I was in a hurry this morning, so I shaved the lower half of my legs without putting any soap or even water on them.
owwwwww
Now there are bright pink dots all over them. Doesn’t feel good.
Cannot take bath tonight because they will sting in the hot water).
So…ladies (and gents) ALWAYS soap up before shaving!!!
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Hah! I’ve done that before. But I’ll take it one step further.
When I first learned to shave, my mother was convinced that shaving cream was completely unneccesary. She’d learned to shave with soap, and always preferred using an electric razor. I hated electric razors. For years I struggled with those painful pink dots on my legs, even using soap. Nothing like the results of shaving dry, of course, but still itchy and painful. Then one day I got a sample of some sort of shaving cream in the mail. I’ve never looked back. Shaving cream is a thousand times nicer than soap.
Hmmm, I use soap and I don’t have a problem.
I too once shaved my legs dry. I was in a hurry to get to school, and noticed that I missed a spot right above my knee. I grabbed my dad’s razor out of the medicine cabinet and shaved off the hair.
Five minutes later my leg was bright red and I was in agony.
I thought this was going to be about co-workers who pretend to wash their hands after going to the bathroom.
You know, the ones who do the fingertip rinse-off and think they’re fooling everyone?
I sometimes shave with just a wet face cloth. Sometimes it’s fine and sometimes it hurts a bit after. Same with shaving dry. I find as long as my legs get creamed right after it’s not so bad.
I’ve never noticed a difference in “men’s” shaving cream and “women’s” shaving cream apart from what it said on the label. So I use the cheapest brand, which is usually Colgate around here. Though that may change–the gel I’ve been using lately is Gillette Satin Care (for sensitive skin, with aloe and vitamin E!) and I like it a lot. And since I work from home, I only ever shave in the summer anyway, or on those few occasions I absolutely have to wear a skirt, so I might as well treat myself when I do.
I use pears glycerine soap on my legs - I actually find that it gives me fewer ingrown hairs than using shaving cream, even if it doesn’t leave my skin as soft (I prefer less-soft skin to soft and redspotted skin, thank you!)
I thought everyone knew you needed to shave with some sort of lubricant. I use shampoo sometimes, and I also use my shampoo as body wash. I think it’s basically the same shit.