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Recommend me a leg razor
Riale
I'm a little slowRegistered User regular
I'm a little slowRegistered User regular
Title pretty much says it all. I've been shaving my legs these days and I could really use a razor designed for shaving them. I have no idea what I should look for in one, and have no one I can really ask for advice from, so I'm hoping someone here can make a recommendation.
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I really liked the Venus line. The grip was comfortable, the head pivoted a ridiculous amount, it felt impossible to cut myself, and the blades did a decent job removing a lot of hair.
I loved the Shick Intuition, the blades are surrounded by a brick of shave cream essentially. The major issue with me was that the blade often had trouble laying against the skin, meaning it was worthless in the end.
Have you considered a chemical hair remover? They certainly work, but they smell. But they work!
How about an eppilator? Its like a couple dozen tweezers goin at you at once, and it hurts like all goddamned hell.
Shaving can be expensive, especially for women. I don't know if I could shave my legs with a safety razor.
Also consider what you use as lubrication (a female friend only shaved with baby oil, I tried it, my skin said no), and you might want to look into some sort of bump stopper/aftershave care for your inner thighs. Might went nuts.
Expense is a concern, but I've been keeping them shaved with an old electric trimmer and it is far too time consuming and doesn't do the job well, so the expense is worth it to me.
As for aftershave and irritation, I don't think I'll have too much of a problem. My legs are pretty durable.
Although that does bring up another topic. My armpits have always been really sensitive (I tried probably about 20 different deodorants before I found one that didn't give me some kind of reaction) and shaving has often been painful and futile. Anyone have suggestions for taking care of that?
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Just something that pissed me off, freshly shaved, my legs felt amazing. I would sit there in class just stroking my calf. Then, all of a sudden, prickles. I hated them. It just grew back so fast.
is particularly good- I have VERY sensitive skin so I use the aloe vera one and I've never had problems apart from once leaving it on for half an hour whilst reading- and then all that happened was my skin was a little hot/sensitive for about 30 minutes afterwards.
If you're dead set against anything but blades, then yeah the Venus divine's okay but the replacement heads cost as much as the acual razor, so it's pretty fucking pricy over time. I've found diposable men's to be the best, used with a foaming shave gel. just make SURE that you
a)exfoliate the shaven area regularly in the regrowth period
and b)moisturise with either baby oil after a shower on wet skin (which is fantastic) or some sort of body lotion
otherwise you'll suffer the dreaded ingrown leg-bumps.
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I don't always have the patience to let the regrowth come through properly afterwards and use a razor from the Venus range as others have reccommended - I use this and the blades seem to last ages. I'm sure it comes in a manlier blue colour as well
That was weird.
Some people shave their face, some people shave their legs. I'm not sure how his reason is related to us helping him get smooth legs.
I have it on good authority that venus razors + foaming shaving cream + baby oil produces good results, at least for girls. I don't know anything about waxing but I'll say that I have used a scary rotating epiliator thingy on myself and it works well but it's painful.
I'm gay.
Regardless of the fact, I dislike bodily hair except on the head. I find being smooth much more comfortable and attractive.
About the epilator, it's part of my weird personal philosophy that I don't like pulling out or stopping anything natural (I won't use antiperspirant for example) on my body, although I don't mind cutting the hair. It does seem like the best overall option in terms of price and ease of use though, so I might get one anyways. The pain I can definitely deal with, especially if it leaves me smoother and means I have to fuss with it less often (my hair normally grows very quickly).
Thanks to everyone who's commented, you've all been a great help.
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Another benefit to pulling the hair out is that it grows back finer and less visible over time, and then eventually, not at all.
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I guess it depends on the person, and what you do. I am straight (and male), but I do shave my chest for example. The reason is that I only have hair growth around my nipples and after a while it looks like I have two little braids hanging from my chest...not very appealing.
I have considered shaving my legs as well, for several reasons. One being sports...I cycle a lot and although I don't give a sh*t about aerodynamics, anything but brand new shorts just seems to "abrade" the hair off in a painful way. Also, on my calves it tends to get frizzy as well as rather dark on my very light legs. Both not very attractive.
I advice against the safety razor, by the way. It deals very poorly with nooks and crannies
Oh! and shave with the grain of your hair. As in, the razor stroke goes from the top of the leg down. You get a closer shave this way.
Good luck!