There’s not a lot of time in my house for me and my immensely intricate grooming habits these days. If I want to get in a shower, I need to do it somewhere around 6:30 in the morning, before the girls are up, because once they start calling for me, my chance to bathe is gone. But I’m usually pretty exhausted from going to Coco all night, she who is still a nighttime nurser – to the tune of every two hours or so – and so 6:30 quickly turns into 6:45 then 6:50… and then I’m finally in the shower but have very little time for the deep conditioning that my coarse hair needs, the scrub and the mask I like to use on my face a few times a week. It’s basically wash, shampoo, condition and out. Unless it’s summer, I do not shave my legs often. At all. What’s the point, right? It takes too much time. That can of shave gel in the shower is pretty much fused to the shelf right now, that’s how little use it’s seen in the last couple of months. And while I am a fan of waxing small parts of my body, I tried having my legs waxed. Once. I left the spa with one smooth strip on my left leg and that was it. The pain was much too much to bear, and believe me, I have an unbelievably high tolerance for pain. But waxing my legs? So not worth it. My poor husband…

But my husband can now thank his lucky stars that I found this little Venus razor. It has shave gel built right into two pads that line the top and the bottom of the blade. And when the pads wear out, you toss the blade and pop in a new one. This little thing is amazing. I can’t even believe how quickly I can shave my legs now. They are soft and smooth when I finish and not at all itchy, which I was afraid of. Because really, the thought of shaving without a separate can of shave gel is just weird. But this little gadget is going to get a lot of use in my shower. I can use it during that one minute that I’m waiting for my conditioner to work. I’m pretty sure my husband is going to be grateful for this little item.