Ladies! speak to me of electic razors, good? bad? ok?

[NMDemDist2]

I'm really tired of spending a fortune on blades and summer's here! while my rural town isn't judgmental about hairy legs in shorts, still......

so should an electric razor be in my future?

TIA ladies! :yourock:

[LostinVA]

1. No --I think they suck, and I am a most unhairy person

I use the Mach3 from Gillette for a good, close leg, etc. shave.

[NMDemDist2]

2. I don't really care if I'm silky smooth (I'll use razors for 'date night')

I just don't want to look like a Yeti in my shorts at the grocery store :P

[LostinVA]

3. I think they leave patches

As I said, I'm not hairy, and my leg hair is lightish, but I hate the shave it gives.

[NMDemDist2]

5. I had an old Lady Remington for years

it worked ok once I got used to it. :shrug:

I was hoping they had improved lately and that someone had a recommendation

[Hugin]

19. ...

I just don't want to look like a Yeti in my shorts at the grocery store

Waaay too funny! :rofl:

[NMDemDist2]

21. I wasn't kidding....

:blush:







:rofl:

[Kajsa]

16. I like Mach3, too.

I've never had much luck with electric razors.

Anyhoo,I use them in the shower so non-electic
disposible blades work best for me.

Hopefully this helps.
;-)

:hi: :pals:

[Kali]

4. I hate being trapped in the hairy legs are bad mind-set

but I too am a victim. Disposables really arent THAT expensive and its really only the first one or two that you have to throw away from that first de-furring. After that each is good for 3 or 4 (or even more if you are light) shaves

[NMDemDist2]

6. I didn't shave for YEARS but now adays as I get older

I don't want to look crappier than I have too :rofl:

[supernova]

7. I prefer wet razors

so I prefer disposables. I haven't seen an electric one that is really OK to be used around a bathtub.

The electric razor was fine when my leg hair was so fine when I was 13, but not now. I'm not hirsute exactly, but I'm not totally denuded either. I think electrics still pull on the hair too much (read: it hurts. :hurts: ) rather than cut it.

I shave about every 3 or 4 days.

[NMDemDist2]

8. cheap disposables cut me to pieces, spendy blades work fine but

are, well, spendy

I'd only shave a couple times a week too I think :shrug:

[supernova]

9. Reminds me -- lotions

A couple of years ago there was a fun thing on the lotion aisle in the drugstore.

There was a multitude of hair-inhibiting lotions. I've got one from Jergens. It was great! I only had to shave maybe 1x/week if I used it everyday.

Now, I don't see them at all. What's up with dat? :shrug:

[NMDemDist2]

10. I remember that stuff! I liked it too

we're probably gonna get some horrible cancer from it now eh?

[davsand]

11. Wax on. Wax off.

Just wax a time or two and shaving with an electric doesn't seem quite so bad...



Laura

[NMDemDist2]

12. LOL

:rofl:

[Connonym]

13. I vote for waxing

it hurts the first couple times but it lasts a lot longer than shaving and because the hair is pulled out by the root it really does come in finer.

[NMDemDist2]

14. hmmmm I wonder if I can even get a wax job in this little town?

and what it would cost if I could?

I really don't care if my legs are smooth, i just don't want to look like cousin It at the grocery store :shrug:

[Connonym]

15. it's possible to do it yourself, easier if you have someone to help you

It's gone out of fashion but do you remember ever hearing of Nads? It's a sugar based solution that is used instead of wax. Benefits are that you don't have to heat it and it rinses off much more easily than wax.

For the past 6 years or so I've been using this http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=80237&catid=50619&brand=21192&trx=PLST-0-BRAND&trxp1=50619&trxp2=80237&trxp3=1&trxp4=0&btrx=BUY-PLST-0-BRAND&cmbProdBrandFilter=21192
Have a glass of wine to relax before you use it, it's not as painful as you might think. Easy to use and I've noticed a huge decrease in the density of the hair on my legs. I still sometimes use a razor for date night :) but I can go a lot longer between shaves now.

[supernova]

17. Here's my fav depilatory

I've never been satisfied with using a razor in the binkini area, but I like this stuff a lot. It works, doesn't stick (so much), and doesn't sting. Plus you get this really great lanolin moisterizer with it.

http://www.amazon.com/Ardell-Surgicream-Bikini-Remover-Finishing/dp/B000142IS2/ref=sr_1_37/102-4014875-3092150?ie=UTF8&s=hpc&qid=1181243899&sr=1-37

[NMDemDist2]

20. bikini??

my bikini days are over baby! I rarely show *anything* above the knee or what a good pair of walking shorts reveal

:rofl:

[supernova]

22. Well, I still like a bathing suit

so I'm into it! :evilgrin:

Though mostly I just love the way it feels. :evilgrin:

[NMDemDist2]

24. i keep *it* trimmed short for comfort

but *it's* not what I'm worried about in the grocery store :rofl:

[Scout]

27. that's what a little skirt on your bathing suit is for! n/t

[tandot]

18. I bought a Braun 360 for my sweety last Christmas and have no complaints

I looked at Consumer Reports and it was one of the best rated electric razors. It came with a cleaning module:



However, it was very expensive. The thing cost $160 and the double-pack of cleaning cartridge refills cost about $12 for two (they last him about 3-4 month).



OOOPS! Sorry. I should have read the OP better. I missed the "shaving legs" part :blush: :blush::blush::blush::blush::blush:

[NMDemDist2]

23. ROFL, hubby already has a shaver and a beard trimmer and a nose hair

trimmer....


it's *ME* we're talking about here :rofl:

[tandot]

25. I guess I should lay off the speed reading

:blush::blush::blush::blush::blush::blush::blush::blush::blush:


However, if it works so great for my (future) hubby, maybe it will work for us girls, too???

Maybe I'll try it (without letting him know, of course) :evilgrin:

[Scout]

26. I have one of those that you can use in the shower...

and I like it. It's not quite as close as a blade, but it's not noticeable unless someone is stroking your leg... ;)

I was never much of a shaver, either my pits or legs but I do shave more with the new electric razor. It also has an "extension" thing on it that leaves the hair about 1/4 inch long so you can do a rough cut first--or only.

[NMDemDist2]

28. which one is it? I'm looking for brand recommendations

:hi:

[davsand]

29. Can I share a "Nair" experience here?

Back when I was in college I got tired of the shaving the legs thing and I bought some of that Nair foam. I had just spread it on my legs and the phone rang. Being a college kid I had to run and answer the phone (this was back when cordless phones were rare and cell phones were not even on the radar.)

When I ran down the hall little splats of that foam fell off my legs.

I was only on the phone for a couple of minutes and then I went back to clean that foam off the carpet. In just a couple of minutes it had EATEN holes in the carpet!

I just can't imagine that anything that eats carpet should be used on skin--ya know?


Laura