Schick Hydro Silk Razor Review

I really hate shaving my legs so I like the process to be as quick and easy as humanly possible! However with the Schick Hydro Silk Razor that promised to hydrate my skin and give a close shave, it was a difficult shaving experience. The razor proclaims to hydrate your skin for up to 2 hours after shaving, whilst my skin felt a bit nicer than my other razor, I still felt the need to moisturize. I do like the motion and grip on the handle of the razor, however I am not a fan of the "moisturizing serum". This was the biggest turn off for me. The serum, that activates when wet, decided to go everywhere on the first use! I found it difficult to shave my legs as the serum would clog up the blades and I would have to go over the same spot on my legs a few times. I also feel that the razor promises to leave skin feeling silky smooth, however my legs just felt slimy. So the moisturizing serum, not only clogged up the blades, but it made my legs slimy and it lingered on the skin a bit too long.

Overall, whilst I admire innovation, and am always up for new ways to adapt my beauty routine, this one failed for me. The serum clogged the blades too much for my liking, making the process of shaving my legs a lot longer than it needed to be. I like the shape, colours, style and 5 blade system of the razor, but I would have preferred it if schick ditched that serum!

Something I really, really love about this razor is the little gel pads on the blades - I find shaving in the shower to be a very tedious task, but with the gel constantly making my legs nice and slippery the blades just glided along my legs.

I wouldn't go as far as saying it's the closest shave ever, but I was happy with the result - no nicks or cuts and my legs felt moisturised afterwards.

I also love the little "travel case" it comes with - very handy, doesn't come off easily and does it's job.

My mum brought these for me, she's truly terrible at picking up the razors I look for. The handle is pretty cool, nice and chunky with grip so you don't drop it, but that's about it. I think that is fine for underarms, with soap. But even though it has some sort of serum in it, I still use soap on my legs because I find the serum to not be useful. I doesn't give the closest shave. My legs do feel slightly smoother and moisturized after but I presume that is just because they are hair-less.

I was on the recent trial team for this product.

Here is my review:

This shaving system was easy to use, had a good pivot head and though it was super sharp, it felt safe to speed shave with the specifically angled 5 blades - no nicks or cuts to report.... The handle was a good shape and nice and wide at the base with a grip gel side and a hard side, this meant I had no trouble keeping a grip on it with slippery hands. There was a complimentary travel case that clipped around the head of the shaver for safe storage and the shave was close to the skin - so no complaints there!

However, it claims "Water-Activated Moisturising Serum infused with hydrating marine extracts and shea butter gives back moisture to your skin for up to two hours after shaving" - I didn't get any of this 'hydration' effect from this product.

I carefully followed the instructions but I found there was not enough serum to shave with and there was no resulting hydration feel. My skin felt dry - like normal. I ended up having to use addition lather to shave and moisturiser post shave........ Not what I expected.

I would be unlikely to buy this product as I the price for refill blades is a turnoff and not worth it in my opinion. I have had better results with other shick shaving systems (Schick Venus is a good one) that are cheaper on refills and a little less flashy. I would recommend a cheaper alternative is the way to go.

I was hanging out for this to arrive in the post - I had some super hairy legs! Hehe. The package was really easy to open and the shaver worked very well! I didn't get any cuts at all and the hair came off easily leaving me with lovely smooth, soft legs. The one thing I really love about this shaver is the little travel case it comes it! Keeps it covered and safe.

I found this shaver quite good only thing I don't really like about it was once the soapy stuff around the razor gets abit wet it's very gooey and only lasts a few shaves apart from that it's good I would use it again

Love this razor! I was using a Schick Silk Effects for the last 10 or so years being too scared to try anything else incase I didn't like it. This one is much better! such a close smooth shave. Would recommend to all.

I won one of these off Schick's Facebook page ages ago. I like the design of the razor, nice handle and colour. However, in regards to the serum - didn't really live up to my expectations. I found that the serum only lasted for a few shaves and it seemed to go gooey or come off in chunks (really weird).

However, when the serum was working well it gave a nice shave; no cuts or dryness. I still moisturised after as I felt the serum was only good when shaving - it didn't really do anything to moisturise. Overall, not bad but it didn't fully live up to my expectations.

I've mostly stuck to buying the mens shavers believing them to provide a closer / better shave. Well I was pleasantly surprised how well this shaver worked. Easy handle to grip, very close shave with no nicks and didn't even need to moisturise afterwards! Very impressed!