Venus & Olay Razor Review

Product Info from the Influenster website..

Venus & Olay Razor

For the first time ever, Gillette Venus, a global leader in female shaving, and Olay, a global leader in skincare, are coming together to deliver a gold standard in shaving with the new Gillette Venus & Olay razor. Venus’ best shaving technology works with Olay Moisture Bars, offering women best-of-both-worlds shaving and skin expertise. Olay Moisture Bars help lock-in moisture to your skin for less dryness, and with every smoothing stroke, Venus’ five blades shave you close.

Product Details

• Venus’ five-bladed razors shave you close and adjust to women’s curves for a smooth and comfortable shave, even over tricky shaving areas like knees and ankles.
• Olay Moisture Bars contain skin-enhancing elements found in Olay products: Petrolatum helps lock in skin’s moisture for less dryness and Glycerin helps offer that goddess glow! Just wet the razor to release a light lather – no separate shave cream required.
• As with most Venus razors, new Venus & Olay also features a rounded, pivoting head designed for women’s curves, and a soft-grip ergonomic handle for confident control, even in wet and soapy environment

Where to Buy

A refillable Venus & Olay with one replacement cartridge sells for approximately $8.99-$10.99. Packages of three replacement cartridges are available for about $14.99 - $19.49.
Venus & Olay will be available starting March 15, 2012 at food, drug, convenience and mass merchandise stores throughout the United States.

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Here is my review of the Venus and Olay razor I received complimentary to test through Influenster's VoxBox program...

First off, I have to say that of all the products in my Influenster VoxBox, I was most excited to try this product. I was already a huge fan of Olay products.While I really love the Olay moisture bars for keeping my legs smooth throughout the shaving process, I did find that the razor a bit awkward to use because the head of the razor was really quite large (as you can see in the picture above). This razor features a really great pivoting head though which makes it a bit easier to use. The moisture bars did work great at keeping my super dry legs moisturized and it is nice that you don't have to use shaving cream with the product. This is great for anyone that is in a rush to get ready any time of day. I think this would be a good product for the "gal on the go" and I could see this becoming my "go to" product when I travel (hotel rooms have a way of really drying my skin out).

Unfortunately, I did find that I didn't get as close a shave with this razor then with my usual razor from another company. I believe that Gillette makes a good product though (love the pivoting head which my current razor does not have) so I purchased a regular Gillette Venus Embrace razor at Wal-mart to test out. (This razor is almost the same as the Olay one just doesn't have the large moisture bars).

I would highly recommend this razor to people with very dry skin and I could see this razor becoming a staple for me when I travel (who wants to tote around a large shaving cream can?).

For more information on the product.. www.gillettevenus.com