Why there are shaving videos on the internet, I have no idea. But there are.
This one shows a guy getting a professional barber shave in Djerba, Tunisia, complete with a manual epilating performed at the finish.
On this one, you can perhaps pick up some ideas on why men take up wetshaving. This kid hasn't much facial hair at all and yet he still manages quite a bit of red, irritated skin after using his cartridge razor (looks like a Schick Quattro to me) and some Edge gel. He needs some kind soul to take him by the hand, introduce him to safety razors and brushes, and improve his life considerably thereby.
Hey, somebody should have helped me, too, when I was even younger: my father shaved with an electric. Never did the whole taught-to-shave-by-Dad routine. I can't even remember whether I first shaved with an old Norelco double-header or with a Trac II double-blade cartridge -- but I do remember being dissatisfied with both. I tried a Gillette Adjustable safety razor when I was almost 30...didn't know how to use it and tore my face and neck to shreds.
Now, of course, I use a safety razor every day, and I love it.
Funny shaving commercial here.
And as a reward for making it this far, enjoy Eva Longoria shaving her legs.
Finally, would any discussion of shaving and popular culture be complete without reference to the famous shaving/bathtub scene in A Hard Day's Night? Of course not. As George Harrison tells John Junkin, "Honestly, me mind boggles at the very idea: a grown man and you haven't shaved with a safety razor." Junkin's response? Well, you'll just have to watch the scene to find out.
Posted by Alexandra at June 7, 2006 07:09 PM