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This blog is going to make us look a bit bad,  a tad disorganized and maybe even slightly disconnected from what we do for a living.  Long story short — one of the Grooming Guys shaved with a variety of women’s razors all last week.  Sure we get more than our fair share of freebie razors sent to us all the time, and could in a pinch, even take a blade or two out of our own inventory.  But, that’s not what we did on a recent family trip.  Instead, we forgot male-friendly razors and blades all together. None.  Zero. And with too much pride to go and buy a man’s razor from a store, here’s how we handled it and some reviews of how blades for the fairer sex faired.

DAY ONE — GILETTE VENUS:  Woke up, felt a bit scratchy and rifled through the dopp kit with nary a razor to be found.  Asked wife, who offered up a Gillette Venus.  Pill shaped, blue and white with a very dainty handle. Triple-bladed. A lot slimmer horizontally than a standard men’s razor, so it required additionally passes to get the circumference of the entire beard area. Also, tough to get nooks and crannies of the face as it’s designed for a lady’s legs, which tend to be pretty straight forward. Felt silly while shaving, but have to say the result was pretty solid. No real complaints.

DAY THREE — SCHICK XTREME:Time to shave again and wife tossed Venus blade as she said it was “nasty.”  With no extras to get from her, went to sister for help. Enter the Schick Xtreme Disposable. Was a little thrown off by the pink handle, but impressed by the offer of both pre and post-shave lubricant strips on top and bottom.  Shave was decent, but not a huge fan of the way the blade flexed as it caused a minor cut.  Felt silly shaving and silly with toilet paper on face from cut after. Sister says it’s first rate for legs… which is where it should stay.

DAY FIVE — SCHICK QUATTRO FOR WOMEN:Dad offered up his pre-historic double-edge, but decided to push forward with the experiment. Ma’s Schick Quattro was the tool of choice this time. Pinkish color wasn’t ideal, but handle was super comfortable and four blades looked promising.  Huge benefit of this sucker is that it’s handle was a bit heavier than the others and enabled precision control for tight sports. It also had a vertically compact blade system, which is always good. No cuts, no rash and no complaints.  Probably the winner.

So the bottom line was and is… chicks razors do the trick in a pinch.  No, we won’t start using them, selling them or recommending them at Grooming Lounge, but if you’re stuck in Western Florida and refuse to cough up the dough for a Mach III, all hope is not lost.