Now I've never been a fan of shaving, but unfortunately I've never been a fan of beards or moustaches either. So shave I must.

The only thing is that I don't need to shave every day. Just every other day. What do you mean problem? That sounds like a blessing. Well it isn't really. I feel like if it was every day it would be a routine because certainly now it is not.

And because it's not a routine I seem to forget a lot until suddenly I have far too much facial hair and have to start again. Note that by far too much I mean other people are able to discern that I haven't shared without invading my personal space, rather than anything even remotely approaching a beard.

The thing is that it all takes so much time. And electric razors don't really work for me. Perhaps I have the wrong type of hair. So I have to "wet-shave".

Now while I haven't tried it there is a school of thought that you don't need any soap or cream while shaving. That ll you need do is splash some water on your face. A physicist from Princeton university discovered that just water bound the hair follicles for three to four minutes. His name? Albert Einstein.

Now that's all very well and good but that's not what I use the cream for Mr Einstein. Clearly almost anything will bind the hair so I can shave. No, I'm using the cream so that I know which bits have been done!