19.06.2024

• Prep: warm water
• Razor: Gillette King C. Gillette
• Blade: BIC Chrome Platinum
• Brush: Omega Roma Colosseo 31 mm
• Lather: Hawkins & Brimble - Elemi & Ginseng shaving cream
• Post Shave: Natura Siberica ASB gel

Awful AF shit head shave.

So my Feather Popular didn’t arrive on time to take with me. Bummed, I bought a KCG yesterday… Worst decision ever. I don’t know why Gillette thought it would be a great idea to release such a safety razor with a head geometry that’s so extremely mild that it’s actually inefficient as hell. I know, their target audience was probably the people who always used their cartridge razors and judging by some reviews out there, people actually managed to cut themselves. I mean, never rule out accidents due to inexperience. But the thing is, I am very experienced with lots of safety razors. I know how to shave my head with them, I know how to hold a good angle. I even used one of my own blades… Yet I still have “rows” on my head where it barely even shaved. Truth be told, I’d prefer my Remington dry shaver over this and that’s not good! Imagine this is someone’s first experience with safety razors due to these being widely available. I would’ve been appalled and immediately returned to cartridge razors. And well, perhaps that’s Gillette’s strategy with this product. I’m glad that I didn’t try it on my harder neck hair. The result is as bad as the horrible Parker Injector and that’s quite something.

Anyways, this shaving cream by Hawkins and Brimble had a high discount (2.50€ instead of 15.99€) and for such a bargain, it’s really nice. I could probably even lather it without a brush and it’d work nicely while smelling great.