If you’re tired of the razor burn and painful, tiny nicks every time you shave your legs, then Love Cleansing Shaving Soap is the perfect solution for you! Utilizing natural ingredients, this shave soap leaves skin soft and smooth without any irritations. The light, floral scent leaves your skin smelling and feeling wonderful.
What’s in This Shaving Soap Recipe?
Melt & Pour Soap Base
Melt & pour soap base is a great ingredient for creating a wet shaving soap recipe. With its easy-to-use format, you can create a batch in no time. Its ability to draw out moisture from the blade while providing a gentle cushion makes it an ideal choice for any DIY wet shave enthusiast.
Distilled Water
One of the most important ingredients for achieving a superb shave is distilled water. Distilled water provides the perfect balance between denseness and foaminess, making it an ideal ingredient for wet shaving soaps.
Love Essential Oil Blend
Aromatherapy is a unique and effective way of impacting our moods and emotions. Love essential oil blend can be used in wet shaving soap recipes to create an atmosphere of love and romance. Not only it connects us to the things we love, but it also provides a calming floral aroma that relaxes the body and soothes the soul.
Geogard ECT Preservative (Optional)
Geogard ECT is a natural preservative that is water-soluble and effective in preserving personal care products. With this ingredient, users can be assured that their shaving soaps can effectively resist naturally occurring bacteria or other organisms in order to maintain product quality.
Things to Remember When Using This Recipe
Always dilute an essential oil when using it on the skin. This essential oil recipe is unlikely to cause skin irritation when diluted properly. If the oil has been oxidized (left with the cap off for long periods of time) it is more likely to cause skin irritation. Check out this dilution chart for diluting this essential oil properly.
If you are pregnant, consult your doctor prior to use.
This essential oil recipe is safe to use with kids aged 10+.
For more information on using essential oils with cats, check out this blog post.
For more information on using essential oils with dogs, check out this blog post.
We don’t recommend ingesting essential oils unless under the direction of a doctor certified in aromatherapy. For more information on why we don’t ingest essential oils check out this blog post.
*Please note: This post is a compilation of suggestions made by those that have extensively used essential oils and has not been verified scientifically with clinical tests nor reviewed by medical experts. It is anecdotal information and should be treated as such. For serious medical concerns, please consult your doctor. The statements given in this blog post have not been verified by the FDA
Love Cleansing Shave Soap Recipe
Love Cleansing Shaving Soap Recipe
Time: 10 minutes
Est. Shelf Life: ~6 weeks or ~9 months with preservative
Yield: 4fl oz
Dilution Rate: 2%
Ingredients
- FROM YOUR BOX
0.5oz (~1 square) melt & pour soap base
1/4 cup water
10 drops Love Essential Oil Blend
- FROM YOUR HOME
~12 drops Simply Earth Geogard ECT preservative
Hand mixer or immersion blender
Directions
- Prepare an ice bath by filling a large bowl with ice.
- Heat the water to a boil.
- In a medium size bowl, pour in the water. Add the soap and stir. Allow soap to totally dissolve, reheating the water if necessary.
- Place the bowl into the ice bath. Add essential oils. Use a hand mixer or immersion blender to blend the soap until it’s a silky, foamy consistency.
- Over time, you may notice that the foam has thickened. If this happens, just stir in a little water to your desired consistency. To use, apply Love Shave Foam to your skin, shave, and rinse.
Tip: follow up by rubbing some almond oil (or any other carrier oil) for added moisture.
How to Modify Your Recipe
Modifying a wet shaving soap recipe is a great way to customize your shave experience.
- Liquid oils such as avocado oil or sweet almond oil can be added for a richer and more complex lather.
- Add natural clay, like kaolin, bentonite, or sea clay, for an extra slip that helps glide a razor across the skin for a closer shave. Clays also have skin-purifying properties that can improve acne and blemish-prone areas.
- Top it off with an essential oil or blend of your choice to set your preferred fragrance and you will have a fantastic custom wet shaving soap!