What hygiene products do you use?

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icarus: hail, brother.
i like the idea of a cutthroat razor, but for one, i tried to shave myself with one once, and got razorburn like hell. okay, that was probably down to the crappy quality of the blade and its lack of a proper cutting edge.
but i dont think i could use the cutthroat for my whole body as well as i can do with my safety razor. it sure is the single most superb option for shaving a face out there - but add armpits, chest and... privates to the job and things look a bit differently, i think.

i like the act of shaving the oldschool way, too. its such a meditative thing to do... it almost instantly shuts the world off.

I'd probably cut my fingers off with one of those things.

Anyway, I just bought a new razor because my Gillette Mach 3 didn't treat my jawline with the respect it deserves. I'm now the proud owner of a Schick Quattro Titanium. It looks really cool and works a lot better.

It is made in Korea. It's a SR 1205 FL fretless w/lines 5-piece maple neck thru body. Only five were ever made (because I pestered the Ibanez rep. until he pulled the right strings).

I bet you can get that Parker if you start saving and keep an eye out for a deal or a used one.

Very cool .

The thing about the Fly is, I don't really need it. I just bought an Ibanez RG1570 Prestige with a Dimarzio Evolution for the bridge pickup. I really just want the Fly because it looks so breathtakingly cool .

When I worked it was nearly impossible to get my hands looking clean. One of my co-worker explained it as: "it takes about 4 days away from the shop for out hands to get clean". I used solvent(toxic parts degreaser ), orange oil based cleaner with pumice/grit(gallon jugs) followed by water at work(bottled water as we had no tap water near the work area).

My hands are soft and clean like a womens now.

I recently tried Colgate Vanilla flavored toothpaste and really liked it. I also got hooked on Mitchum deodorant for ladies, Rose Petal scent, and Dove pink soap. I also like Aveeno's products, and will experiment with different brands. Currently trying out Ponds moisturizing cream, for my face, since my facial skin has gotten really dry and rough recently. Also trying Shea butter for body skin. I use mint flavored waxed dental floss, Listerine or my own mixture in a pinch: Oil of peppermint, Aloe Vera juice, witch hazel and spring water. Use disposable razors for shaving body hair, and like all natural massage oil for dry scalp after a shampoo. Will use olive or jojoba oil if out of the massage oil. It's fun to try different things.

Whatever I can "lift" from hotels.

I know that orange stuff they used to have dispenser of the stuff at uni. I love the smell.

It taste bad. I tried it.

Antiperspirant actually scared me when I first started using it. My instincts told me that trying to suppress sweating just couldn't be good for you. Initially, I always got the impression that I was coating my underarms in some sort of evil sealant. I recall that the first antiperspirant I ever used was Mitchum. I can't speak for other Yanks, but in retrospect, I believe I fell victim to two things: The naive "More Features = Better Mentality" (Why would I ever want just deodorant when I could get deodorant and antiperspirant?), and marketing around "Sweating = Gross" (Particularly, the ladies will think you're gross). After I started, it just became default. Until, I had one of those broad-spectrum body mineral content tests done; most of the results were reasonable, but aluminum was off the charts. So, after that and a bit of research, I switched from antiperspirant to deodorant, got rid of all of my aluminum cook wear (except for camping stuff, but nowadays I tend to favour titanium there), and started avoiding canned drinks (the insides are supposed to be varnished, I know, but I'm not sure how much I trust that). As you no doubt know, but for the benefit of the audience, there is some preliminary evidence that aluminum is, basically, bad for the brain (some links to Alzheimer's and memory loss and other stuff); better safe than sorry?

These days, I prefer to damage my brain with a more traditional ethyl alcohol solution.

Good fortune,

- Icarus Zirconium Tetrachlorohydrex GLY

lols

Nice! I have always owned more Ibanez basses and guitars than any other brand. I currently have the SR 1205 FL, an RG 470 guitar, an AE 30 TP guitar, and a SR 506 6-string bass.

I don't use any Hi-Jean products.

Here's a picture of me:

It's interesting, I've tried every method of shaving known to man (not to women), with the exception of the old-school double-edge safety razor you use. Basically every thing I've tried gives me really bad burn on my neck except the cutthroat, which, to be honest, was a bit unexpected. It may be the razor itself, or the whole wet-shaving process, I'm not sure. I've managed to keep a good edge on it; it get's stropped about 40 times prior to each use, and honed just a touch about once a month. You didn't happen to try shaving with a stainless steel cutthroat, did you? Stainless steel cutthroats aren't intended to be used for shaving. (In fact I'm not sure what they're for, other than show.)


I endorse your notion of keeping the cutthroat away from one's tallywhacker. I just use mine on my cheeks and neck.


It's a relaxing ritual for me too, like smoking my pipe and watching the sunset. Plus I've grown to love the warm lather as opposed to nothing with an electric, or the canned gel I used to use.

Good fortune,

- Icarus Wayne Bobbitt