Anatomy of female shaver

Nothing much to it, it’s PINK and white, it’s got five blades, it’s pink, it’s got lots of curves, it’s pink, it’s got this rubber thing above the blades which soothes your skin, it’s pink, the blades move with your facial contours, it’s pink, easy to clean and it’s pink. I have nothing against the pink colour.

My shaving  days did not start until 1997 and I didn’t know what kind of razor to use. It was my friend Nikhil Kumar who came to my help, he introduced me to the world of razor cuts, foamy shaving creams, the burning skin after a shave. Over the years I have tried different blades: a single blade razor, a twin blade, a tri blade, even a five blade. The one I have been using for years is Gillette Sensor Excel. I don’t know why other than the fact that it was recommended by Nikhil.

Nikhil, who in those days was way ahead in knowing boys stuff (everyone has one friend who acts more grown up). Now it’s not supposed to be confused with mature and sensible, just grown up, you know what I mean, one who gets to shave first, one who has a girlfriend first amongst friends, the guy who develops the husky voice first, the guy who talks to big strong boys on your behalf. That’s the guy I am talking about. That’s Nikhil.

Back to the razor blade. It’s done a good job for more than 14 years. Even when I  moved to Norway and England I kept on using the same razor, when I ran out of blades I even imported the blades from India, as they were not readily available in the country. It’s strange to use the same kind of blade and razor for so long, but as people say if its not broken why try fix it.

This summer in England, as I was getting the wrong kind of looks from the UK border police and other people for having a two month growth on my face and almost a shaven head and a few lovely convincing words from my wife I decided to have a shave. As faith would have it I had left my razor in Alesund and the only thing that would reduce my facial growth was either a pair nail cutters or a pink and white soft rubbery stick with excellent curved body.

My friends, let me introduce this great mechanical wonder called Gillette Venus Divine Shaver. At first I was a little hesitant to use it (you know all those stories about using women’s products) but gentlemen this is a wonderful tool for those unwanted hairs be it on a women’s legs or on man’s face. The ease with which it glides on your face and no irritation, no cuts, no burning sensation afterwards, easy to clean . I guess I was missing something in life and this was it, after the shave I told my wife what I had done with her razor. I thought she would be angry with me but she told be next time I should try the new women’s razor with 5 blades. What?!!!! was my response. They have an advance version of this razor, my god how many things have I missed in life. As it turns out in the razor blade world I have missed out everything after Adam eating the apple, apparently now they have razor with ribbon of moisture, razor with shave gel bars built into the razor head, razor with white tea sent in shave gel bar, moisture-rich shave-gel bars that are enhanced with a triple blend of body butters. Question is do any one of these actually shave hair?

For me for the next 14 years it will be Gillette Venus Divine Shaver and it will be pink in colour.