Easy Green: Shaving Brush and Soap

Every week or so I’ll be posting items that are easy and are green.  This week’s topic is shaving.  While this post is mainly for the men, ladies aren’t to be leftout.  There are shave creams, soaps, and brushes for women, too.  Check out a company called WHISH designed specificly for women.

I first sought out a shave brush about three years ago.  Being green with shaving wasn’t even a thought in my mind.  I wanted to change to get a better shave.  I have sensitive skin and get ingrown hair very easily.  So a great way to combat that is to use a shave brush.  It lifts the hair for a better shave.

I have a pretty inexpensive shave brush made by Tweezerman.  Some brushes get very expensive.  Just get yourself a basic badger hair brush.  As for razors, I use a regular Mach3 – not a fancy old-style razor.  The heads are replacable and create minimum waste.  Go with what you like in that department.

Next up is the soap.  My first soap was Williams Mug soap.  I got it at the local Walgreen’s for under $2.  One bar of shave soap will last me about 9-12 months.  There were no CFC’s being released.  No metal canisters to dispose of.  Just a small cardboard box that I recycled.  I next tried Proraso.  It’s an Italian shave soap.  This stuff rocks, if you can find it.  Target used to carry it.  Now I have to buy it online.  Proraso has menthol in it.  So you get that nice tingly feeling – and a great shave.  The one I bought came in a plastic container.  Not ideal, but it actually was.  I still use that same container and put my Williams soap in it.  It makes a great little travel case, too.  There are a ton of different shave soaps out there.  You can even just use Dr Bronner’s bar soap.  That works great and has that peppermint tingle, too.

Overall – shaving can be green and you probably never throught twice about it.  Not only is it green – it’s cheap!