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Shaving for me, much like for many people, has become a routine. I buy my twenty-four pack of Venus razors from Costco once in a blue moon, replace an old one with a new one when the time comes, buy more razors, and repeat. I am on team no shaving cream (gasp!), so shaving for me requires especially little thought and effort. However when trying out Skintimate’s 2-in-1 Shave Cream & Skin Conditioner in Silky Coconut and Schick’s Quattro YOU™ disposable razors, I thought harder about the shaving process than I had since I was thirteen.
I knew it was going to take a lot to convince me to change razors—you find the brand you like, or that your mom uses, and stick with it until the end, right? And shaving cream…it had never prevented less nicks and cuts or ingrown hairs for me. But Schick’s razors did say they prevent more nicks and cuts and Skintimate’s shaving cream continues to moisturize all day. Okay, let’s try it out…
The products being run through the gauntlet…featuring my shower curtain from the kids section of Target
For thorough product-reviewness I divided my legs into four sections. My lower right leg I shaved with the Schick razor and Skintimate shaving cream, for the upper right leg I just used the Schick razor. On my lower bottom leg, I shaved with a new Venus razor and the shaving cream, and upper left leg just the Venus razor. Sorry to the environment for wasting so much water.
I was first struck that Skintimate’s shaving cream was much thinner than the shaving cream I used in the past. It didn’t feel as if I was actually blocking the razor’s effectiveness. Whether it moisturized my legs more, I’m not too sure, because it did feel as if it had entirely rubbed off once I got off the shower. Now for the razors, I was surprised to find that when I opened the Schick razors…they were scented. Florally scented. The first thought that ran through my head was, “Do companies think razors “for women” need to be scented?” And apparently yes. It wasn’t bad…but it wasn’t something that would make me buy these razors over another brand. It’s not like these razors spend too much time near your face either, so the whole scented benefit is lost for most of it. Now for the real showdown. The Schick razor definitely feels like it has more of a buffer, and at first I was worried that with the shaving cream, it wasn’t doing a good job of shaving my legs. But it worked just fine! I honestly couldn’t really tell a difference between the results of the Schick and Venus razors, other than that the Schick razor has a different grip and more of a buffer.
So would I recommend Schick’s Quattro YOU™ and Skintimate’s 2-in-1 Shave Cream & Skin Conditioner? Absolutely? Will I not buy my Costco pack of Venus razors? Eh, I’m quite partial to them.