Gillete Fusion Razor
If you would like the experience of having the kind of crazily smooth legs that will cause you to paw at your own appendages in lustful appreciation, I heartily recommend the Gilette Fusion razor.
I’ve never understood those commercials for hair removal products that show some poor towel-clad woman painfully slicing open an artery in her ham-handed attempt to shave her own legs; I’ve always find shaving a no-brainer type of activity. Get out a razor and shoop, shoop, shoop, you’re done. However, the type of razor you use does make a big difference in the results: are your legs red and itchy afterwards? Does everything feel just a tiny bit stubbly? Are your armpits all rashy and pissed off at you? Round-file that crappy blade, my friend, and try the Fusion.
The Gillette Fusion is a 5-blade deal that’s marketed for men. (There’s a similar razor for women called the Venus, but like all girly razors it’s got a strip of slimy goo at the top ostensibly meant to ensure a gentle shave, which I find both pointless and sticky.) Now, does anyone really need five blades in their razor? I don’t know, but I can tell you this sucker works like a charm. It’s the smoothest shave I’ve ever experienced, bar none.
If you’re tempted by the battery-powered models, save your money. I mean, unless you’re tempted for a particular reason, in which case I will simply mention that there are lots of discreet online adult emporiums out there with quite a diverse inventory, no need to resort to the drugstore for those sorts of purchases. Tut tut tut.
At around $3.40 per replacement razor cartridge, it’s an expensive little product in the long run, but the good news is that each razor lasts for quite a while. Your mileage may vary, but it seems like I use one for maybe a couple months at a stretch before it starts feeling dull.
Link: Gillette Fusion on Amazon
Ballpark price: $10 for the initial razor and one cartridge (the Xbox model of making money: sell the console for a low margin, rake you over the coals for the games)
Posted: September 13th, 2007 under Skin care, Personal care, Personally recommended by Linda.
Comments: 10
Comments
Comment from Tessie
Time: September 13, 2007, 1:08 pm
Would this fall under the category of JB’s Picks also, or do you have some other nefarious source for your Manly Products?
I hope this doesn’t make anyone puke, but I would be on board with a razor that I could buy for HIM but occasionally use MYSELF in a pinch.
Comment from hello insomnia
Time: September 13, 2007, 2:26 pm
I use Schick Intuition, but this might be good since the Intuition isn’t very precise sometimes….
Comment from Katie
Time: September 13, 2007, 2:31 pm
I lurv this razor!!!!!!!! I had a Venus, which did a so-so job, but ran out of refills, and started using hubby’s Fusion! He isn’t as crazy about it as I am, but man does it work on the legs! We did end up with the electric one (CostCo package deal), but don’t use it very often.
I will recommend using it with Sliquid Intimate Shave Lotion! Found this on Drugstore.com, and it’s amazing! The name indicates that it’s for “intimate” areas, which it is good on, but it works really well on legs and arm pits too! Really good on sensitive skin!
Comment from serror
Time: September 13, 2007, 3:10 pm
I agree with you on the men’s razors. Women’s razors are somehow inferior in getting a close shave.
I like this razor, but had a problem with the 5th blade on top, which I guess is supposed to make it easier to trim your mustache or something. I was always inadvertently nicking my armpit with it.
Comment from Swistle
Time: September 14, 2007, 10:32 am
I love the opening line. (First attempt: “I lov teh opnling link.”) And I never understand those commercials, either. They’re always, like, cutting themselves and then also dropping the razor, losing the towel, etc., and then looking up with an exaggerated “Who needs this shit?” expression. And then there’s the one where some weirdo is trying to shove a PIZZA into the TOASTER. I think I see the real problem here, and it’s not the pizza or the toaster.
Comment from superblondgirl
Time: September 14, 2007, 1:33 pm
I have to keep this one in mind. My girlie razor just doesn’t do the job that well. Vibrating razor? Hmmm… it’s a multi-tasking tool! How ingenious!
Comment from andrea
Time: September 14, 2007, 6:36 pm
I stole my husbands a few months back and my legs and underarms have never felt so smooth! You can buy the refills at Costco to save a little bit, because those things are so expensive!
Comment from janet
Time: September 16, 2007, 4:13 pm
I love my husband because he lets me use HIS face-shaving Fusion on my legs. It’s glorious.
Comment from Deanna
Time: September 19, 2007, 7:52 am
love it!!
Got the free one here: http://walmart.triaddigital.com/enhancedrendercontent_ektid10926.aspx
and. . . uhhhh. . .not saying to do it. . .ummmm.. but if you use/have multiple street and email address, you can load up on these things (ok, ok, I always double dip by signing hubby up at his sister’s address) but it is *so* worth it for these!!
Comment from willikat
Time: September 23, 2007, 5:17 pm
i use the mach 5, basically the same thing. i have always found that women’s razors suck, even when they are supposed to be the girly version of the same man’s razor. sexism, i tell you! mine last a couple of months, too, before getting too dull (although i have really fine hair), and i won’t go back. and don’t get me started on what a waste of landfill space the disposables are; i’d gladly pay for the more expensive blades to know that my landfills are full to the brim with pink daisy razors.
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