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January 27, 2009

You Don’t Shave On Weekends

Filed under: A Better Shave, All Shavers.com Blog Posts — Bogie @ 3:52 pm

Come on now, admit it. Most of us, yes, me included, somehow manage to “forget” to shave on the weekends. It “slips our minds”,
we “get distracted” or “have a senior moment”. Sometimes we even “want to grow it out” or “had to escape a burning building”. Whatever.

Just be careful about the griping that will be later, come Monday morning, associated with the pulling sensation of individual beard
hairs being yanked from their roots instead of cleanly shaved off like they do Tuesdays through Thursdays.
Let’s also not forget the cumulative effect of these actions, when the time comes to replace your foil and cutter in nine months versus
twelve to eighteen months-don’t say I didn’t warn you. The longer the hair, the more the pounding the shave head takes.

Not that I am trying to dictate facial policy here, my fine gentlemen. Heaven forbid-I equally partake from amongst the weekend excuses
that give us free reign to be facially forgetful. I just want to say that I said it, okay.
There. Now go shave. You look terrible.

January 26, 2009

Not Made In China

Filed under: All Shavers.com Blog Posts — Bogie @ 3:53 pm

You know that stigma that’s out there. “Made in China” = “Cheapo Piece of Crap”.
Well, that may be true in some cases, and/or that may be true in most cases, but that is not the debate here. This issue
that has come to light is, what “level” of “made” we are talking about.

I know, I know - “huh?”

In terms of electric shavers, we have all seen the steady manufacturing migration to the Asian East, but what exactly are
we talking about here? While legally, something that is literally made in China must state so on the body of the item in question, we
must address the more subtle unknown that answers the further question: “Was it made in China or was it put together in China?”

Take for instance a great many of the Braun shavers. They are some of the most popular, well-made pieces of face machinery
ever built, but many of them were “made in China”. Actually, they were “Put Together in China”. Any glimmer of difference
shining through yet?

Just because a shaver was physically put together in China, does not mean that it was designed, prototyped, tested or even
molded in China. Braun shavers are designed in Austria. Norelco shavers are designed by Philips in Norway. Remington shavers
are designed in America. All have shavers that are put together in China.

So sniff and thumb your nose at the “Made in China” mark on your new electric shaver if you will, but just keep in mind that
good design is good design and bad design is not necessarily always made in China, okay?

Now pick one from column A and two from column B.

January 13, 2009

Wut’s D’best Shavuh?

Filed under: All Shavers.com Blog Posts, Which Shaver Is For Me? — Tags: — Bogie @ 3:51 pm

Asks one of my favorite New York customers, clearly frustrated with the decision he faces now that his old
Abercrombie & Fitch razor has finally sputtered and fizzled through its last whisker.

It’s the most frequently asked question we get!” I reply, bracing myself for his disappointment that the next sentence will bring.
Unfortunately (dramatic pause) there IS no best shaver. If there were, it would be the only one and we’d all be using it.

His silence speaks volumes at how unimpressed he is at my reply. The reality of the situation sets in and he asks me instead for my best guess.
And here the problem lingers on, kids. In actuality, the problem is not that we want to know what the best shaver is. The problem
is that we want to know what the best shaver is for ME, the individual. Be damned the great unwashed and their urinating and moaning
about missed hairs and sensitive areas.

I have real problems here.

I need a great shave.

What am I going to do?

Here it is then: stick with what has worked in the past. If Braun has always been good enough, then chances are the improvements
they’ve made over the years will reflect positively with your face. Same goes for all the manufacturers. If what you’ve been using
no longer exists or you’ve never used an electric shaver before, then find a nice, safe, middle-of-the-road shaver to start with
(something not the most or least expensive).

The safety factor here is the fact that all the manufacturers offer some form of money back guarantee. Give your face the 2 weeks
of shaving it needs to fully acclimate to the way the shaver is shaving you and then decide. You’ll know if it’s the right shaver
or not. If it is, then great. If not, get your money back and start again (yes, we can help you).

Sooner (preferably) or later you will find the perfect shaver and you too will echo the accolades of my good NY friend:

Youse guys are d’best. Ynno dat?

Yes… yes we do.

January 11, 2009

Myth! Check please!

Filed under: A Better Shave, All Shavers.com Blog Posts — Tags: — Bogie @ 3:40 pm

Reading in the dark will screw up your eyes.
Walt Disney’s head is frozen so he can someday be revived.
Shaving hair will cause it to grow back thicker and darker.
Holding kittens underwater will drown them.

Although I may have to check again on that last one, these are all untrue, boys
and girls! Myths them all! And guess which one we’re going to talk about today?
Yes, while the angry fans of kittens get in line to give me what-for, let’s briefly
discuss that old B-S that shaving somehow promotes the need for more shaving.

Shaving, epilating, waxing: none of it matters in the slightest. Your hair will
not grow darker, nor any speedier than if you had left it alone. All the variations
of this myth also do not apply; the hair will not get “coarser” or “thicker”, “sharper”,
“chunkier”, nope, nope and nope. How do I know? Because I said so.

So now you can stop emailing us about this myth (you know who you are), because
it is what it is-a myth.

Oh, and by the way, a freight carrier carrying 1,500 tons of raw tapioca nearly
sank when a fire in its hold (and the water used to extinguish the blase) cooked
the cargo and nearly burst the welded seams of the ships hull.
And yes, tea brewed by being left to steep in sunlight (AKA “Sun Tea”) can harbor
dangerous bacteria.
Both are true…scouts honor.

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