Oh marketing

[badoingdoing]

I use Shick green razors. A simple double-bladed kind, with that strip of lubricant/lotion/whatever-it-is to make them a little nicer. Years ago, I tried all different kinds of razors, and these were the kind that gave me the least razor burn (Though I can still only shave every other day. This is a problem

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[lakmiseiru]

The gendering of razors and shaving cream really amuses me. I use a men's razor, the Sensor XL, and have for years; the body was passed down to me from my mom. She also gave me a more ladylike electric razor, but I found it too annoying to use, so I just use the Sensor. I also used Barbasol Shaving Cream for a while. The gendering of shaving cream is almost worse than that of razors; they go on about how it is a manly product. What if you are not a Manly Man? And deodorant too - I use a man's deodorant because it's comfortable, smells good (pine), and doesn't irritate my skin. The women's ones are always sparkly and smell like fake berries... yuck! Perhaps they ought to sell "simple" lines with a fresh scent/simple razor and "deluxe" lines with bright colors, strong scents, etc. instead...

[lakmiseiru]

One last thought - it does make sense to me to have some gendering on razors *if* they're specifically designing for a certain shaving functin - i.e. men (or people with T levels high enough to support facial hair) generally have different shaving needs than women (who may or may not shave, just as men may or may not shave). If you design razors to fit a face versus fitting underarms or legs, I could see calling them "ideal for men," but otherwise it seems silly.

[badoingdoing]

These simple razors work fine for both for me.

[lakmiseiru]

Right - which is why it's silly to market them as Men's or whatever. I guess if you designed say an electric razor specifically to follow facial curves... but the average razor isn't gendered and should just be "razor." But I hate marketing in general...

[lokiect]

I think the last time I experimented, what I got was that men's razors were generally the better ones. but that was, you know, 12, 15 years ago? So I could be totally off on that. But I always got kinda pissed that they'd take cheaper versions of the men's blades, dress them in pink frills, and tell women to buy them instead.

[madcaptenor]

I somehow ended up with "men's" deodorant that I can't stand the smell of. I can't describe the smell; if LJ allowed smell-based polls I'd ask you all to smell it. I really need to buy new deodorant. (Unscented deodorant, I think. Does unscented deodorant have a gender?)

[redglasses]

I use unscented deodorant (Arm & Hammer); the only difference between the men's and the women's is the size of the tube. Which one I get usually determined by one or the other being sold out.

More obnoxious is finding unscented aftershave. I've only ever managed to find one, and since it's also spf 15 it smells like sunblock. I've been using jojoba oil for a while now and it works just as well.

[twinofmunin]

Sure antiperspirant/deodorant also seems to be gender-neutral, last I checked. now that i go to their website to see, it seems as though they have added a "manly" variety, but the rest of them appear to be neutral.

[badoingdoing]

Sure is what I use. They even have an "unscented" kind, which I assume is just the antiperspirant side.

[twinofmunin]

i only used Sure briefly (and unscented) before transitioning to hippie-crunchy deodorant stone, but yeah. i was a fan.

[lakmiseiru]

I used Sure for a while until I tried my dad's Speed Stick while backpacking, then determined that I love the not-cakey but also not-gel feeling that it has (which is unique as far as I can tell). But Sure always seemed gender-neutral, which was nice.

[herbie]

All the women's deodorants I've smelled smell like... whatever baby powder smells like, or flowers. I don't think I've ever smelled berries in a girl's pits...