Some hair removal products are more notable for their unusual, unconventional designs. One of the most bizarre hair threaders for women uses a long, U-shaped spring.
The R.E.M. spring sprong can effectively remove hair on the upper lip, but only if women research the proper way to use it.
The spring sprong removes hair in a manner similar to that of a threader. It can uproot the hair on a person’s upper lip. Unlike a typical threader though, it yanks the hair out by catching it between the loops of the spring.
People must first bend the spring in a U shape against the lip. They then carefully twist the spring around, so that it can catch the hair and then roll it around the spring. Eventually, the spring manages to uproot the hair from the lip.
For a hair removal device, the Spring Sprong is difficult to use effectively. Many people have considered it useless, because they couldn’t get the spring to work even when they followed the instruction manual. The people who managed to successfully remove hair with the spring had to [click to continue…]
Barbershops offer close shaves
August 17, 2011
Although electric shavers and disposable razors are very efficient and inexpensive, none of them can match the close precision of a wet shave at the barbershop.
People have to purchase a wet shave just to experience it for themselves. The barber uses a remarkable set of tools to make the face feel as bare as a baby’s bottom.
A face shave begins with the barber tilting back the head rest and reclining the chair. This gives him or her the ease and comfort to shave closely on the face with a single-edge straight razor. After applying a hot towel onto the face for a few seconds, the barber usually applies a cleanser to the face. This opens up the pores of the skin so that the face is nice and clean for a shave.
Then the barber lubricates the facial hair with a warm lather. This mix consists of shaving cream and hot water, typically mixed together in a basin known as a scuttle. The barber then applies the warm lather onto the skin using a barber brush.
Once the barber has sufficiently lubricated the face, he or she begins to carefully shave the face using a single-edge straight razor. Unlike cheap shavers that are shaped like a garden hoe, the barber’s expensive single-edge folds out in the same manner as