Billy Jealousy Hydroplane | Q&A

Shav­ing, for some, can be one of the most dreaded task of the day (or the week if you’re a scruff like me).

And let’s face it, more than any­thing else in the world, razor bumps can be a man’s worst enemy — they’re painful, unsightly, and completely unnecessary.

We all know the bat­tle signs:  you’ve tried switch­ing your razor from 5-blades to 3-blades to even the 2-blades with no luck.  Then you’ve prob­a­bly run the gamut on shav­ing creams…canned cream, gels, gels that turn into foam before your very eyes (I don’t trust any­thing that mutates on my face) and maybe you’ve even gone organic…and still no luck with the irritation.

Enter “The Knight in Shin­ing Armor” or some other mas­cu­line equiv­a­lent of a dude sav­ing a dude.  I dis­cov­ered Billy Jealousy’s Hydroplane about 4 years ago and never looked back.  Whether you’re shav­ing above the neck or below the belt — this stuff will make you oh so baby smooth with ZERO irritation.

Lucky for you, I got to sit down with Pat Parsi, the founder of Billy Jeal­ousy, for a lit­tle Q&A:

Why should I switch from my can of shave cream foam to Hydroplane Shave Cream?
Tra­di­tional foam shave creams are com­prised mainly of air and tiny bub­bles. These tiny bub­bles pro­vide the cush­ion between your face and a razor. Unfor­tu­nately, they don’t pro­vide much cush­ion or lubri­ca­tion which often results in razor drag, nicks and ingrown hairs. Hydroplane Shave Cream, on the other hand, is com­prised of mil­lions of beads of water-soluble, micro-silicone. This ingre­di­ent pro­vides much more lubri­ca­tion which results in greater razor glide. The water-soluble part means that the prod­uct does not break down when it comes into con­tact with water. Instead, it becomes slicker and slicker, ensur­ing a close but com­fort­able shave.  It also does not stain clothes.

How much prod­uct should I use?
Apply a quarter-sized amount to wet face.  Add water con­tin­u­ously to face to slicken for­mula. Add more prod­uct too if you like.

Does it have a fra­grance?
There is no added fra­grance in Hydroplane Shave Cream. It does have a nat­ural fra­grance due to the orange, grape­fruit, lime and berg­amot oils in the product.

Hydroplane Shave Cream is pricier than some of the other shave creams I’ve seen. Is it still a good value?
Yes, it is an excel­lent value because you need very lit­tle prod­uct in order to expe­ri­ence a great shave. An 8oz bot­tle can last for sev­eral months.

Does it con­tain any alco­hol?
There is no alco­hol in Hydroplane.

Does it con­tain Men­thol?
No Men­thol was left out of this prod­uct. While Men­thol trig­gers a nice cool­ing effect, we believe it over stim­u­lates skin dur­ing the shav­ing process, when the skin is most vulnerable.

I’ve seen Ben­zo­caine in some com­pet­i­tive prod­ucts. Does your shave cream con­tain this ingre­di­ent?
No we left out Ben­zo­caine as well. Ben­zo­caine is a numb­ing agent. We feel that our shave cream is such a supe­rior prod­uct that we don’t need to include a numb­ing agent in it. Shav­ing with a prod­uct that includes Ben­zo­caine may also result in apply­ing too much razor pres­sure while you shave which may be harm­ful to your skin.

Any last words about Hydroplane?

“Our hero prod­uct.  It’s by far our #1 seller: a unique pre-shave oil and shave cream in one. Shav­ing irri­ta­tion affected me all through high school, col­lege and grad school.  I later found out that about 80% of men and women expe­ri­ence shav­ing irri­ta­tion, accord­ing to the Amer­i­can Der­ma­to­log­i­cal Asso­ca­tion.  Hydroplane is the per­fect rem­edy for all the clas­sic prob­lems asso­ci­ated with shav­ing.  I think prod­ucts like this along with improve­ments in razor tech­nol­ogy have encour­aged a lot more men to switch back to razor blades over elec­tric razors.”

–Pat Parsi, Founder, Billy Jealousy

So there you have it guys — pos­si­bly the best shave prod­uct to hit planet Earth.  And no, I’m not get­ting paid to say that!

Hydroplane is avail­able at Nord­stroms, Bar­neys NY, on the Billy Jeal­ousy web­site, and in other select stores and spas.

Happy shav­ing.