Gillette Venus Vibrance Razor

...A FIND!!!!!!!!!!

Gillette Venus Vibrance Unravelled........................

Venus: [vee-nuhs] The Roman godess of Love, the brightest light in the night sky. the second closest planet to the sun

Vibrance: [vahy-bruhnt] moving to and fro rapidly, pulsating with vigor and energy

so what is venus vibrance? The brightest light pulsating with vigor, or a godess of love moving to and fro rapidly ...
...the upmost respect that the Gillette Venus Vibrance is a top, top razor. As much as my technique tried to maim me, I was unable to put a dent in my face. It was also an incredibly close shave and definitely one of the best I've ever had. It was infact a closer shave than the time I got a tummy bug in Thailand and was seen sprinting my way down the Khao San road to find the nearest toilet.

So how much will this little beauty set you ... more

ok, so I've messed up again and I find myself writing yet another review about something that should be strictly for the lady world. BUT WHAT A FIND!!!!!!!!!!

Gillette Venus Vibrance Unravelled........................

Venus: [vee-nuhs] The Roman godess of Love, the brightest light in the night sky. the second closest planet to the sun

Vibrance: [vahy-bruhnt] moving to and fro rapidly, pulsating with vigor and energy

so what is venus vibrance? The brightest light pulsating with vigor, or a godess of love moving to and fro rapidly (I'm hoping its that one the cheeky minx)

Well infact its neither but is instead the latest lady shave from Gilette. The one small problem being I am a man...........and very nearly a single man, but I tell my story to inspire others...............

THE SCENARIO

So its a Friday night and my girlfriends friends are coming over for dinner (..........ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ), a delightful bunch of people who only ever talk about work, which gets a little awkward because they're all midwives and the delights of chilbirth over a chicken Biryani was not what I personally had in mind.

Anyway, they're arriving in about 10 minutes and my girlfriend having spent the last 2 hours getting ready, suggests I am not "scrubbing up" particulary well..........whats wrong? is it the tracksuit? or the beans around my mouth.......COME ON give me a clue.

"I do like you with stubble", (She's lying) is the forlorn comment she makes in trying to kickstart my beauty regime

"Its just you look better when you've had a shave"............(she's technically lying, because no number of shaves is going to improve the disasterous efforts god made when he created me.)

Anyway, to keep the peace (and to also look good for the slightly sexy Kate who is arriving in the next 6 minutes!), I decide to go upstairs and "work my magic" (I actually need a miricle and the help of someone slightly more powerful than Paul Daniels).

When Suddenly.......DING DONG (the witch is dead?) the door goes. I am now what is officially known as "In the SH@T" because I have failed in my efforts to get ready in time. but there's an even bigger problem....................I've run out of razors. Now I have an important decision to make.

1) Do I keep the "eye-poppingly" ugly fur on my face and incur the wrath of my girlfriend (as well as the unapproving glances of the beautiful Kate) or

2) Reach for the only other option..........the pink almost phallic looking, Gilette Venus Vibrance, but possibly run the risk chooping my face to pieces like a pis*ed version of Zorro.

knowing my girlfriends uncanny ability to make me look like a complete arse in front of her friends, I decide to risk the LADYSHAVE.

So I start slowley................warm water in sink, gel on face, play with my hair for a bit imagining how cool I'd look with a white beard, then begin..............whoa, wait a minute, grab some toilet paper this could get messy!!!!

I'm not sure why, but I was humming "first cut is the deepest" as I began the process of de-fluffing my face. The first signs were good..................................infact they were brilliant. Nice and smooth with its "triple blade" effortlessly gliding its way through my stubble........I was giving this razor one heck of a workout! It felt good too, the handle was rubbery so I could grip it easier than my usual razor. It was also about 6 times thicker than my razors, so my club fingers found it very easy to manouvre. The only problem I had detected thus far was the gigantic head that the razors sit in was difficult to shave my upper lip. I had to pull my face into positions it had only dreamed of to try and get the bits of hair just under my nose.

Then suddenly my world collapsed.............................

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I'd touched something and it was even worse than the time I was caught looking up a manikins dress in BHS.

The razor had come alive!!!!!!. I fought with the wasp like creature for a couple of seconds, until I gradully overwhelmed it with brute force (and a large amount of wit). The razor was buzzing in my hand......but why? what form of devil worship had been occuring in this bathroom?

On closer inspection of the packet, it was not the demon razor I had anticipated. Infact this was part of the design to help "exfoliate" my face. (I say face, I mean legs)

Well being an openminded man, I decided to continue with my plight, with my little buzzing friend coming along for the journey.

"Are you alright up there" asked my anxious sounding girlfriend

"yeah I'm fine"............(I wasn't)

"Its just we heard screaming"

ok this was getting serious and I had to come up with an answer quick. How could I disguise my girly screams without embarrasing myself.........?

"oh sorry , its just I found a ball of your hair clogging up the sink and as I pulled it out it looked like a rat" Its the best I could do and her friends seemed to find it amusing......whoops.

a few more scrapes and I was almost there. The movable head of the razor was sliding around my face like the ice skating maestro Christopher Dean (unfortunately by the end of the shave I looked like Jane Torvill).

I can, therefore say, with the upmost respect that the Gillette Venus Vibrance is a top, top razor. As much as my technique tried to maim me, I was unable to put a dent in my face. It was also an incredibly close shave and definitely one of the best I've ever had. It was infact a closer shave than the time I got a tummy bug in Thailand and was seen sprinting my way down the Khao San road to find the nearest toilet.

So how much will this little beauty set you back?

In all honestly I didn't have a clue, but having done my homework, it would appear its about £6.95 to buy the razor then its about 4.95 for 2 blades or £8.69 for 2 blades. Just remember, you'll need to buy AAA batteries as well

Therefore, its not the cheapest but it works like a charm. In saying that, please read my girlfriend review of the razor as she seems to think the blades on the razor were blunt after 1 use............hmmmmmmmmm

Cheers

Logan 

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