I just bought a can of Gillette Series "3X" Shave Gel. I remember using the regular GS gel(that is, without the "3X".) I liked it back then(many years ago) . I wonder if the message Gillette is sending to Edge with the "3X" is, "Oh yeah? I can do you better three times over!". The mad scientist in me will put this to work soon.
1. Hydrates 2. Lubricates 3. Smells good No mention of how the chemicals in the propellent actually degrade the edge of your blades, but I didn't really expect them to mention that.
That's the one all right . As for the chemicals, I always dip my "disposeABLE" in water(well, I suppose all dispy users do)...would that hel;p fight the chemicals?
The chemicals in it I'm sure isn't very good for you face, equipment or the environment. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk
Chemicals or whatever, I just tossed THAT one, too. There's too strong a fragrance in it. It'd be fine to use with unscented aftershave, but that only.(IMO)
I think that if you can really believe that the propellant and chemicals in shave gel degrade the edge of your blades, you may have other issues. Not to fret, the water will wash away all the harm , sorry, I keep laughing, down the drain. If the chemicals in shaving cream can do such harm, I wouldn't even shave and risk chemical damage to my pipes. You should be more concerned with what is in the metal in your blades. .
Edge is super slick, I am using some soap I have at the moment but I think I'll get a can of edge once I am finishing. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk
Gillette is and has always been better then Edge. Some Edge shaving gels dissolve if you walk away from the sink for 2 minutes.
I tried gel recently. It made me cross-eyed and killed all the alligators in the sewer. The sewage treatment plant now has a weird green glow. I think canned goo is a consipiracy of some sort. I always found canned gels to all be about the same. I used them from the mid-1980s until 2009, when I tried Kiss My Face Moisture Shave and got turned onto traditional wetshaving. The gels were a definite improvement over the canned foam in my experience, but nowhere near as good as the Kiss My Face. Maybe the canned gels have improved a great deal over the last seven years? 3X = XXX?
Why bother with "canned goo" when soaps and creams in general offer such great shaves, great protection, great variety of scents, ease of use and are so inexpensive?
Nothing against shaving soaps, of course, (I'll look forward to trying them out soon), but sometimes I think the Rise Super Foam could pass for "shaving soap in a can". Now that I think about it, I'd say the same about Clubman's shaving cream.
