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The many uses of Barbasol

(Please remember that Barbasol is a registered trademark.)
I remember growning up and my dad and then my brother having Barbasol in the bathroom. It's been around forever and I'm sure you've seen it on the store shelves. It's the cheap stuff but it still works great for shaving. I'll even admit to using it on my legs. But I have discovered that Barbasol has many different uses besides just shaving. So here they are. (Please note that just because these uses are listen below I do not necessarily condone these uses.)

1) "Pie in the Face" - If you've ever been to camp and tried to "pie" someone in the face and used whip topping you'll find that heat and whip topping do not mix. It melts and leaves behind a rancid, hot dairy smell. It's not fun for anyone after the initial "pieing." So it was determined that Barbasol shave foam still gives you that white, fluffy appearance and does not smell hot spoiled dairy no matter how long it sits out. You do need to give your victim eye protection though, as Barbasol does stuff the eyes greatly.

2) Removing clothing dye colors from your hands - Ever been asked to help a group of kids tie dye clothing? Even if you wear gloves, dye still goes everywhere. You will be multi-colored all over you skin. Barbasol will actually help remove the color from your skin. Apply a liberal layer of product to your skin. Give it some time to work and then wash off. You can go from being tie dyed back to your normal skin color. It will also take off a fake tan.

3) Cleaning off school desks - If you are a teacher, child care provider or just work in a place where kids write on desks you will find that the desks get covered in scribbles, pictures and other various things. If they're working on handwiritng or need too and their desk top is dirty, do this to kill two birds with one stone. Have the chid spread out a layer of Barbasol on the desk. Have the kids work on printing/writing out letters, sentences, signing their name, whatever. The kids will think it's cool and they're secretly clearning off their desktops. Just have a bucket, spounge and water available to wipe off the desk and children as needed.

4) Another thing that I've discovered Barbasol can do - take the color out of brick. Yes I've seen people think it's funny to write on someone's brick home using Barbasol thinking "It'll wash off and be fine." WRONG! Barbasol will pull the color out of brick and you've just committed an act of vandalism that's expensive to fix. So don't do it!

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  1. If you have an older tombstone that you cannot read (doing genealogy) you can spray it on it and squeegee, Viol la!!! The letters apear perfectly legible.

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