A straight-edge razor is a valuable blade for men who want smooth faces, but they may not know which ones to buy. Believe it or not, old vintage models are the very best models of these shavers.
Although most people wouldn’t bother with old relics, most straight-edge razors generally last much longer than convention razors.
There are many reasons why people should look into buying a straight razor. The shavers help men cut the hairs more closely to the skin. The fresh feeling of the shave comes from the position of the blade. Hoe-shaped disposable razors typically require people to apply pressure on the handle. This often keeps the blade from gliding as easily across the skin.
Straight-edge models, on the other hand, shave with a larger blade along the side of the face. This is a much smoother operation, because it keeps users from nicking themselves from applying too much pressure.
People often debate whether they should really spend a lifetime hunting for a vintage straight-edge from the early 1900s. They really don’t need to go to the trouble to hunt for such a rare artifact. Most people can easily settle with a standard Dovo razor from amazon.com. The least expensive razor models typically cost only $20 to $30. [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 hair regrowth is a side effect. In fact, it tended to cause hypertrichosis, a condition of excessive hair growth, among women. Now it is commonly used to treat male-pattern baldness. It also treats hair loss or hair thinning for women.
People are supposed to use minoxidil in small doses. Some of Perfect Image Solutions’ topical lotions contain 15 percent or 10 percent minoxidil. These highly concentrated dosage amounts could cause low blood pressure, heart palpitations and various other dangerous cardiac symptoms. In fact, the safest acceptable topical lotion strengths only consist of 2 percent and 5 percent minoxidil. [click to continue…]
Facial hair removers with springs seem to keep popping up on the market. Two companies, Bellabe and Epicare, claim that they are the original facial hair removers
Regardless of which came first, spring hair removers are illogical tools for people with too much time on their hands
To be fair, spring hair removers are unique. They certainly can remove the small facial hairs on a woman. It works reasonably well for a woman who grows an embarrassing mustache on her upper lip.
The hair removal procedure is simple. Women simply bend the pencil-shaped string into a U-shape on the lower lip. They then rotate the spring, so that the coils can uproot the hair when they slip in-between each coil.
Most coiled springs only cost about $10 to $20. It is difficult to find in the average beauty store, but it certainly won’t empty a woman’s wallet. In spite of this, the coiled spring probably will never become the most revolutionary hair removal device ever created. Women may not even care to keep such a thing for a long time, because it is almost too unconventional for [click to continue…]
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…]
