How to Make Olive Oil Shaving Cream

Make yourself a batch of natural, chemical-free, smooth and creamy olive oil shave cream, and you'll never want to use commercial shaving creams again. The olive oil will leave your skin feeling soft, and the peppermint will make it feel tingly and revitalized.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1/2 cup stearic acid
• 4 tbsp. cold pressed extra virgin olive oil
• 4 drops peppermint or spearmint essential oil
• 2 cups distilled or filtered water
• Microwaveable mixing bowl
• 2 tsp. borax
• 2 tbsp. grated castile bar soap, shaved or cut into small pieces
• Electric mixer
• Large glass cup or coffee mug

1. Place the stearic acid and olive oil and peppermint essential oil in a saucepan and heat it on low heat until the mixture melts. Remove it from the heat and set it aside.

2. Heat the distilled water in a microwaveable mixing bowl, and stir in the borax and grated castile soap.

3. Add the olive oil mixture to the warm water mixture, and beat it with an electric mixer or stick blender until it's smooth and creamy.

4. Spoon the olive oil shaving cream into a large cup or shaving mug, and use as needed.

Tips & Warnings

• Any mild, unscented bar soap can be substituted for castile soap.
• Make some olive oil shaving cream and put it in a decorative shaving mug. Add a shaving brush, and you have a great birthday or Christmas gift for the favorite man in your life. Olive oil shaving cream also makes an unusual and useful Father's Day gift.

[toffy]

on 8/24/2009 Other beneficial oils can be used if someone doesn't want to use Olive Oil. (I do not know if Olive Oil makes your hair grow faster or not.That I will have to research) I do know that Olive Oil is the closest oil to our own skin oils and properties.It is wonderful for our skin. Other oils to use for this recipe: Avocado Oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Grapeseed Oil, Castor Oil, Coconut Oil. All but the Castor is readily available. All of these oils have wonderful properties for our skin.

[jokerjoann]

on 8/4/2009 Wow... I am speaking for everyone when I say NEVER use olive oil as a shaving cream. Just awhile back I wrote an article about olive oil to help make hair grow faster. Olive oil contains a nutrient called biotin, which naturally makes hair grow faster. Look it up. Don't shave with something that makes hair grow!

[jonjarrett]

on 4/21/2009 where can you find stearic acid ?