Raise your hand if you cringe every time you spend $25 on an 8 pack of blades?
Raise your hand if you cringe every time you shave because you know you'll be getting razor bumps?
Hopefully I am not alone in this, but I have struggled my whole life with this.
I hate shaving.
I was reading through my Blog list last week and noticed a post from the Pioneer Woman. Who doesn't love them some PW? Now, I couldn't love her more. She has a really smart tip I thought I should share.
I tried it this morning, and it felt amazing! A 12-pack of single blade razors from Walgreens cost me $3. Cetaphil was a little more expensive than shaving cream, but it will last sooo much longer. I bet it ends up being less expensive too.
Here is the link to the post. And here is the post so you don't have to go there to read:
I have…this friend.
Every winter, this friend is afflicted with itchy calves and shins. Not hands, not arms, not the body…just the lower part of her legs. The itching is very uncomfortable and can result in this friend of mine scratching so violently that she leaves claw marks on her legs. It’s a good thing my friend doesn’t like to wear shorts, because cosmetically speaking, she’d be out of luck.
This friend of mind happens to have a younger sister who has suffered the same wintertime malady. And even though my friend’s sister is younger, she did some experimentation and diagnosed the problem.
Shaving.
My friend’s sister’s findings are that using soaps, bath gels, or even shaving creams on the legs, then using super-sharp double-edge razors to essentially slice off the extreme upper layer of the skin, combines with the dry weather and basically causes the skin on the legs to stage a protest. Add in special razors with “moisturizing” strips and the problem is only compounded. One is simply introducing too many irritants to one’s skin at one time…and chaos in the form of severe itching ensues. The body is basically saying “leave me alone!"
So on a recent visit, my friend’s younger sister gifted her with this simple kit that she declared to be the solution to the problem. Cetaphil cleanser, known for its lack of perfumes and irritants, and a simple Bic disposable razor with no moisturizing strips or special bells and whistles.
Skeptical, my friend took her kid sister’s advice and has exclusively adhered to this shaving approach for three weeks.
And here’s the outcome:
Her legs are like new again. Not a single itch. Not a single scratch.
Her legs are completely healed of the trauma they’d been through all winter long, and they’re smooth as silk and claw mark-free.
I’m ready—I mean, she’s ready to wear shorts to church next Sunday!
(Well, except for the whole desperately-needs-a-tan thing. And the whole desperately-needs-muscle-tone thing. But we’ll take those one at a time.)
Hope this helps someone’s legs!
Love,
PW
PW
