heat from the pulse. Unlike lasers, the intense light pulse emits a pulse of light at specific wavelengths to further reduce any possible damage to the skin.
The Remington is one of the few unisex devices that will work for both [click to continue…]
Recently, manufacturers of beauty products started advertising hair removal pads that gently caress the skin. In various infomercials, they have claimed that these mittens can remove the hair painlessly, allowing legs to become silky smooth.
In a nutshell, pads provide pain-free hair removal, but don’t expect them to ever replace other essential shavers or epilators.
There are about two brands of pads that are currently the most popular. The most reputable one, the Smooth Away hair removal pad, contains what the company calls “superfine” crystals. These tiny crystals lightly rub off hair from the follicles.
Technically, it works in a manner similar to sandpaper. By rubbing the rough surface with very little pressure, the pads removes the hair from the legs and other areas where hair growth is relatively thin. [click to continue…]
