Thread: Great Improvement To Shaving Soap!!

Add a squirt of 100% Aloe Vera Gel to your shaving cup and swirl up your lather.

It is remarkable how it improves the lather and the shave. The lather is smoother, thicker, and holds moisture better, and also there is less irritation. I swear the razor glides better through the whiskers.

I tried this with my Williams mug soap and the resulting lather compares favorably to the Art of Shaving cream I got for Christmas last year.

I use a product called "No-Ad" 100% Aloe Vera gel I purchased at the Sunscreen display in my local Walgreens. There are a bunch of similar products, but I think any 100% Aloe Vera Gel product will work.

If you have never used Aloe Vera on your skin, you might want to do a test on a small area of your skin to make sure you aren't allergic.

Hope this helps!

Interesting find. Does it make the lather feel cold? How did you come of this? have you been trying all sorts of things, like butter or bacon fat?

Originally Posted by tjiscooler

Interesting find. Does it make the lather feel cold? How did you come of this? have you been trying all sorts of things, like butter or bacon fat?

Ha ha, you made me chuckle with that one!

Actually, I am working on my boat a lot and got a sunburn last week, so I was using the Aloe Vera to soothe my sunburn.

Well, the darn pump bottle was sitting right there, and I just pumped a squirt into my mug for the hell of it.

If you start with nice hot water from the tap, the tiny amount of Aloe Vera Gel shouldn't affect the temperature. If it does, you are probably using too much.

Yes, thats the way all good ideas start, boredom or accident. As far as being cool I meant like menthol cold on the face from the gel, it always feels cold when I put it on. Ill give it a try next chance I get. Does it help with razor burn?

Originally Posted by tjiscooler

Yes, thats the way all good ideas start, boredom or accident. As far as being cool I meant like menthol cold on the face from the gel, it always feels cold when I put it on. Ill give it a try next chance I get. Does it help with razor burn?

As far as I can tell, it does not have any menthol or other feel, it is extremely neutral.

Razor burn comes from either being stubborn with a dull razor or pushing into your face too much with the stroke.

However, the Aloe is the best treatment for razor burn I have found. When I was learning to hone, I sometimes got some bad razor burn, but I just put the aloe on and it was totally gone the next day.


I guess my two favorite "first-aid" treatments are Aloe for irritation and Neosporin for cuts, to prevent scarring.

Hope this helps!

My brother told me he has been adding aloe vera to his shaving for years. I haven't tried it yet, but I keep telling him I will. He says it's very soothing