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Nivea offers some soft-core shaving tips for men. Apparently you’re not “ready to rumble” until your face, pits, chest, and “private area” are hairless. Enjoy. (Thanks—really: thanks!—to Slog tipper Kim in Portland.)

45 replies on “Monday Morning Shaving Tutorial”

  2. If you look closely you’ll notice that the chest, face, pits & bits — presumably — are smooth under the shaving cream. There are no blades in that lucky, lucky razor.

    And for the record: I liked him better with his chest hair.

  3. If you look closely you’ll notice that the chest, face, pits & bits — presumably — are smooth under the shaving cream. There are no blades in that lucky, lucky razor.

    And for the record: I liked him better with his chest hair.

  4. What the fuck ever. With the (occasional) exception of the hair on my face, I am keeping all the dark and curlies that God gave me, and woe to any woman who can’t deal with that.

  5. This is very very weird. Does Nivea think that not enough humans have anxieties about their bodies and bodily accoutrements? Jesus H. Christ.

  7. I’d hate to say it but I too shave my chest hair. But there is a reason: my chest hair grows in really weird, instead of a nice even distribution it grows in strange blotchy patches. So I shave since it’s better than looking like a blotchy hairy guy.

  10. If I were to rip a guys shirt off and find a bare chest, I’d tell him to put it back on and peace. I may or may not point and laugh.

  11. my favorite is when he knowingly looks at the camera, yum. you know there isn’t a blade on that razor. he is already clean shaven before the soft porn body part close ups.

  12. Why is this all the rage lately? Gillette has also done an entire animated series on body shaving for men, which you can catch on YouTube if you haven’t seen it yet.

  13. @9: About time, huh? I was wondering when they’d clue in to the fact that men tend to be hairier than women (more hair = more replacement blades = ??? = profit!).

  14. I think shaving armpits is still considered gay by straight man. I wish more man shaved their armpits. Armpit hair is gross guys. Shave it off.

  18. #14

    men shaving pits, really, honey, a good shower is all he needs.

    you have been brainwashed, it is called man sex for a reason, and men have hair on their bodies and that is quite natural.

    And for those who understand male – male sex, licking his pits a lot will drive him into frenzy – yeah, yeah.

    (and sucking/chewing ears, try it)

  19. Chest hair (in moderation) and armpit hair on guys doesn’t really bother be, but for fuck’s sake if you’re not going to completely shave, at least trim your fucking bush. 70’s bush is not okay on anyone, chick or dude.

  24. I’ve literally never even considered the possibility of shaved male armpits… I’m going to go ahead and say no on that one.

    I’ll just add that if you’re going to trim or shave your chest or “private area”, make sure that you maintain it well enough to avoid having stubble or really short hair (less than maybe 1/4 or 1/2 an inch). Friction + short bristly hair = bad news.

  27. Looks like they forgot to show the how to shave legs and arms video that was apparently part of this campaign–not a hair on the back of the guy’s hands even.

    I agree with Dan.

  28. I’m a bit conflicted on this one. I HATE the fact that durring some sweaty sex, you start to shed a little bit of your chest curlies. So I would shave, but honestly. There are some women that really like chest hair, then there are those that don’t. Then are some women that think that it’s even more bizzare to shave it off, even if they don’t like chest hair …

    It’s a losing battle really. Hell I would probably even have some ab definition if shaved. In my experience, your odds of offending a girl/woman are much less if you just leave the chest hair on and keep your pubes short.

    But I still put the offer on the table, but no one has taken me up on it.

  29. @18
    Brainwashed by whom? I am straight female and it’s still quite rare to see/fuck a guy with shaved armpits. I shave mine, he should shave his. Just try it, you’ll never look back!

    @25
    Precisely!!!

  31. My beloved commutes to work by bike and plays basketball at lunch in the parking lot. His work has one small shower stall. He shaves his armpits, as a courtesy to his department, because he has to wait his turn for the shower.

  34. I greatly appreciate a man who trims his body hair to a reasonable length (and who removes hair that grows in truly inappropriate areas, like the tops of the shoulders, outside of the nose, ear tufts, etc.), but shaving creates stubble. Stubble chaps my lips. Trim, don’t remove! (If your pit hair is long enough to braid, please, take a pair of scissors and trim that shit!)

  35. @28: If you ‘hate’ the shedding that much, and really want to shave, then your partner should be sympathetic – especially once you explain to her the values of a more closely shaved you.

    It’s one thing for a guy to be ‘hairless’ because he’s shaved, and another if he’s just hairless and looks too ‘juvenile’.

    Myself, I don’t seem to mind either way, since there are more important things to consider about the guy than if he shaves his chest hair. And chances are that if I’m going to be in a position to notice, I’ve probably gotten to know and like him quite a bit so by that point ‘hair’ or ‘bare’ really wouldn’t be an issue.

    Just one girl’s opinion.

  37. @35 … I guess that’s kind of the weirdness of it all. It doesn’t mean THAT much to me to shave or not. But damn, it’s got to be so gross to have curly hair on you, and 99.99% of shirtless men photographed in this day and age are shaved. If it wasn’t for Hugh Jackman, I would be totally confused.

    But then again, I’m a guy, what the hell do I know other than i don’t like body hair on women. By the time, a girl gets that close to me … it’s really kind of moot, she’s there for a reason and it’s not for the like/dislike of chest hair.

    I could just go back to swimming and use that as an excuse … but interesting note about swimming. Shaving gives you a better feel and sensation for the water, almost nill as far as a hydrodynamic edge …

    Blah, then I would be a kind of a liar or something.

  38. @ 37,

    No, it isn’t gross. It’s sex, it is supposed to be hot, sweaty, and messy. Curls/stray hairs are completely benign. Never an issue with me.

  39. My thoughts are, guys should trim their pubes. I mean really, nothing is worse then having to fish out rogue pubes from the back of your throat.

    You’re left with one of two options: Do I stick my finger half way down my throat, and try to scrape out the wayward pubes or do I try and swallow it, which requires a glass of water. Neither is a preferred choice.

  43. And let me also add that it’s good to know that people much younger than me sometimes mistake their shampoo for their toothpaste.

  44. NO one is mentioning the biggest problem. There are NO VISUALS of how to shave the private area. how do i do it???? i still dont’ know.
    Is it too much to ask to show how to shave a dick? It’s the internet for god’s sake, not channel 7.

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