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a question for those of you with willies.

nothing at all to do with willies, but how much is a male razor?
just asking because my boyfriend has lost his electric one, and his face is slowly being taken over by hair, so i thought i would treat him to a shiny new razor.. as long, of course, that it is not too expensive.

also, come to think of it, how much is the shaving cream?
Reply 1
you want an electric one or a pack of bics?
Reply 2
Electric or otherwise?
Reply 3
ah, sorry.. thought i had made that clear.. just a normal one like .. the none electric ones... lol
Reply 4
TKR
you want an electric one or a pack of bics?


Don't get Bics, they suck....
Reply 5
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?perPage=10&storeId=10001&catalogId=4501&langId=-1&currPage=1&searchTerms=PHILISHAVE&searchScope=458&searchType=&viewType=seeAll&maxResults=25&sortBy_1=32768&x=11&y=9
It ranges a whole lot. Basically, any of those are decent enough, can't really go wrong with a Philishave, the more you're willing to pay, the better quality it will be, but even the cheapest one will be (mostly) bearable, just may not last as long.
Or the Mach 3 vibrating wet shave one would make for a nice, not too expensive gift.

EDIT: Ignore all of that then!

Mach 3 do a Turbo (is that the name of the vibrating one?) gift set, I think it's about £13 or so although I don't remember exactly.
pumpkin7
nothing at all to do with willies, but how much is a male razor?
just asking because my boyfriend has lost his electric one, and his face is slowly being taken over by hair, so i thought i would treat him to a shiny new razor.. as long, of course, that it is not too expensive.

also, come to think of it, how much is the shaving cream?


If you're talking about a non-electric razor, the razor itself if not usually expensive (maybe £7 for a Gilette Mach3, not sure), they just sting you for the goddamn blades!! :mad:

That is the reason why I have stopped shaving in favour of the designer stubble look... that and the fact that it is less time consuming than shaving every day and looks better IMO :biggrin:
Reply 7
no no no. RAZOR.. not electric.. just a normal, bog standard one that you need to use cream with.. it's just a temporary one because my bofriend looks weird with stubble...
jeff2233
If you're talking about a non-electric razor, the razor itself if not usually expensive (maybe £7 for a Gilette Mach3, not sure), they just sting you for the goddamn blades!! :mad:

That is the reason why I have stopped shaving in favour of the designer stubble look... that and the fact that it is less time consuming than shaving every day and looks better IMO :biggrin:



gives ladies like me a nasty rash though....like rubbing your face against a cactus....
Reply 9
bone-machine
gives ladies like me a nasty rash though....like rubbing your face against a cactus....


very true.. chafe burns on your top lip from teh snogs.
Reply 10
pumpkin7
very true.. chafe burns on your top lip from teh snogs.


Ouch.

I use the Mach 3 Turbo with King of Shaves gel. It's all rather expensive though - incidentally, razor blades are the most shoplifted item in Boots.
Reply 11
Make sure that you get one with free blades on the back of the pack!
Reply 12
yes i will. i was just wondering how much to take with me tomorrow :smile:
and hopefully he won't need to get any other razors, because he will find his nice electric one..
Take a tenner. I got my Gilette M3 Power (the nice vibrating one) from Superdrug a few months back for £6.64 with 3 blades - bargain!
Reply 14
TKR
you want an electric one or a pack of bics?

Bics??? if you use them you might aswell use a chainsaw
Reply 15
Dont bother with the normal crap. Get a merkur vision 2000 with butterfly design! SO much better.
Its a LOT ..about..£70 BUT its perfect, as you get older or you are shaving different parts of your face, you adjust exposure to the blade for the best effect.
Basically, you spend £70 on the razor, a really high quality one so that you wont ever replace if you take care of it. Sure its expensive but a box of 10 razors, which you can probbly buy every 2 months is £3....so in about a year, you would save about £40-50 on the actual razors, so you make your money back and get a better shave.

http://www.mankind.co.uk/ProductDetails.asp?ProductID=22990

Id be chuffed, it was just hard taking the plunge to buy it...but i never regretted it. It does take some getting used to, so you do have to be VERY careful..but that means you improve your technique and get better results not like those machs and gillettes were you can basically paint your face with it and it gives the same effect but makes the face more tender....a word of warning though...i left the razor to the max setting near my window, reached for a toothbrush without looking, and it sliced through a chunk of thumb, i didnt even feel it until i looked and went crazy...its all good now though :biggrin:
Reply 16
Make sure its a decent one like the Gilette M3 (about £10), and not those crappy ones that last for like a day.
Reply 17
i actually plumped for some disposable ones just for now.. they didn't have any of the ones you had mentioned, so i will have a look around again tomorrow.

anyway, the pack of 5 were £2, and i paid with a £10 note.. but the stupid cashier gave me back a £5 note, 4 £1 coins, a 50p, 2 x 20p, and a penny, so they only cost 9p. bargain :smile: that was in boots.

tomorrow i will go somewhere else and see if i can find one of those nice ones you mentioned.. i am not, however, spending £70 on him.. idiot didn't even get me a christmas present. bah.
Reply 18
pumpkin7
anyway, the pack of 5 were £2, and i paid with a £10 note.. but the stupid cashier gave me back a £5 note, 4 £1 coins, a 50p, 2 x 20p, and a penny, so they only cost 9p. bargain :smile: that was in boots.


If that had been me serving you, I'd have given you them for free. I wouldn't bother changing it.