Disturbing sightings this weekend in Boots, in amongst the continuing proliferation of shaving brands and products. Now, I always used to say that there was one product you shouldn’t try to economise on, and that was toilet roll. To that list of one, I would like to add shaving foam. In fact, I’ll add any product related to scraping sensitive skin with sharp objects. Which is why I won’t be buying anything from the easy4men range any time soon. I mean look at it - you couldn’t design something to look more like an aircraft surplus range even if all you’d ever seen in your whole sorry life was aircraft soap.
Rather frighteningly, these products have been around for a couple of years, according to the easy4men web site, which links to a newspaper report in which Stelios sets out his target for the brand as “a mass market grooming range, positioned as a no-frills, non-elitist brand suitable for all men.”
But wait, what’s that low budget rival just along the shelf, jockeying for position with the orange skin-hassler? Why it’s only Boots’ own back to basics effort, and strike me down if it isn’t about the same price as a small bottle of water… Shape up, Stelios, you want to make a no-frills product? Try dropping your price by almost a pound, and you’re there, because this sharp slice of toiletry will set the punters back a mere 45p. Blimey. That’s for 250ml of shaving foam. And not just any old foam, neither. Nooo, noooo, this stuff: “helps you shave comfortably”. Sure it does. About as comfortably as cold water and a rusty nail file, I’d imagine.
The hunt is now officially on. Is there a cheaper or more dangerous personal grooming product out there?
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2 Comments on Something painful, sir?
I have to say - there really is something wrong if your toilet paper is sharp.
lol - perhaps sandpapery would be a better way of describing budget products of that ilk…