'How many shaves per razor?'

malc_d

The Fusion pack says 4 blades should last upto 3 months.

I shave 6 times a week and use a small amount of Shave Cream from The Real Shaving Company and have no problems with a blade lasting a month.

telboyo

Fusion razors are the only branded item I buy, they may be expensive but they give the best shave going, especially the vibrating ones.

Gorgeous_George

I use the Fusion Power. A blade (well 5 blades per refill) last me about a month. The non-power option only lasted about two weeks with the same refills. I think the vibration of the power razor helps to clean the blades.

If you see me at the beginning of the month I may well have tissue stuck to my face.

GG

my_gorgeous_ellie-belle

Woah - i buy a pack of 6 Women's Gillette ones per month. I shave completely twice a week (thats legs, pits, and ahem down there) and maybe do armpits daily in the bath even if they don't need it cos i hate stubbly armpits...ewwww. So that is quite alot of area compared to just a beard shave for a man.

I can get away with using twice if lucky i think i might go and buy one of these fancy ones the guys are all raving about and see if they'll do better.

Weird but interesting thread, lol!

minnehaha_2

my_gorgeous_ellie-belle wrote: »

Woah - i buy a pack of 6 Women's Gillette ones per month. I shave completely twice a week (thats legs, pits, and ahem down there) and maybe do armpits daily in the bath even if they don't need it cos i hate stubbly armpits...ewwww. So that is quite alot of area compared to just a beard shave for a man.

I can get away with using twice if lucky i think i might go and buy one of these fancy ones the guys are all raving about and see if they'll do better.

Weird but interesting thread, lol!

Just to clarify....think I shave more (having inherited 'black forest' hair growth on my legs - thanks Mum!) so it's every day for legs and armpits and every other day for bikini line. BTW - tip given me by Boots staff if you prefer the look of your ladies' razor - with some makes the mens' blades will be interchangeable

gkinrade

I use an old fashioned safety razor - the shave is sooo much closer than a gilette. I change the blade every 2 or 3 shaves - when the blades cost about 16p each I'm not that worried about the cost of replacing often!

bperrett

Don't use disposable razors - think of the environment!

roxypimp

I have found that women’s razor blades (the pink ones) are not as sharp as the Gillette disposable razors (blue) - the ladies razor lasts about 2 shaves and the Gillette about 5 to 6 shaves.... yet these cost about the same the difference was noticeable.

flyingirl

This might be of interest to Moneysavers, I read about it on Lifehacker - a blog collecting random info from around the interweb. Hope someone finds it useful although I have not yet tried it out myself. They have some really wacky ideas on there but you never know...

http://lifehacker.com/5356529/extend-your-razors-life-with-a-pair-of-jeans

borders_dude

roxypimp wrote: »

I have found that women’s razor blades (the pink ones) are not as sharp as the Gillette disposable razors (blue) - the ladies razor lasts about 2 shaves and the Gillette about 5 to 6 shaves.... yet these cost about the same the difference was noticeable.

I had to use pink razors once. That was all that was left in the corner shop. I thought it was my imagination they werent as good but I only use razors once and toss them into the bin.