Energizer Holdings Company (the owners of Schick) have announced an online webcast of their annual shareholders meeting. They'll obviously be discussing the past year's successes, attempting to downplay their failures, and talking about the great future ahead of them. What else would you expect from a meeting of this kind? The reason I'll be watching is to see what changes (if any) they will announce in branding strategy/ new products, or at least whether we can expect anything new in the next quarter. After all, they need to say something to please their shareholders/ stakeholders. The webcast can be found at http://www.energizer.com, on Tuesday Jan 25th, 2005 at 2:30pm CST.
We learned about the webcast through a press release found here at biz.yahoo.com
Friday, January 21, 2005
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Shaving does not cause you hair to grow in thicker!
My mother and father held me off from shaving until it was too late. I was a hairy dude in middle-school. Shaving with hair clippers to keep the hairs short because my father had not yet taught me to shave, was a nuisance beyond belief.
Why were they keeping me from shaving? Because they believed that the earlier I shaved, the heavier my beard would grow in. Were they right? Nope.
In fact, the concept of your beard growing in thicker after you start shaving is an old-wife's tail thats outlived its welcome: Contrary to popular believe, shaving does not change the texture, color or rate of the hair growth.
Think theres some truth to the idea still? If you feel that your's, or your son's beard grew in only after beginning shaving; consider this explanation.
Before shaving regularly, many young adults will let their "beards" grow out naturally, with soft tapered edges. The hairs are long, pliable, and matte close to the skin the way a grown beard would. Grown beards are soft because of their length, and the natural taper of the hairs when felt by your hand.
After shaving, the beard has been cut down to the depth of the skin, and what you feel in the next day or week of growth is the stubble of the beard, cut with a sharp blade, therefore leaving a sharp edge rather than a naturally tapered one. From then on while the beard grows it will always feel sharper and more coarse than before you began your shaving routine.
As for the thicker hairs, and greater density of hairs after you begin shaving theres an explanation for that also. Young males begin shaving before they have reached their peak in puberty. Many have what we referr to as "peach-fuzz" which is the introductory growth of soft hairs on a young man's face. It is important to recognize that this soft growth is only the beginning of a boy's maturity and as he ages another year his beard will fully mature, including a thickening of the hairs and an increase in the density of his beard.
So there you have it, a well thought out, easy to explain answer to whether shaving actually promotes hair growth on your face. As for me... Luckily all the fake-shaving came to an end one day as I told my mom that I felt rediculous shaving with clippers, and that I wanted to be clean shaven. My father was out of town on a business trip at the time and could not be there to teach me, so my mother did what she could: She handed me one of her Pink Gillette, Single Bladed razors, and my dads can of shave foam.
Today I'm one of the most vocal experts on mens shaving, and an owner of a men's grooming store... so I guess it didn't screw me up too much. Heh.
Why were they keeping me from shaving? Because they believed that the earlier I shaved, the heavier my beard would grow in. Were they right? Nope.
In fact, the concept of your beard growing in thicker after you start shaving is an old-wife's tail thats outlived its welcome: Contrary to popular believe, shaving does not change the texture, color or rate of the hair growth.
Think theres some truth to the idea still? If you feel that your's, or your son's beard grew in only after beginning shaving; consider this explanation.
Before shaving regularly, many young adults will let their "beards" grow out naturally, with soft tapered edges. The hairs are long, pliable, and matte close to the skin the way a grown beard would. Grown beards are soft because of their length, and the natural taper of the hairs when felt by your hand.
After shaving, the beard has been cut down to the depth of the skin, and what you feel in the next day or week of growth is the stubble of the beard, cut with a sharp blade, therefore leaving a sharp edge rather than a naturally tapered one. From then on while the beard grows it will always feel sharper and more coarse than before you began your shaving routine.
As for the thicker hairs, and greater density of hairs after you begin shaving theres an explanation for that also. Young males begin shaving before they have reached their peak in puberty. Many have what we referr to as "peach-fuzz" which is the introductory growth of soft hairs on a young man's face. It is important to recognize that this soft growth is only the beginning of a boy's maturity and as he ages another year his beard will fully mature, including a thickening of the hairs and an increase in the density of his beard.
So there you have it, a well thought out, easy to explain answer to whether shaving actually promotes hair growth on your face. As for me... Luckily all the fake-shaving came to an end one day as I told my mom that I felt rediculous shaving with clippers, and that I wanted to be clean shaven. My father was out of town on a business trip at the time and could not be there to teach me, so my mother did what she could: She handed me one of her Pink Gillette, Single Bladed razors, and my dads can of shave foam.
Today I'm one of the most vocal experts on mens shaving, and an owner of a men's grooming store... so I guess it didn't screw me up too much. Heh.
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