Thread: Simple post-shave solutions

Originally Posted by Whizbang

I've been experimenting with some recipes I found on the web for simple aftershave balms. This one is particularly easy. for a small batch: 1 oz (30 ml) aloe vera gel and 1 oz (30 ml) witch hazel (the kind without alcohol) and 1 tsp vegetable glycerin. Feels great on dry skin. You can add some EO for a scent...but I leave mine just plain.

Thats pretty much the same as Thayers witch hazel with aloe vera. If you look on their website its almost exactly the same, although yours is without all the preservatives

Since I started using Noxema as part of the prep I have not needed Nivea ASB.

My after shave bit is Thayer's and a AS or ASB(only a couple).

Originally Posted by Whizbang

I've been experimenting with some recipes I found on the web for simple aftershave balms. This one is particularly easy. for a small batch: 1 oz (30 ml) aloe vera gel and 1 oz (30 ml) witch hazel (the kind without alcohol) and 1 tsp vegetable glycerin. Feels great on dry skin. You can add some EO for a scent...but I leave mine just plain.

Thanks for sharing this recipe. I used it after today's shave and it worked very well. I added a little E.O. to spice it up a bit but what a great feeling on my face.

Originally Posted by Whizbang

I thought I would start a thread that examines some of the simple approaches to post-shave splashes and balms. I tend to use unscented products as much as I can.

So here is my short list of natural and unscented (at least no artificial scents) salves. My most favourite is plain Witch Hazel...this is a daily regular for me. Soothes and calms. Thayers makes different scents, but I prefer the unscented. As for balms...most of what I use I find in the kitchen:

Coconut oil. A small dab will work just fine. Melt it in your hands and apply

Olive oil. Again a very small amount will work just fine.

Eucerin cream base (generally not found in the kitchen). This cream is inexpensive and can be found in most pharmacies (sometimes found behind the pharmacy counter). It works best when mixed with a bit of water and massaged into your skin. Great for winter weather when your skin is dry and feels like crackers. Very soothing.

[Late edit -- forgot to add unrefined shea butter...an excellent post-shave balm]

Thanks for this post. I am definitely going to try some of these.

Post shave routine for me:

1/ Cold water splash and apply alum, normally common deodorant type alum roll up stick.
2/ Cold water splash and pat dry with towel.
3/ Apply aftershave and done.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Post shave routine for me:

1/ Cold water splash and apply alum, normally common deodorant type alum roll up stick.
2/ Cold water splash and pat dry with towel.
3/ Apply aftershave and done.

Bob

Ha! you must have much tougher skin than me, if I did what you do my grid would feel like an old leather boot, even my years spent out in the field in the Army my skin is still like a girls.
Quoting Obie I need to pamper my Hollywood face!

Originally Posted by markbignosekelly

Ha! you must have much tougher skin than me, if I did what you do my grid would feel like an old leather boot, even my years spent out in the field in the Army my skin is still like a girls.
Quoting Obie I need to pamper after my Hollywood face!

Yea, must have been the salt air and ocean breezes that tanned this old matelot's face into rhino hide. Senior service don't you know.

Bob

I like to mix my own after shave lotion, it's honestly just two parts coconut oil, one part argan oil, and I have added a couple items from time to time over the last few years, but that is my staple.