Sly Bald Guys Forum
Head Shaving, Grooming & Care => How To Protect Your Bald Head => Topic started by: JDW on November 17, 2011, 03:24:32 PM
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How should I conserve my Gillette Fusion shaving cream? Is it okay to keep it in a cupboard in my room or will it just "go off" if you know what I mean? I'm mean how long can I keep a bottle that I've opened up and used in a cupboard before it becomes unusable?
I'm not making the best of sense, if you understand what I mean then please help me out
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It all depends...can you trust your room mates? I keep mine in a cabinet...it lasts a very long time.
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I keep my own in my lockerroom, where I know no one will dare to look into :)
mine lasts like 2 and a half weeks
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When you say lasts for 2 and a half weeks, do you mean it runs out of cream in that time? Or do you mean it becomes unusable?
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When you say lasts for 2 and a half weeks, do you mean it runs out of cream in that time? Or do you mean it becomes unusable?
it runs without cream.
idk for how long can I use it after the first use.
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I think what JDW means is what is the shelf life of shaving cream? If you're talking about an aerosol can, it should last for many years in storage. It isn't going to go bad before you use it up. :)
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So there's a difference between shaving cream and whipping cream?
No wonder my head smells funny!
>:D
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But looks AWESOME O0
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to my knowledge there is no expiration date on shaving cream. Besides if you shave every few days you should be going through cans pretty frequently.
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Shaving cream lasts me a while, mind i usually shave with electric and only hit the sides with a blade. 3-4 months / can
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In all seriousness, good stuff to know. Even though I use shave soap and brush, I keep a can in case of travel.
Now, concerning shelf life, is it the same for shave gel?
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I'll buy several cans when my brand (cheap) is on sale and the last can seems as foamly as the first. Since almost all packaged bath supplies are ugly objects I keep everything in jars, tubes, cans, or bottles associated with the work at the vanity, but the bar of soap in use, in the cabinet or cupboard.
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I used a can that was in the cupboard for over 4 years and it's still fine.
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Just realised that I'm going to have to invest in a Headblade travel pack: 59ml bottles of slick, gloss, matte and shed.
Regular bottles are just too big and in any case, won't pass airport security.
Thankfully here in London, there's a headblade stockist between my work place and home. Sells everything for all your sly needs. :)
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So there's a difference between shaving cream and whipping cream?
No wonder my head smells funny!
>:D
Oh errh whipping cream well you could get someone to lick it off sly bear >:D
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Use head slick. It lasts a LONG time. A $9 bottle (8 ounces) lasted me over 3 months. Don't know that it goes bad. I shave daily. A little goes a long way. I use a daub about the size of the 'chick pea' each day. With aerosol, I always seem to get too much out and I waste a lot. Head slick is SLICK.
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I had been shaving my face with an electric for well over a year before I decided to go sly. I found a random half used can in the back of the bathroom cupboard, must have been there for well over a year, worked just fine!
I have moved on the a shaving cream and brush, seems to work a lot better imo?
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I had been shaving my face with an electric for well over a year before I decided to go sly. I found a random half used can in the back of the bathroom cupboard, must have been there for well over a year, worked just fine!
I have moved on the a shaving cream and brush, seems to work a lot better imo?
Yes, Yes! I love the shaving brush....Didn't feel any stubble for about 18 hours! I think I may have sung the praises of the shaving brush in another thread IIRC.....
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I had been shaving my face with an electric for well over a year before I decided to go sly. I found a random half used can in the back of the bathroom cupboard, must have been there for well over a year, worked just fine!
I have moved on the a shaving cream and brush, seems to work a lot better imo?
Yes, Yes! I love the shaving brush....Didn't feel any stubble for about 18 hours! I think I may have sung the praises of the shaving brush in another thread IIRC.....
Yeah I love it, don't know if it's just a bit of placebo but the shavers just so much better! Plus I love the nostalgia of it. I'm thinking of hitting up the whole DE craze to save some $$$.... Brush was the first step!
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I just started using DE for the face and I'm loving it...now scrubbing the Internet for good buys on vintage razors.
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I do like king pf shaves gel on my face , no good forhead though . Nice feeling and smell
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I just started using DE for the face and I'm loving it...now scrubbing the Internet for good buys on vintage razors.
Have you tried it on the head yet?
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I keep a can of Burma Shave in my shower where I do all my shaving. Also, I've got a tube of Bald Guyz gel that I use on my head. I bought both of these before Christmas, shave pretty much everyday and I cannot sense that I'll need replacements any time soon. On my face I use an infinitesimal amount of foam-being in the shower adds moisture and assists the foam and shave with a Merkur razor. My head gets the Bald Guyz and a Gillette Mach 3. I tried the Merkur on my head and, apparently, I need some more OJT in using it on other than basically flat surfaces. And I'll tell you this, no matter what you use, it's impossible to shave a deep dimple with any system. I do think that shaving in the shower adds to the ability of the shaving media as well as the shavers. And, thanks to a tornado, I'm going to get a steam shower. That should make it possible to shave with a bread knife.
BTW...how many of you have seen the video of the guy shaving his head with a meat clever? He gets it as close as possible although as a viewer I had to avert my eyes when he was working around his ears...PJ