I, like so many people, tried and failed, tried and failed to get a Free Gillette Pro Glide when they were giving them away on Facebook. Then all of a sudden there were dozens of sites giving them out, and I was able to get two. One for me, and one for hubby. I know! ProGlide is for Men Silly Girl, but there was so much hype, I wanted to try it. My son wanted to use it the other day, but I said 'no'; I'd posted the free links enough times he had plenty of chances to get his own.
Today I finally got my chance to use the razor. I don't know how guys grow so much hair on their face in just one day, but in order for me to use the razor and give an effective review, I had to wait weeks until the hair on my legs was so thick, it was either use "Love My Carpet" or the ProGlide. I went for the razor. The directions were easy enough to get the battery in, but I don't recall them telling me how to turn it on. Maybe they did, I just got distracted by the sleek blue and silver look of the razor. I shot the blade off by accident trying to turn the razor on, but finally found the little button that makes it go. (Note to designers: you may want to make that button a little more noticeable for guys. We all know how men have trouble finding certain buttons - but that's a completely different blog post and probably not one that's G rated...).
I used Gillette Fusion shaving cream since I've got a stockpile from coupons & a couple of great sales at the drug stores. Do I care that the shaving cream and the razor I'm using are really both for men? Nope. I'm too cheap to go buy woman's shave cream when I've got so many men's Gillettes sitting in the closet, and I've been dying to try out this razor. Besides, unless I used a real cheepo no-name thin shave cream, I can't imagine the brand of cream or gel would make any difference with the razor.
The swipes of the razor up my legs was smooth, and I wasn't 'askaird around my knees as I usually am with regular razors, since the ProGlide really does seem to glide easily over and around knee bumps (so I assume face/chin bumps too). It was a bit awkward holding the razor right and I had to go over spots a couple of times, but this is understandable since it IS angled for a guy's face and not a woman's leg.
Some reviews I've read say the vibration is a bit weird to get used to, but I really didn't notice it. At least not until I became a victim of operator error when holding the razor in my left hand while pumping shave cream into my right hand. I forgot the razor was moving, it touched my right arm and I got a little cut. Actually it's a pretty long cut, the length of the razor blade, but it's not deep and only hurts because I'm a wimp; it was my own fault. Other than cutting my arm, (
really, who does that while shaving their legs?!) I never once nicked my legs, and the shave is incredibly close and smooth.
So now it's time to watch for a sale and use my $1.00 coupon that came with the razor to buy more blades and pass the razor down to my teenage son for his opinion. I've a feeling he's going to like it (a step up from his "Fusion" which he loves) and I know my husband will like it once he manages to get around to shaving (which will probably be tonight because it's Saturday night and if he want's to make out, he'll have to get rid of the needles growing on his face...). After all, I do have silky soft legs.
