Luxury Razors

Electric shaving is divided into a few processes to insure the best results. The preparation is one of the most important part, especially for people with sensitive skin. Dry electric shavers require the hairs to be dry and stiff before the shaving starts, the complete opposite of the traditional shaving, where the hairs and the skin need to be highly moisterised. The dryer are the hairs, the easier to shear them one they get inside the head of the shaver.

Therefore, you should never start by washing your face or wetting the beard with water. Instead, you might want to prepare your beard with a pre-shave lotion especially designed for electric shavers, which dry up the oils and moisture on your skin and make the whiskers stand straight up. These pre-shave lotions are often alcohol based.

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This is ideal for people still looking for a great present for male members of their family. Executive Shaving has a great sale full of special offers:

From luxury shaving sets to vintage straight razors, we have a comprehensive range of special offers that are guaranteed to interest and please even the most avid shaving fan or gift seeker.

All of our special offers promise to make the ultimate gift or treat for yourself or that someone special in your life.

With affordable, elegant and astounding special offers from some of the most world renowned names in the industry, you’ll be hard pressed to find better special offers anywhere else.

The Executive Shaving 3pc Set - Price: £74.99

The Executive Shaving 3pc Set - Price: £74.99

The Executive Shaving Company presents this smart ‘3 Piece Shaving Set‘ making an ideal gift for any occassion, set includes:

- Sturdy 3 piece shaving stand in a Chrome finish
- Super Badger hair shaving brush
- Gillette Mach3 compatible razor

The hair is Silvertip then re-dressed and re-graded in England. This means the bundle of badger hair is sorted, the short and twisted hairs are removed from the bundle. This leaves the hair feeling softer and whiter. Also by doing this it gives the brush better lathering and water holding capability. (more…)

After the post offering an overview about electric shavers, I would like to present an interesting ratory electric shaver from Philips. The Philips Electric Shaver HQ8240 - 8200 Series has three tracks of the Speed-XL shaving heads offering 50% more shaving surface for a fast and close shave. Compared to standard rotary shaving heads, the dual blade system lifts hairs to cut comfortably below skin level whilst automatically adjusts to every curve of your face and neck. A superior shave day after day.

Features:
- Comfortably close with the Super Lift & Cut technology
- Comes with: cleaning brush, protective cap, soft travel pouch, power cord, user manual and bathroom stand
- Rinses clean in seconds. FastRinse with anti-bacterial coating inside
- Shaves even the shortest stubble. Precision Cutting System
- For a fast and close shave. Speed-XL shaving heads: for a fast and close shave
- Adjusts to every curve of your face and neck with the Reflex Action system

Specifications:
- Rechargeable
- Corded use
- Charging time: 1 hour
- Shaving time: 17 days
- Electronic on/off switch

If you are interested to purchase this Philips Electric Shaver HQ8240, it is available here for £97.85. I personnaly think that the Philips Electric Shaver HQ8240 is a GREAT electric shaver, particularly for Christmas.

Electric shavers work differently from traditional razors, they shear the whishers, the hair enters the perforated foils or metal heads of the shavers and is cut by the moving blades inside the heads. Most electric shavers are dry shavers, as they don’t require the user to apply shaving gel or water. It exists some wet and dry electric shavers.

There are many benefits to perform dry electric shaving and it is easier of use and there are less chance of cuts and scrapes. It is debatable as to whether wet blade shaving or electric shaving is faster, but some men find that the electric shaver is less messy and more convenient, particularly if they are after a quick shave (like most travellers).

The first-time electric shaver users, such as blade razor’s switching to electric, have to be patient and give their face 2 to 3 weeks for the sking to adjust to the electric shaving. It is no recommanded to swing between blade shaving and electric shaving as the skin will not adapt itself to both shaving techniques. The first few shaves will be far from perfect, but try again and insist on using the electric shaver, as your face will get habituated to this method. During the trial and error process of finding the right shaver, remember that many brands of electric shavers have money back guarantees. Be sure to check the guarantee for the shaver you purchase and plan accordingly.

There are 2 types of electric shavers, the foil shavers and the rotary shavers, trying both type will help you to determine the one for you. Foil shavers use an oscillating motion, going back and forth, to cut hairs through a foil, also known as a screen. The blades in a foil shaver are positioned in line and they may contain between 1 and 4 rows of blades. Single foil shavers have one cutter covered by one foil. These are ideal for men who are just starting to shave or those with slow beard growth. Double foil shavers have two cutters covered by two foils, triple foil shavers have three cutters covered by three foils, and so forth. Rotary shavers use a cutting system based upon circular blades that rotate under a slotted head or heads. They may contain between 1 and 3 rotating blades and heads, and the heads may be designed to swivel with the contours of your face.

