Good idea!
What to do with old Cans of foam? Use it with soap/cream?
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There's this.
When I switched over I just gave what I had to someone who would use it.
I had about half a can of Barbasol left over before I switched over to a brush permanently. My wife had a pair of white Nikes that had seen better days and she was about ready to toss them. I took the shoes and cleaned them up sparkly white with the Barbasol and a couple of cleaning rags. Barbasol is also excellent for breaking in and softening baseball gloves too.
Domestic violence and homeless shelters are always looking for shaving cream in a can. Some want new, but I am sure some take used in good condition.
They sat for months unused. Then I picked up a Gillette Guard, the kind that is sold in India, and used it together with the old canned foam for body shaves in the shower.
Give them what they deserve. A one way trip to the trash.
Label it Redi Whip and put it in the Fridge.
You must be my brother from another mother.
I used to buy cheap stuff from the store JUST so my boys could play with it in the shower. I would spray a blob on the door and let them scrub and play As little ones they enjoyed it ...my wife not as much (even though it cleaned right up it still bothered her). As they got older just stopped buying extra UNLESS I was going to let them shoot at the cans with thier Red Rider. If I had an extra can laying around now I'd probably shoot it. Shave soap and skunky beer make fun plinking targets for boys young and old.
I still buy barbasol on a regular basis ...it just doesn't make it home. Drop it off at the rescue mission BEFORE it ever gets home, that way every can they get is new and fresh. Thanks to you guys here, I started buying the Yellow cans with lanolin because so many of y'all say it's the most tolerable of the bunch. I just recently started getting a half dozen Williams pucks to drop off along with the cans, figure I'll let them decide what they want to grab off the shelf.
I can't support the "rub it on the mirror" idea. I think you folks are playing a joke on us unsuspecting gents. I tried that. After a good 20 mins of rubbing it finally had rubbed clean...I eagerly showered expecting a fog free mirror. NOPE. Should have just shot the can.
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I keep my old can of Nivea Sensitive.
It really does work to keep the bathroom mirror from fogging up.
Trouble is, I hate using any of my brushes to smear the stuff around.
I did that once and it took too long to clean the brush.
Now I just spread it with my fingers.
On the other hand, if I had any kind of arsenal anymore..... that would be fun in the desert.
It really does work to keep the bathroom mirror from fogging up.
Trouble is, I hate using any of my brushes to smear the stuff around.
I did that once and it took too long to clean the brush.
Now I just spread it with my fingers.
On the other hand, if I had any kind of arsenal anymore..... that would be fun in the desert.
SCUBA divers' trick - coat the inside of your dive mask with Johnson's No More Tears Baby Shampoo. No tears, and when lightly rinsed it'll keep your mask fog-free for the day. Same thing works to keep your mirror fog-free when shaving in the shower, though you really don't need No Tears in the shower. I've used shaving cream on my mirror, but I find that shampoo works better.
When I made the switch to DE I went through the bathroom cupboards, packed up all the unused cart, disposables, shaving goo, toothpastes, toothbrushes and soaps that we had accumulated over the years and dropped them off at a men's shelter nearby. They were much appreciated. Its amazing the stuff we accumulate without thinking.
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I'll bet if we called it a PIF it'd happen more often...
+1 for the pellet gun!!
I've seen this on another thread
Use it as a blade bank
Use it as a blade bank
Aaaaah ... now that's pretty clever!
