I 'MAY' Try This - No. 1 (Baby Oil Gel/Shaving)

So I'm rolling out my newest brainchild...
the "I 'MAY' Try This" Month
Where I am ACTUALLY doing some of the Pins I've accumulated on Pinterest over the years.

First up is the Baby Oil Gel/Shaving Challenge.

Let's just say, letting my legs get hairy for this one was most of the work.  I have slow-grow hair so 'for science' they had to grow out for almost two weeks...ew!

To try and keep this as scientific as possible, for the next two weeks I shaved daily - my left with the baby oil gel and right with shaving cream (as the placebo), both legs had their own razor. 

A close-up of my leg, preshave.  You can see,
I have really blonde hair (barely visible, but for
sure you can feel it to the touch).  What's most
noticeable is how scaly my skin is...just call me
Reptile Lady, LOL!                                          

Here are a few things (post experiment) that I'll pass on to you.

The baby oil gel gunked up the razor unbelievable.  This honestly though, did not inhibit shaving.  It seemed as if while I continuing to shave, it would self-shed from the razor blade, but at the end of each session there was residue left on the blade.
The life of the blade did last longer (one of the Pinterest Pin claims).  I have continued to use the baby oil gel blade now into week three.  My theory is that the hairs are more moisturized and therefore less hard on the blade.
I did not notice a difference in closeness of the shave (a Pinterest Pin claim).  Over the following days, I also did not notice that the hair took longer to grow in (another of the Pinterest Pin claims). 
My leg became less scaly and skin, more soft.  I felt it was beneficial that as a side-effect the baby oil gel to shave wound up doing two jobs at once - a shaving aide and moisturizer (in one step).  I think that because I didn't wash off the baby oil gel after shaving, my left leg, for sure got a benefit.

See, less like the Reptile Lady!

So, if you are trying this method to slow growth or elongate the time between the need for saves...its a fail.  However, the fact that the skin on my legs has made such a transformation (and I'm now not having to deal with an additional job of using a moisturizer in my after bath routine), makes this a keeper!!!  I'd also like to add (and maybe a little TMI for some), that using this in my bikini area has been wonderful.  No after-shave red bumps anymore!  But, it does require washing the area a few times to remove the oil from your skin.