Gillette Venus Embrace Cartridge, 8-Count Package
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Customer Reviews of Gillette Venus Embrace Cartridge, 8-Count Package
Customer Review: Lots of Tricks But So So Shave
Summary: 3 Stars
OVERVIEW: These blades provide an adequate shave; neither wonderful nor terrible, just ok.
LONG VERSION: Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty must be reclining comfortably in her mansion in the Pantheon subdivision on Mount Olympus, counting the revenue from her licensing deal with Gillette. The sale of the razor blades alone must be quite profitable, allowing her to fill her closets with many designer togas.
This is one of those products that get written about in marketing studies. Where the basic item, a computer printer, for example, has a reasonable retail price but the ink refills are the longterm profit center. In this case, the razor handle is quite a good value, the price of the razor blades, however, leave you breathless!
If you are shopping for blades, I assume you already own the razor.
If you don't own the razor, let me explain it to you: The Venus Embrace "starter kit" contains:
- A pretty, ergonomically curved razor that has "attractive sea foam green and turquoise" (purple and teal) colored gel inserts on the handle. These cause a squishy/sticky feel that is not unpleasant but somewhat odd.... like holding a silicone spatula or a dog toy. The manufacturer claims that these gel inserts cause the razor handle to sit more firmly in the hand and not to slip.
-The blade. The "business end" of the razor is HUGE! Its an oval shaped disk that contains five "spring mounted" blades that are surrounded by wide areas of plastic covered by variously colored slippery coatings that the manufacturer describes as " Protective Ribbon of Moisture".
-An extra razor cartridge which comes packed in a clever, water-proof, sealed plastic container. This container, while not particularly "Earth Friendly", allows the cartridge to be conveniently stored in the shower or bath without fear of rust or damage to the five blades or "moisture strips".
-A plastic "Shower Pod" which is a small holder for the razor and extra blades that is supposed to attach to the bathroom tile with a suction cup.
The first thing I noticed when I opened the package is the sticky/squishy feel of the razor handle. The blade cartridge sits safely in its sealed plastic container and is easily and safely inserted on to the handle.
The blade is sized perhaps for true Olympians like Venus Williams rather than mere mortal-sized women such as I. Did I mention is is HUGE? Paul Bunyon huge.
The shower pod is a tacky plastic thing that would not stay suctioned to my tile wall. It went directly into the trash.
Although the razor head pivots, the blades are "spring loaded", there are moisture strips, and the handle is curved and tricked out with gel inserts, the Venus Embrace razor is unwieldy in my hand. It just doesn't go where you want it to go when you want it to go there. And when it goes there you don't really get such a close shave. I don't notice any better shaving than with my old Mach 2.
What I have noticed about the Venus Embrace is that I have not cut myself once and I have not experienced razor burn. These were not significant problems with my Mach 2 but I thought I should mention them.
My fundamental saddness with this product arrived when I needed to purchase additional blades and sticker shock set in. More than three buckeroos a cartridge makes one think once or twice about continuing to use this razor. Sorry Goddess Venus, but that's one Sister's opinion.
Customer Review: Works about as well as a 1-blade razor
Summary: 1 Stars
I'm not sure how Gillette managed tpo make a 5-blade razor so ineffective it takes more effort than shaving with a fewer-bladed razor. It seems the head is too light or too flexible or something, so you can't really apply the pressure needed to shave. I won't be buying it again!