The folks on TSD are a creative bunch, unconstrained by marketing norms or labeling guidelines. This is the place to share discoveries you've made about using products in ways the manufacturer never intend. Acceptable entries can be either... A. Shaving products that you primarily use for non-shaving applications, or B. Non-shaving items you regularly use in your shave routine.
I use Williams Mug Soap as a strop conditioner...only use I've discovered for it so far. That and breaking in brushes.
Cremo shampoo. While I never took to using Cremo as a shave cream, turns out it works pretty well as a shampoo. Surprisingly, it even lathers up well. I had a tube of the unscented lying around last month when the thought struck me to give it a try. It worked so well I ordered a tube of the Sage & Citrus, which is the perfect mens shampoo scent.
I use SE blades (i don't have the razors though ) for all manner of DIY uses, most notebly, scraping crap of glass. I make my own shaving oil using olive/almond/grapeseed oils I use hard pucks of shaving soap i don't like as a travel soap for washing/shaving and shampoo My shaving bowl is a soup bowl
For shaving items used in non-shaving use, soaps that were purchased because I love the scent, then kept so long while waiting to use because shower soap. Sadly I have a few of these. One of my favorite things about shaving is the fantastic smells of the shave soaps. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
I use shave soap to wash my face unrefined shea butter in my post-shave routine alum on my fingertips to help stretch my skin a 10X mirror to look for missed spots an extra large pill bottle to store spent blades (just ask the pharmacist and he/she will give you one)...full containers go to a local drug store offering free sharps disposal a toothbrush, liquid hand soap, and a watch polishing cloth to clean my razors a wooden test tube rack to store my razors a Rubbermaid container for long-term soap storage
Not exactly shaving related...but I use Q-tips to clean my ears. The package clearly states, " do not insert into ear canal."
I use: Fastener assortment cabinets to hold hardware and software. The smaller narrow drawers hold razors and the larger drawers hold soaps. Office stamp carousels for brushes. Miniature metal tool boxes for blades. Spice racks for sample sizes. Soaps that don't lather well as clothes drawer fresheners.
Yes, looking at the back of the box, aparently the only thing on Earth you can't do with a Q-tip is clean your ears. I use them mostly for doing laundry and for changing flat car tires.
I keep my razors in my toothbrush holder, does that count? also use all variety of random containers for soaps that didn't come with tubs (most recently an applesauce container and a metal tin from chocolates)
I use a Gillette New Long Comb to shave sweaters and sweatshirts that have gotten too many fuzzies. I use a blade that is spent for normal shaving purposes.
Repurposed & Upcycled! Good thread @BigMike! I like the idea of "other than intended by the manufacturer". I've got a plastic one that works well. It's the blue thing behind the cased razors. Looked for more than a year, just got mine! Covered the spring clips with heat shrink tube. For used blades, an empty breath mint container. Not sure how Fuzzy @wchnu will take this; I use a Japanese Suribachi bowl to make lather. The intended purpose of the ceramic dish is to grind sesame seeds and spices using a wooden pestle (surikogi). They come in varying sizes with 5-6 inch diameter being about right. The wide open shape doesn't bang against brush handles like a mug. Inside of the bowl is rough nonglazed ceramic that facilitates mixing of soap, water, and air. I can get a butter cream lather from Modern Williams using this dish!
Well, I don't know if I'm at liberty to disclose the whole technique, but Step 1 is that you PUT THEM IN YOUR EAR!
