# Shaving
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving/193088
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports
**Created:** [August 5, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving/193088 "2003-08-05T12:53:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2003, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving/193088/41 "2003-08-22T12:29:46Z")
I’d just like to say that those shaving oils are rubbish. I got a little bottle of the King of Shaves oil (it’s only like a quarter of an ounce or something) to take away travelling, cos it’s a whole lot lighter than a big can of gel or foam. To judge from their adverts, you’d think it was revolutionary stuff - well it simply doesn’t work. At all. Plus it makes the stubble stick to the razor so it doesn’t rinse off properly.
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### Author:  [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving/193088/42 "2003-08-23T21:27:53Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by flapcats \*
> \*\*What about chemical hair removal products - like Immac or Veet? \*\*
I haven’t even read the rest of the posts yet, but after reading this I felt compelled to post - VEET IS RUBBISH! IT DOESN’T WORK! I ended up shaving my legs after using it.
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### Author:  [@Oat1957](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oat1957)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving/193088/43 "2003-09-02T01:08:53Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by pcroughn \*
> \*\*I use plain old soap to shave. Shaving creams are another product that people have been duped into buying.
> \*\*
I use a shaving mug soap and a brush. Much better than shaving cream.
Also, the brushes aren’t made out of horsehair anymore so they don’t rot when left wet, which is why shaving cream became so popular.
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