A Hair Raising Review- Gillette Venus Pro Skin

Like every other lady out there I am always looking for ways to cut down time on that dreaded but daily task...shaving. It's not that I don't love the feeling of silky smooth hairless skin, it's just that it happens to be a waste of time, that I rarely have.

After years, yes years of contemplating the razors with the built in shave soap or bars I finally decided it would be worth the money if it meant that much less hassle. I browsed the market and decided to try the Gillette Venus Pro Skin.

I chose this particular razor for a few reasons. 1. I have had my original Venus Razor since I started shaving at the age of 12 and have had nothing but good luck with it. And 2. Unlike the Schick Intuition, one of the more popular built in shave bar razors, the Venus version had a pivoting head ; which I am a fan of.

I picked up the razor for something around $10 at my local Walmart. The starter kit included 2 razor heads with the shave bars, the razor handle and a suction cup holder for the wall. I wasn't all that impressed with the holder because my previous Venus razor holder has storage room for refill cartridges, where this one was simply a razor holder, but I guess beggars can't be choosers.

The big idea is that all you have to do is run the razor under water and shave away. After trying the razor for a month now I'd have to give it a 6 on a scale from 1-10.

The razor itself worked well, as I had imagined. It was a mirror image of my original Venus razor, 3 blades, which isn't that advanced since most razors today have upwards of 6 blades, but that really isn't a big deal to me. The built in soap bars were a little lack luster though. They did do their job...for about 3 uses and then they started to deteriorate. Quickly. The bottom bar began to run out more quickly than the top, just because of the way the razor is held when shaving so I found myself having to wet the razor, rub what was left of the top shave bar across my legs and then shave since there was nothing left of the bottom bar to coat my legs while shaving. By the time I did that I could have probably used shaving cream and it would have taken the same amount of time and less effort. With my effort to get more uses out of 1 razor head I probably got 10 uses out of it, but most people would have stopped at the 3 and tosses it.

All in all it is a great idea, but it needs a little more refinement if I am going to purchase any more refills. Especially since refills range around $15 for 4 cartridges! It did save me time in the beginning, but in the end the time saved did not outweigh the cost.

Venus Pro Skin