July 28, 2023 - Frugal Friday

• Razor: Wilkinson Sword Black Plastic
• Blade: Wilkinson Sword
• Lather: Edge - Sensitive Skin w/Aloe
• Post Shave: Curel Lotion - Unscented
• Fragrance: Racing Club - Blue

FOF

Today’s Theme and Challenge:

It was a little tricky to figure out what to use. I tried looking up the MSRP of some of my products, but for the cheapest things in my den, not finding a consistent answer. I had a gel I used to use with cartridges a couple years ago, but no sticker on them, and ugh, current price was higher than Cremo which I already used. I thought Thayers may be my cheapest after shave product, but per oz. not cheaper than Aqua Velva which is around $.80 per oz. My best recollection is the Thayers cost me around $10 for 12 oz. bottle. Now some of them were bought with a buy three ore more for 20% off, but looking for consistency in my pricing. To the store I go. I actually use Curel lotion sometimes for a post shave and it is cheaper than Aqua Velva per oz.

Prices:

Razor: I paid $8 for the razor and blades together.
Lather: Edge gel was $4.00 for 7 oz. or 198g, so just over $.02 per gram.
Post Shave: $9.95 for 25 oz or about 750 ml, so under $.02 per ml.
Fragrance: $5.00 for 100ml or 3.4 oz. That comes to $.05 per ml.

If I threw away the razor, I still would have had the whole shave for under $8.50 in gear and consumables. Pretty cheap shave then.

Shave quality was average. I had a shower shave for the first time is over 2 years. No brush today, so just my hands for the goo. The shower shave was ok, but I forgot how much shadow my right side is in my shower. The gel performed about as well as I’d expect for a can of goo.

Today’s Fragrances:

To start with, there is description on the can of the scent other than aloe. Out of the can this blue goo smelled of green leaves and aloe. Not much else going on with it. After the shave and shower, the Curel is fragrance free, but has a basic lotion/oil scent. My face was a bit wet, so I had way to much lotion, but that’s ok, I just put the excess lotion on my arms. Now the cheap fragrance from five below has no description of scent other than blue in the name. This was a real test of the nose as I just get a basic cologne scent from it. To the interwebs to see what I can find. The most consistent description was citrus, salt, musk, and woods. Not giving me a lot to go with. Closest I can compare it to is Victorinox Classic. I am not getting anything distinct or that impresses me from this scent, but what should I expect for a spray that cost a couple pennies. Today my fragrance journey took a few steps backwards. In the pursuit of cheap as possible, I was limited in what I could do. Kind of kicking myself for not picking up the perfume in a pink skull from five below. It was very floral and sweet though. It would have been a fun bottle next to all the rectangular ones.

Today’s picture. I think I got 5G reception.

Today’s Haiku:

Cheapest is not best,
What does blue really smell like?
About five dollars.

**July 28, 2023 - Frugal Friday**

* **Razor:** Wilkinson Sword Black Plastic
* **Blade:** Wilkinson Sword
* **Lather:** Edge - Sensitive Skin w/Aloe
* **Post Shave:** Curel Lotion - Unscented
* **Fragrance:** Racing Club - Blue

#FOF

Today’s Theme and Challenge:

It was a little tricky to figure out what to use. I tried looking up the MSRP of some of my products, but for the cheapest things in my den, not finding a consistent answer. I had a gel I used to use with cartridges a couple years ago, but no sticker on them, and ugh, current price was higher than Cremo which I already used. I thought Thayers may be my cheapest after shave product, but per oz. not cheaper than Aqua Velva which is around $.80 per oz. My best recollection is the Thayers cost me around $10 for 12 oz. bottle. Now some of them were bought with a buy three ore more for 20% off, but looking for consistency in my pricing. To the store I go. I actually use Curel lotion sometimes for a post shave and it is cheaper than Aqua Velva per oz.

Prices:

Razor: I paid $8 for the razor and blades together.
Lather: Edge gel was $4.00 for 7 oz. or 198g, so just over $.02 per gram.
Post Shave: $9.95 for 25 oz or about 750 ml, so under $.02 per ml.
Fragrance: $5.00 for 100ml or 3.4 oz. That comes to $.05 per ml.

If I threw away the razor, I still would have had the whole shave for under $8.50 in gear and consumables. Pretty cheap shave then.

Shave quality was average. I had a shower shave for the first time is over 2 years. No brush today, so just my hands for the goo. The shower shave was ok, but I forgot how much shadow my right side is in my shower. The gel performed about as well as I’d expect for a can of goo.

Today’s Fragrances:

To start with, there is description on the can of the scent other than aloe. Out of the can this blue goo smelled of green leaves and aloe. Not much else going on with it. After the shave and shower, the Curel is fragrance free, but has a basic lotion/oil scent. My face was a bit wet, so I had way to much lotion, but that’s ok, I just put the excess lotion on my arms. Now the cheap fragrance from five below has no description of scent other than blue in the name. This was a real test of the nose as I just get a basic cologne scent from it. To the interwebs to see what I can find. The most consistent description was citrus, salt, musk, and woods. Not giving me a lot to go with. Closest I can compare it to is Victorinox Classic. I am not getting anything distinct or that impresses me from this scent, but what should I expect for a spray that cost a couple pennies. Today my fragrance journey took a few steps backwards. In the pursuit of cheap as possible, I was limited in what I could do. Kind of kicking myself for not picking up the perfume in a pink skull from five below. It was very floral and sweet though. It would have been a fun bottle next to all the rectangular ones.

[Today’s picture. I think I got 5G reception.](https://imgur.com/K3UBRrF)

Today’s Haiku:

Cheapest is not best,
What does blue really smell like?
About five dollars.