The 8 Best Shave Clubs for Men
There are various problems related to shaving like razor burns, nicks and cuts, razor bumps, barber’s rash and ingrown hair. Other than these, there’s a task that sometimes makes men want to skip shaving and it is: having to shop for shaving cream and gel after they’ve run out of them or when their razor blades become dull. Well, this issue has been resolved with the advent of Shave clubs.
A subscription to a shave club can relieve you off the stress of having to go and buy your shaving cream, gel and blades every month. Not only this, the subscription to these clubs come with the benefit of being customizable. Now you might wonder what is there to customize about shaving, but there actually is. If you subscribe to a shave club, you get to choose the contents of your shaving kit and even the frequency of delivery of the same. While some of these clubs require you to sign up for a quarterly or annual subscription, others work on a monthly basis.
Following are our 8 best picks for the best shave clubs for men:
#1 Public Goods
What was originally called the Morgan’s has shifted to the new name of Public Goods. This club offers personal hygiene and grooming products at such modest rates. The Public’s razor has upgraded from the usual metal to a bamboo handle in order to give it a viable yet classy look. The razor is sold at a moderate price as compared to other brands. When you go for a blade refill, one refill has a pack of four blades which is very cheap. The blades don’t come with the razor, so in order to purchase the two, you have to add both the razor handle and the blades to the cart. Except for the razor and blades, PG also offers shaving creams and moisturizers. About the membership; you can have access to its wide product range, varying from personal care products to household goods and groceries. With the first purchase you make, you are offered a two-week trial, post which the Public Goods Membership will be added to your cart automatically.
#2 Harry’s
You can get a subscription to Harry’s at a very cheap rate. For starters, you get a trial pack for testing Harry’s products, consisting of aloe shave gel and a smoothly gliding razor. If you choose to double up your subscription, you can pick up your razor refill. For the handles, Harry’s offers you with two options to choose from; one being the metal-bodied Winston and the other being the rubber-coated Truman. In addition to the shaving gel and razors, there are other hygiene and grooming related products like bar-soaps, body wash, post-shave balm, shampoo and conditioner, and even more. Harry’s ships its blades in 2-, 3-, or 5-months augmentations based on your shaving constancy. While going for a refill pack, you also get to choose how many blades you want to order. Harry’s blades are German engineered and the brand is popular for its simplicity. It is also known for the social cause it is working for. Every year, it collaborates with charities working towards improving the mental health of men and donates some money to these charities from whatever sales have been made in that year.
#3 Dollar Shave Club
Called The OG shaving club brand by some rating sites, Dollar is one of the most named companies in the grooming field. Initially, the company started off by selling blades only, but now it offers a wide range of products including pre-shave face wash, shaving creams, shave butter, and post-shave creams. Dollar sells an introductory kit that comes with the trial sizes of these creams mentioned above and on top of it, you also get a razor and a four-blade set. This kit is worth giving a shot before actually committing yourself to the subscription. Dollar Shave Club is a highly customizable service allowing you to adjust your subscription preferences as per your interest. It offers you multi-blade cartridge-styled razors, making them really safe to shave with. The club has three membership plans to offer to you namely the Humble twin, the 4X, and the Executive. The Humble twin consists of two blades per razor and five razors per month, the 4X has four blades per razor and four razors per month and lastly, the Executive has six blades per razor and four razors per month. Another point to add to the pro list of DSC is that you’re free to cancel the subscription whenever you want to.
#4 Bevel
Known as the best for Old-school shave, Bevel’s razors are specially designed for twisted and curly beards. It is called an old-school shaving kit for a reason as it consists of almost all the products that you’d find at a barber’s shop. The shaving kit has priming oil, a brush to apply the shaving cream that also comes in the kit, and a safety razor. Bevel also assures that with the use of their products, you will get clearer and smoother skin in almost a month. Its special safety razor helps you get the best shave with no after-shave cons. The blades of this razor come in a pack of 20. The starter pack comes with a razor handle, 60 blades, and all the other essentials like shave soap, shave brush, and more. Bevel sells its starter kit at a great price range while offering a convenient service to the subscribers in the way of three-month installments. Once you’ve subscribed to Bevel, you will receive the entire Bevel Shave Kit delivered to your house every three months.
#5 Birchbox
Birchbox offers you a monthly plan, a 6-month plan or a yearly plan for to subscribe to. Once you’ve subscribed to its services, Birchbox sends a supply of 5 grooming samples ranging from anti-aging moisturizers to beard-care essentials to hair-styling supplies every month. Since no two people have the same skin, hair or beard, your box is customized according to your needs. Before ordering, you are required to fill your grooming profile so that they can get to know your type and choose the right products for you. The sample choice feature gives an option to the subscribers to choose one item from the previous orders that they’ve enjoyed while organizing the next box over the same decision as above. You can have access to the Birchbox Grooming Plus service that comes for a very small additional price per month and includes lifestyle items like stylish grooming accessories.
#6 Wet Shave Club
The Wet Shave Club offers a limited selection of products of a reasonable quality at low prices. This club is unlike the other shave clubs in the sense that its main focus is on the service of safety razors. This might probably be one of the cheapest clubs but for the annual subscription, you have to get to avail of its services. Other products include shave soaps, cologne wipes, extra blades, pre-shave oil, aftershave, shave brush, and more. If you want to buy these additional grooming products, you can subscribe to their Sampler kit every three months, or you could also go for the Enthusiast kit every three months.
#7 Gillette
Known as the most classic shaving brand, Gillette offers three options for men namely the Sensor3, the Mach3, and the Fusion ProShield. Gillette’s shave club service is known to be the most streamlined among all the others. Once you subscribe to their service, Gillette offers you a free starter kit. It provides you with 3 options to choose the frequency of your delivery from, which are: daily, a few times a week or once a week. The refill box comes with full-size shaving cream and a blade set. Each subscription order is shipped free to your doorstep. Gillette claims that you don’t have to pay any extra money in order to subscribe to its service, rather you can save up to 20% after having subscribed to it.
#8 Supply
Supply is the perfect brand to stop at if you are a man who loves straight razor shave. Made from aerospace-grade stainless steel, this sleek single edge razor uses injector-style blades that are easy to change. They have a starter pack that comes with a razor handle and enough blades to last for six months and other standard shaving products like shaving cream, shaving brush, and aftershave. This brand gives you a 100-year guaranteed razor handle and a pack of 8 blades at a very minimal price. This single edge razor is specially designed to minimize razor bumps, razor burns, and skin irritation. Supply offers you a 100-day trial and if you don’t like it, you can get a refund. They guarantee their customers that all their grooming essentials are made using natural products and ingredients only.
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