CANNED SHAVE GEL VERSUS TUBED SHAVE GEL... WHO IS THE KING?
It’s the question all wet shavers should ask, why is a King of Shaves tubed Shaving Gel better than a conventional canned product?
WILL KING'S BLOG: #SHAVEFORSUCCESS
Will's news, views and insights about why shaving correlates with success... The data doesn't lie!
WHY SHAVE WITH OUR GELS?
So what are the benefits of shaving with King of Shaves aloe-based shave gels?
YOUR FIRST SHAVE
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Proper pre-shave preparation needs more than just a splash of water
Often preparation can seem dull and boring. However, as with DIY, a small investment in preparation can reap some big benefits when you shave...
Facing Facts: Keir Shiels "Strictly Shaven".
In my first article ‘Why do you shave?’ I looked at the varying reasons why different people might shave. Inspired by that article, and chatting with King of Shaves Founder, Will King, I asked him who he knew who I might interview (turns out he knows quite a few very...
We Think It Might Be Back
"Bring Back The Shave!" When you're 27 years into owning a brand with A) your surname in it and B) it's a descriptor of what it does – how do you keep it relevant, current, future facing – and more importantly, how do you get men to fall in love...
Smile
If you never had to shave again, would you miss it? I would, as I enjoy it, but I have a friend who has a five o’clock shadow by lunchtime and swears if the opportunity arose he would get his face lasered so it was permanently bald. A simpler solution might...
It's Difficult To Shave On A Rollercoaster
There are a lot of things it is difficult to do when wet-shaving. Please note, I said ‘difficult’ not ‘impossible’. Let’s not place limits on the actions of others or stifle their creativity, imagination, or determination to do the daft and unexpected. Pushing boundaries is part of being human and...
Seeing Clearly
You don’t drive a car through a snowy field looking backwards. Almost any activity, not just a high risk one, is easier when we can see what we are doing. All of our senses contribute, but the more visual information we have, the better our chances of success.
31st Century Shaving
Due to a glitch in the space-time continuum we’ve received this diary entry, sent back in time from 1,000 years into the future 02.05.3020 I’ve discovered an ancient and long-forgotten secret. It’s incredible, a complete game changer.
Sprezzatura
We instinctively know the coolest, most stylish people are those who make it look easy. We also know some effort is required to do this. Success comes from not letting that effort show. Sprezzatura is a wonderful Italian word defined in the sixteenth century by Baldassare Castiglione in his ‘Book of...
Why do you shave?
Why do you shave? Shaving is just what people do, right? Stubble grows, so we shave it off. As simple as that. Every time you stand in front of the mirror, razor in hand, you are deciding to shave. What does this decision say about you? What does it represent?
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“Are Clean Shaven Football Managers More Likely To Succeed?” The Data Doesn’t Lie.
To test my hypothesis that being clean-shaven correlates with world-class football management, I asked the AI to analyse managers from the Premier League, EFL Championship, major European leagues (e.g., La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1), and World Cup-winning teams since 1966. The sample includes 45 top managers—those who won...
Might being clean-shaven help with your mental health?
Here I explore my (personal) belief (don’t @ me) that there is a positive correlation between mental health and being clean-shaven. Having been clean shaven all my adult life, and having founded King of Shaves in 1993 to stop my (then) painful and unsightly shaving rash and raw skin; I...
NEW: Beards = Global Bust? Success = Clean-Shaven?
I make the case that if men start shaving regularly again, the world economy could roar back to life. There’s a curious pattern relating to the world’s economy and being clean-shaven worth exploring, read on and make your own mind up...