Thread: Olive oil

I noticed a lot of folks that make their own pre shave oil list olive oil as an ingredient. Do any of you use it by its self? If so how well does it work?

As good as any oil, but then I want a salad.

Haha. I can see that as a side effect.

A few drops of Olive Oil on your beard, preshave provides more glide. It is very good for your skin I understand. It does moisturize nicely. Give it a shot. Nothing at all to lose and something to experience.
Mike

I always use pure olive oil as pre-shaving oil, but I advise - as for any vegetal oil - to test it before, just to be sure you'll not have any reaction. Vegetal oils always have essential traces that can be allergenic for some. Do not try this if you have some sort of reaction with seeds like almonds, peanut, brazil nuts, soy beans etc. In this case, mineral oil is a better option.

I use it for pomade, I combine it with bees wax, it works well. It is very good for your skin too. It also makes great salad dressing.

Castor Oil works well also. As does Almond Oil and others. I prefer a blend of Castor, Almond and a bit of Coconut Oil.

... and yes they are all great on the salad too.

Originally Posted by JReed

I noticed a lot of folks that make their own pre shave oil list olive oil as an ingredient. Do any of you use it by its self? If so how well does it work?

I have tried olive oil for a while, but found the commonly available ones ultimately too thick for the purpose.
Having tried olive oil without much success, I switched to massage oils (where you can even get some scents like lavender, etc) that are thinner, are designed to be used on skin and where allergic reactions should therefore not be an issue.

It was an experiment, and in the end I dropped the entire pre-shave oil routine in favour of the hot water and (preferably glycerine) soap prep

Supposedly DR Harris makes an Almond Oil preshave. I'm going to be looking into using almond oil.

I've also tried GFT Skinfood but it wasn't anything special. Granted I wasn't using it generously like they do at GFT in London.