The price of a perfect shave

[elfs]

Okay, I'm gonna confess. I bought something pimped by Queer Eye. I bought Zihr shaving cream. I bought the small tube: 3oz for $12. Damn, that's pricey. That's four times the cost of my usual shaving cream (Alba Botanical), and ten times the cost of the cheap crap you can buy at the supermarket.

The cost is offset by the value. I really liked using it. It was incredibly smooth especially with a decent razor (I use the Mach three-bladed ones). And when I'm done, my skin is really clean. I haven't cut myself since I started using this combo. And looking through Froogle, that seems to be the bottom price. It's not exactly for sale on discount.

Crud. I hate discovering that there's something so excellent out there, that's so damned expensive. The question now becomes: is this step-up in the quality and comfort of a ritual I go through every day really worth the price? Not to mention having to walk into the Bon Marche, where I have a reaction to that kind of branding similar to Cayce Pollard's in Pattern Recognition.

On the other hand, it doesn't help me show up on radar the way Alba Botanical claims their product does: although AB's shaving cream is on its third packaging redesign since I started buying the stuff, the package has always touted the product's ability to "prevent chaffing." I think they mean chafing.

Comments

[elfs.livejournal.com]

Yeah, lucky you. I have an Italian in my background. Even with this excellent set-up, I still look like I haven't shaved by five that afternoon.

[http://users.livejournal.com/dominic-m-/]

another italian here. and to say what other shaving creme's did you use in the past that caused such unsatisfaction? I just use the plain ol gillette gel stuff that came with my mach 3 razor.it works wonders compared to the non gel stuff. they have one for sensitive skin if thats the problem, its what I end up using now and then.

[rapier.livejournal.com]

Don't be too jealous. Part and parcel with the genetic disposition towards cleanshavenness is a genetic disposition towards having a small penis. :shrug: What can you do, but become more proficient at linguistics and rhythm?