The shaving cream originates from the jungles of Peru. This is because Maca root can, according to the marketing men, sort out 'hormone balancing', 'alleviate menstrual pain', 'help fight menopause symptoms' and 'reduce hot flashes (sic)' - though I dread to think where they're supposed to apply the shaving cream. So far, so smooth.īut what did these daily shenanigans do to my health and other, er, aspects?įor as Peruvian Products, a Houston, Texas-based company that specialises in the stuff, will attempt to assure you, Maca root can help with everything from oligospermia (increasing sperm count), to erectile dysfunction, acne, male potency and athletic performance.
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The blades glided seamlessly and my skin was left amazingly soft and moisturised. So the next morning I opted for for a different version of the cream and shaved with the Maca Root Razor Relief (available from The Body Shop, since you ask). And that meant the sharp glide across the face was interrupted and the razor left patches of stubble.įar from experiencing the 'general sense of well-being' I had been promised, this left me sore, irritated and unsightly. Unfortunately, so thick is the cream that it seemed to clog up the blades. So I swirled my little shaving brush into the Maca root shave cream pot - and applied the potion.
It smells fresh, buttery and floral - alpine even a hint perhaps of the Peruvian hills, albeit with a strong whiff of washing powder. The cream is soft, thick, luxurious, and oily - very oily. The first signs, I must say, were not that auspicious. Who'd dare argue with that erudite endorsement? And so, like an intrepid explorer taking his first strides on the Antarctic ice, wary but exhilarated by the possible excitements and dramas ahead, I set forth on my voyage into the unknown. 'This has made the quotidian shave an event I look forward to each morning.' 'I have found the Peruvian Maca root shaving cream has the perfect combination of texture and aroma,' he wrote. One upper-crust FT reader bore testimony to its amazing qualities. The shaving cream is said to boost a man's libidoĪfter all, it was listed as one of GQ magazine's top new grooming products of the year, is deemed so potent that it is banned in Norway, and has even been the subject of excited debate in the pages of that august organ, the Financial Times. Surely the Maca root would assist me with the added stamina needed for consuming more roast potatoes than usual and showing interest and affection to visiting relatives, not to mention ensuring my beloved wife was kept happy at all times. So I invested in a pot of the stuff and, over the festive period, put it to the test. Which should mean I can not only target terrorists with my Nitro razor for longer than usual, but do so while remaining happy and, more importantly, without forgetting to put the bins out. Rather, it's a plant that grows in the jungles of Peru which, when ground up and turned into shaving cream, not only delivers a smooth, moisturising shave but, according to the experts, enhances virility, too.Īficionados - and there's an increasing number of them - swear that this magical root (botanical name: Lepidium meyenii) improves stamina, energy, depression and memory. And no, it's got nothing to do with Paul McCartney's suspiciously ungreying follicles. The name of this magical cream? Maca root.
Thus, picture me posturing with my three 'independently responsive spring-mounted blades', with 'progressive blade alignment', 'indicator lubrastrip' and, of course, the ten 'flexible micro-fins', when along comes a shaving cream that's said to do for male libido what that shot of Daniel Craig in his skimpies does for women's. Or, indeed, their all new M3Power Nitro - which doubtless doesn't just crop your stubble, but can be used to take out Taliban insurgents, at night. So with Gillette, you don't just buy a razor, you invest in the Mach3 Turbo. Razor blades these days are less like blades on plastic stalks than high-performance cars - or indeed, rockets.
As you will know from the adverts on telly, one doesn't, for example, simply buy a razor, one invests in a 'shaving system'.
So you can imagine my delight and excitement when I caught sight of news that there was a new shaving cream on the market - and one, moreover, that, thanks to its secret herbal ingredient, is said to add a little vavavoom to any man's life.įirst, though, let me digress to assure female readers that we men never just shave. Stubble trouble: William experiments with the Maca root cream
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