A razor including: a handle section which is configured to hold a source of a flowable shaving preparation; a head section extending from the handle section; at least one flow passage which leads from the source of the shaving preparation; a delivery mechanism for delivering shaving preparation from the source along said flow passage, a blade cartridge which is releasably mounted to the head section in an arrangement permitting movement of the blade cartridge relative to the head section, the blade cartridge comprising a housing having an inner side comprising an inner wall defining at least one inlet port for the shaving preparation, an outer side defining a discharge opening for shaving preparation and an internal chamber which extends between said inner and outer sides and within which the shaving preparation is held, the blade cartridge including at least two spaced, parallel razor blades which are mounted to the housing at their respective ends at the outer side of the housing so as to extend across said discharge opening, the internal chamber being configured to receive the shaving preparation where the shaving preparation is pressurized by the flow of shaving preparation into the internal chamber, in use, before flowing in an evenly distributed flow through the space defined between the razor blades onto a surface to be shaved; and at least one flexible pipe for conveying the shaving preparation, which is connected in a leak-proof manner at one end thereof to said flow passage and at the opposite end thereof to said inlet port of the housing of the blade cartridge, the razor being characterised in that the pipe is in the form of a flexible concertina-type pipe which is compressible along the length thereof so as to present minimal resistance to movement of the blade cartridge relative to the head section. a handle section which is configured to hold a source of a flowable shaving preparation; a head section extending from the handle section; at least one flow passage which leads from the source of the shaving preparation; a delivery mechanism for delivering shaving preparation from the source along said flow passage, a blade cartridge which is releasably mounted to the head section in an arrangement permitting movement of the blade cartridge relative to the head section, the blade cartridge comprising a housing having an inner side comprising an inner wall defining at least one inlet port for the shaving preparation, an outer side defining a discharge opening for shaving preparation and an internal chamber which extends between said inner and outer sides and within which the shaving preparation is held, the blade cartridge including at least two spaced, parallel razor blades which are mounted to the housing at their respective ends at the outer side of the housing so as to extend across said discharge opening, the internal chamber being configured to receive the shaving preparation where the shaving preparation is pressurized by the flow of shaving preparation into the internal chamber, in use, before flowing in an evenly distributed flow through the space defined between the razor blades onto a surface to be shaved; and at least one flexible pipe for conveying the shaving preparation, which is connected in a leak-proof manner at one end thereof to said flow passage and at the opposite end thereof to said inlet port of the housing of the blade cartridge, the razor being characterised in that the pipe is in the form of a flexible concertina-type pipe which is compressible along the length thereof so as to present minimal resistance to movement of the blade cartridge relative to the head section.