Shave Gel VS Soap

My roommate and I were discussing the fact that she uses shave gel to shave in the shower, and I didn't. I decided to pick up a bottle and do an experiment. Just call me Katie the Science Geek!

My Experiment: Does shave gel work better than soap? 

The soap I'm using: Bath and Body Works Shower Gel. This particular shower gel happens to be the I heart Watermelon Cherry that I just bought a week or two ago. 

The shave gel I'm using? Skintimate's Skin Therapy for dry skin. My legs are pretty dry usually, so I thought this one would be appropriate. I didn't know if different brands would give me different results, so I just picked whatever looked legit at the time. 

My Premise: I shaved my left leg with the shave gel. I shaved my right leg with shower gel. I'm conducted this "experiment" twice, and each time, I used the same leg, and the same razor on each leg, although I did have to switch razors between time one and two because the blade got dull on the first one. 

The result of this experiment? The shave gel wasn't any better than the shower gel. In fact, the shower gel gave me a better shave on my knees, and an equal shave on my legs. I do think however that the shave gel made my skin a little softer. I did notice that I cut myself both times on the shower gel side, whereas I didn't cut myself when I used the shave gel. Weird. 

My science teachers would be so disappointed that I called this an experiment, but I think it was successful, and a great way to test a product out against what I was already using. 

Do you shave your legs with a shave gel/cream or with soap? Let me know in the comments! 

Another Bath and Body Works Haul

Bath and Body Works. Another place I shouldn't be allowed to go in. This is from a different store than my last haul, though, so that's how I justified it.  So I thought I'd share my small haul.

As you can see, I got another I heart Watermelon Cherry hand soap, as well as a Paris in Bloom shower Gel and Body Spray.
The Soap was $2.50 on clearance, and it just smelled so good that I couldn't pass it up.
I also had a coupon for buy $10, and get a free signature item. So I paid the $14 for the body spray, and got the shower gel for free.

I'm going to be smelling good today!!!

Have you tried the new Paris line? What's your favorite scent from the collection?

BBW Online Order

As if shopping in the stores wasn't enough, I had to go online while they were still doing their buy 3 get 3 free offer. My excuse: there were a couple of shower gels that I wanted that were online only. And I had another "Spend $10 and get a signature item for free." So, I only had to pay for 2 of these 6 items, which is pretty good. I did pay shipping though, which was $4.99.

 Isn't the box cute!? As you can see, I ordered 6 shower gels. This was my first purchase from BBW online, simply because their shipping was super cheap, and of course because I wanted a couple of gels that I couldn't get in the store, like I said before. Here's a detailed look at what I got:

 Left to Right: Paris Nights, Paris in Bloom, and Love Love Love.

Left to Right: Wild Honeysuckle (Online only), Paris Amour, and Honey Autumn Apple (online only).

I'm super happy with everything. I had never smelled Honey Autumn Apple before, but I think it will be a big hit! It reminds me so much of Fall, and I can't wait to use it. As for the others, I had smelled them all in the stores, so I knew I'd love them. And Paris Amour is an old favorite :) 

Clearly, I have a problem, and WAY too many shower gels in my dorm room than I can possibly use up this year. Can you say ADDICTION!?