Thread: Considering making an aftershave wax

Got a little bit of razor burn and a few nicks. I figure I will have that while I am learning to use the Weck Sextoblade and Gold Dollar. With Winter coming I will also have issues with dry skin and wind burn at times as well.

My plan is a thin wax. Bees Wax, Witch Hazel, Lavender, Pine Needle, Tea tree, and Chamomile. I might also have a little coconut oil to make sure it sets up, Hemp Seed oil for the vitamins and fatty acids, and other oils for scent.

Has anyone tried an aftershave wax? I am finding the waxes more pleasant than oils to work with in the morning.

I have used RazoRock. I found it very different from an aftershave, more like a lotion in it's staying power.
Ingredients;Orange blossom water, grain alcohol, emulsifying wax, vegetable glycerin, essential oils [lavender, coriander, juniper, sandalwood,tangerine,patchouli, fir needle, and lemon]
Mostly smells like pine needles.

I saw that when I searched for aftershave wax. How's it work?

A little dab will do ya. If you have tried gel type aftershave, it's like that. Thick enough to get a bit on a finger from the screw top container. Swipe and smear around for coverage. It dried off within minutes, but left a pleasant moist feeling unlike many alcohol based aftershaves that flash off and are just gone.

Cool. I have been doing a splash of witch hazel then a dab of lavender, then my beard wax. I love the feeling on my cheek and it limits bleeding from my nicks which are getting better.

I guess we will see how it goes.

That is your own made? Please keep us up to date!
I see three containers, different blends?

Mustache wax in the smallest, it is mostly beeswax with some hempseed oil, coconut oil, and essential oils. Medium is beard wax, mostly coconut oil and hempseed oil with beeswax and essential oils. The biggest is after shave, mostly hempseed oil, with some witch hazel, lavender, coconut oil, and beeswax, and other essential oils tea tree ,pine needles, not much else.

The beard and mustache wax have some oils just for scent. The after shave pretty much only has purpose. I didn't integrate the witch hazel and wax properly. I am not sure how it will be but it is setting up. So it may not be too bad.

I guess I always assumed this was for the top of your head. >< Never knew you could use it as an aftershave treatment for your face.