What is the point of shaving cream?

Question. If I use shaving cream when I shave my legs will it like last longer or sumthing? What exactly does shaving cream do?

it makes it so your legs are smooth.
and its easier to shave with.

ha no it doesn't take longer you need to use shaving cream unless you want to cut your legs all up and have razor burn all over them with red bumps and itchy

Shaving creams are supposed to make your shaving experience enjoyable. They are supposed to help prevent cuts, razor burns, and best of all make your legs smooth. Nothing special to it.

it helps prevent you from cutting yourself by accident.

It reduces the amount of 'skin' you scrape off with the hair. Just use it...

Shaving cream is a lubricant. It allows the razor to easily glide over skin.

Back when i raced bikes I shaved my legs and to tell the truth I usually didn't use shaving cream. Leg skin is not as sensitive as face skin and I found it unnecessary.

Yeah, well... you're not a chick...