The Dollar Shave Club to the rescue: I don't need my razor to be pink.

Following along with delving into working this Zero Waste Challenge into non-food grocery item like toiletries, I realized I needed to buy more razors/shavers this month as I was out.

My husband goes old school, or old world style rather, for his shaving needs. He has a liking of the manly arts, as it were, and so he has the razor (from his grandfather) with the removable blade ( those are new), a fat brush and mug with shave butter he uses- so he is already at about as zero waste as you can get.

Now, I could go that route and get an old school razor with removal blades, but those things are super sharp and I have precisely about 250% more surface area to cover and cringe at possible nicks. :-( I may change my mind someday, but I am not there yet.

However, doing this challenge, I can't go out and buy the options out there like the "venus-womanly-hug-your-curves" option and "throw-away-mon-thru-sunday-super-cheap-but-in-pink" options.

No matter the choice, this stuff is wrapped, double and triple wrapped in soft plastics and hard plastics and the razors are also non - recyclable.

Then I remembered an ad for the Dollar Shave Club. They are doing a massive marketing push right now so their artsy hipsterific ads are everywhere on the social strata and physical billboards downtown. I thought I would check them out.

So the deal is you sign up with them and for as little as one buck a month, they initially send you a razor handle and replacement blades, and then each consecutive month they send you new blades.

First off, the cost is way better than what I spend- which is on average between 6 and 9 bucks a months on razors- so I am definitely less in the cost.

Secondly, the reusable blades reduces my waste by close to 85% in this area- so a win there!

I know this thing is aimed at men, but hey, I want a close baby butt feeling shave too! And I don't care if my razor handle is deep blue or if it is called "the executive"- I know plenty of women exec.s who kick *ss.

So I signed up and am super happy! Got my product in 3 days, and the whole box and casing were in recyclable cardboard. The paper leaflets inside were recyclable paper! The tiny box the blades came in which was also cardboard had a heavy plastic tape boo) and there was a thin plastic casing over the razor handle- but that was it- so I did really reduce my waste on this toiletry item!

That and the the indy rock 'Mumford and Sons' themed branding made me feel hipster in my very non sexy suburban home. Good job Dollar Shave club! Should any of you want to try, use my code so I get props ( I think I get 50 cents off next month or something :-)

http://www.dollarshaveclub.com/jennilippold

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