Why is it that women always put their toilet paper in the toilet after they flush? You can tell when one has used your toilet because there is paper floating on the water. I think that if we men have to keep the seat down, in return women should have to flush away their toilet paper. That seems fair enough.
Chinese Defence Minister Speech For WAR against the United States
http://www.halturnershow.com/ChineseDefenseMinisterTalksWarAgainstUS.html
Now playing: Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing (Remix)
…has the best stereo intro of any song. Please note that I am referring to the remix from the “Live and rare” album.
I previously blogged about my disillusionment with podcasts, after listening to too many poor-quality amateur recordings. Well, G’Day World has turned me around. A quality Aussie podcast about things that interest me. Recommended.
I have curly hair. This is fine, when my hair is longer the curls can look good. The problem is that my beard hairs are also curly, and after shaving with a razor they tend to curl inside the skin, which causes redness, irritation and infection. These are called ingrown hairs. I have had this problem since I started shaving at age 16 and believed that it was a curse that I would just have to live with.
To manage the situation I began only shaving with the grain, which leaves the face less irritated but still rough. This doesn’t solve the problem on my throat, which does not have a grain, the hairs grow in all directions. So I still ended up with a red and irritated throat. I then found that shaving every second day reduced the irritation as the skin had a little time to heal before it was wounded again by the razor. Although this helps it is not entirely practical, as I would go to work not looking perfectly well presented.
I decided to do something about it.
I read up on the problem and found a lot of people advising to use electric shavers. I was a bit unsure of this, what if I shell out $150 for a shaver and find that it just makes the situation worse? I decided to take the plunge and bought a midrange shaver in November.
From what I had read, I expected the transition from razor to shave to be difficult. It is not a matter of just switching one day. The skin requires time to adapt, and because of this for the first month or so my skin was red as hell and the worst it has ever been. Because I was expecting this I persevered, and gradually the problem cleared up after 5-6 weeks. My advice to those who are considering switching: do not give up, after the first month you will see a great improvement.
Once my skin had adapted to the shaver, my next task was to find a shaving medium. Shaving cream and gel are too thick and clog up the shaver, and water is not a good enough lubricant and can cause irritation. My shaver, the Phillips Cool Skin, comes with a built-in moisturiser squirter, but this proved to be a mostly useless gimic. So I read up a bit more and thought I’d try another product: shaving oil. I used the King of Shaves shaving oil, and it was exactly what I needed. Only a few drops are needed to cover the whole shaving area, this is enough to make the razor glide smoothly and avoid irritation. The oil possibly moisturises as well, and contains fancy ingredients like menthol. Of course, I advise that you wash your face after shaving to remove the oil.
I live in the Netherlands now (I am from Australia) and when the oil ran out a few months ago I was unable to find a replacement here in Amsterdam. I decided to try ordinary household cooking oil. The thin oils work best (such as sunflower oil). My girlfriend thinks that I am crazy, possibly you do too. If you wash your face after shaving there is no residue, no need to be afraid of smelling like a fryer!
I noticed a small amount of redness occurring at the bottom of my throat after using ordinary cooking oil, so I had a think about it. In Australia we have a plant called the Tea Tree, whose oil has antibacterial properties. I found a small bottle for sale at a pharmacy and proceeded to make my own blend – I use 1/3 Tea Tree oil and 2/3 sunflower oil. This produces a thinner oil (better) and it smells nice as well. Since using this blend I no longer have any irritation.
Now it is 8 months later and the days of ingrown hairs irritation are behind me. By now the shaver has almost paid for itself by saving me the cost of expensive razor cartridges, and has paid for itself a thousand times with the results: Clean shaven, healthy skin that is much smoother and softer than before. I am pleased, and my girlfriend is pleased.
If you have shaving rash / razor burn then I advise:
darryn says:
i think that the craze is because they are of shit quality
darryn says:
and so everyone thinks "i can do better than that"
darryn says:
but they can't
darryn says:
it is a vicious cycle
Spong says:
lolf
Spong says:
you should blog that
