On my quest to make all of my personal care products at home with natural ingredients I came upon this great recipe for shaving cream from the Mountain Rose Herbs blog. I made this last year for my hubby for Christmas along with some aftershave. He never did use them *surprise* but I took them over and used the aftershave as a wonderful facial toner and I loved the shaving cream. I used manly scents for his version but just recently ran out and made up a fresh batch with some more womanly scents.
The Recipe
1/4 cup oil of choice - I used calendula infused olive oil
1 oz. (3 Tbsp.) cocoa butter
1/4 c. aloe vera
1 Tbsp. Redmond clay
2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 cup castille soap
essential oils
1 oz. (3 Tbsp.) cocoa butter
1/4 c. aloe vera
1 Tbsp. Redmond clay
2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 cup castille soap
essential oils
Melt the cocoa butter into the oil over very low heat. Remove from heat and add the remaining ingredients, choose essential oils from the list below or use your own combination or single. Using a hand mixer or stick immersion blender, blend the ingredients until soft and fluffy. Pour into a container and store with your personal care items.
Essential Oils
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Manly Man Scent
15 drops pine 10 drops bergamot 8 drops blue spruce 8 drops cedarwood 5 drops vetiver 5 drops myrrh 4 drops bay 4 drops clary sage |
Womanly Scent
12 drops geranium 10 drops ylang ylang 8 drops rosewood 8 drops Roman chamomile 5 drops rose 5 drops lemon 5 drops lavender 5 drops palmarosa 5 drops begamot |
Or use one or a combination of essential oils that are good for the skin.
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Where to get these ingredients
You can make your own calendula infused oil or purchase some from Mountain Rose Herbs, they also carry all of the ingredients you will need to make this shaving cream.