Gillette, originally owned by The Gillette Company, is a leading global supplier of products under various brands, which was acquired by Procter & Gamble in 2005. The Gillette Company was founded in 1901 by King C. Gillette, and was based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Gillette created a lot of revolutionnary products through its history, we will check some of the early products.

The Gillette Super Speed razor became popular among those who used safety razors. This model was designed as a TTO razor, TTO meaning ‘Twist to Open’ (as the Gillette Aristocrat), characterised as a set of butterfly doors on the top and a knob on the bottom that opens them. The Super Speed was manufactured from 1940 to 1970. The German company Merkur Solingen, still produces a similar razor, the Merkur Vision 2000. The Super Speed is considered to be Gillette’s crowning achievement, over the years, many models inheritated its design (you can find them on Ebay for instance).

Debuting in 1971, the Trac II was the world’s first two-blade razor. Using the hysteresis effect, Gillette claimed that the second blade cut the number of strokes required in half compared to previous razors, reducing skin irritation. A new model followed, the Trac II Plus is the same as the original, with the adding of a lubricating strip at the top of the blade. This veteran razors are difficult to find, but are still sold.

In 1977, Gillette introduced the Atra, the first razor to feature a pivoting head enabling the blades to “stay on your beard longer for extra closeness“. The pivoting made it easier for men to shave their necks, and also became very popular with women. The Atra Plus was the first razor to add a lubricating strip, dubbed Lubra-Soft strip, softening hairs and acting as a sort of a low-tech aftershave.

Gillette Sensor debuted in 1990 and was the first razor with spring-loaded blades, helping to prevent cuts and allowing for a closer shave. Although this reduces control over the blades by the user, it also reduces the risk of cutting oneself. In 1995, Gillette improved the Sensor and released the Sensor Excel. The Sensor Excel is almost identical to the Sensor, but features “Microfins,” a piece of rubber with slits at the top. Gillette claims that the Microfins help to raise facial hair making for a closer shave.

Another news about the site, more especially about the tecnhical side of Luxury Razors. This blog is using Wordpress which releases today its new version, WordPress 2.7 “Coltrane“. Plainty of good things on the menu to make this blog even better as quoted “Nearly every task you do on your blog will take fewer clicks and be faster in 2.7 than it did in a previous version“. I will work on this, so it’ll be some delays until the next posts (sorry).

Many people contacted me regarding the penury of Merkur Vision and Merkur Future razors. I had a look around, there are still some on the following sites available to purchase:

- Mankind
- Shaving Shack
- Executive Shaving
- Charles Nicholls

I wish you good luck to find one of these great Merkur razors a few weeks before Christmas.

I’ll be doing the update of Luxury Razors with the new version of Wordpress 2.7 RC2, this great blogging tool. Please wish me luck that everything will go smoothly.

This is the first post about electric shavers (except the Japanese USB shaver seen the other day). For men who only want the very best, like most of Luxury Razors’s readers, the Arcitec combines Flex & Pivot Action features a Triple-track shaving heads for a perfectly close shave, even on the neck. This shaver also has three independently flexing heads in a shaving unit that swivels with a full range of motion. This unique combination ensures optimum skin contact in curved areas to catch even the most problematic neck hair.

Features: Perfectly close, even on the neck Precise shaving cleans easily washable

Specifications:
- Flex & Pivot Action follows every curve
- Triple-Track shaving heads with 50% more shaving systems
- Precision Cutting System
- Super Lift & Cut technology
- Flex & Pivot Action 3 independent flexing heads charging stand

Power System: Rechargeable Cordless operation, charging time: 1 hour Shaving time up to 21 days.

This is trully a nice piece of shaving technology if you are looking for an electric shaver of quality. ARCITEC Electric Shaver Flex & Pivot at £166.35.

I hope this offer will interest you, it’s a 3 for 2 Sale on male grooming products, especially shaving ones, on shaving-shack.com, very handy a few weeks before Christmas:

“Our 3 for 2 Sale has begun and we’re offering absolutely crazy prices on our consumable items! Simply select any 3 items within this category, and you just pay for the 2 most expensive and get the 3rd completely free of charge, your shopping basket will automatically deduct the price of the cheapest item!”

You can get a great deal on:

- Taylor of Old Bond St Shaving Cream
- Truefitt & Hill 1805 Shaving Cream Bowl
- Truefitt & Hill Luxury Pre Shave Oil
- Parker Model 510 Metal Safety Razor
- Parker Model 84 Metal Safety Razor with Gunmetal Finish

I go get some for myself, here is the link for this 3 for 2 Sale.