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Homemade 3-Ingredient Shave Gel

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Homemade 3-Ingredient Shave Gel | Are you searching for a chemical-free, economical shave gel? One that leaves your skin feeling super soft and nourished? Look no further! This easy, homemade 3-ingredient gel uses healing herbs, soothing Aloe vera, and olive oil for a smooth shave that is kind to your skin. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Are you searching for a chemical-free, economical shave gel?

One that leaves your skin feeling super soft and nourished?

Look no further!

This easy, homemade 3-ingredient shave gel uses healing herbs, soothing Aloe vera, and olive oil for a smooth shave that is kind to your skin.

Suggested Herbs

These herbs are all known to be soothing or healing to the skin. Choose one, or use a combination.

  • Chamomile flowers
  • Calendula flowers
  • Lavender flowers
  • Comfrey leaf and/or root
  • Plantain leaf
  • Saint John’s Wort leaves and/or flowers
  • Thyme leaf
  • Lemon balm leaf
  • Oregon Grape root
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Homemade 3-Ingredient Shave Gel

This easy, homemade 3-ingredient shave gel uses healing herbs, soothing Aloe vera, and olive oil for a smooth shave that is kind to your skin.
Course Household & Health
Prep Time 5 minutes
Steeping Time 5 hours
Total Time 5 hours 5 minutes
Author Andrea Sabean

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons herbs of choice see below for suggestions
  • 1 cup Aloe vera gel

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. Place herbs and olive oil into oven-safe bowl or jar.
  3. Once oven is preheated, place dish inside and turn off heat. Leave for 5 to 24 hours.
  4. Follow these directions for a longer, more traditional method of infusing the oil.
  5. Strain herbs out of the oil using a fine sieve or cheesecloth. Some of the oil will cling to the herbs, leaving you with about 1/4 cup.
  6. Using a small whisk, combine the oil with the Aloe vera gel.
  7. Store in a jar or bottle.
  8. To use, wet skin.
  9. Spread on a thin layer of gel.
  10. Shave as normal.

Recipe Notes

Suggested Herbs

These herbs are all known to be soothing or healing to the skin. Choose one, or use a combination.

  • Chamomile flowers
  • Calendula flowers
  • Lavender flowers
  • Comfrey leaf and/or root
  • Plantain leaf
  • Saint John’s Wort leaves and/or flowers
  • Thyme leaf
  • Lemon balm leaf
  • Oregon Grape root

Do you make your own shave gel or cream?

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Posted in: Health & Nutrition Healthy Living Household & Health Recipes Simple Living Women's Health

About Andrea Sabean

Andrea is an artisan and teacher trying to live a handmade and homemade lifestyle with her husband in Eastern Canada. She is passionate about growing her own food, cooking healthy meals, using herbs for healing, nurturing creativity, and finding joy and blessings in the every-day moments of life. She writes about all of this, plus her adventures in sewing and crafting and bringing children’s drawings to life at Artisan in the Woods.

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  1. marisa lorick says

    April 24, 2016 at 7:39 pm

    how long does this keep, and does it need to be refrigerated?

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    • Andrea Sabean says

      April 28, 2016 at 2:04 pm

      I have had a jar kept at room temperature for several months. Both the aloe vera gel I use and the olive oil are stable at room temperature, so I have never had a problem with it spoiling.

      Reply
  2. Peggy Huckeba says

    April 28, 2016 at 10:50 am

    My question exactly… Could you add Vit E or an essential oil to preserve it at room temp?

    Reply
    • Andrea Sabean says

      April 28, 2016 at 2:11 pm

      Hi Peggy, I have not found ti necessary to add anything – but the aloe vera gel I buy is stable at room temperature. If you bought a gel that had to be kept refrigerated, or made the gel yourself, then yes, you would need to add something to preserve it at room temp. One of those two things would probably work, but I haven’t tried it so couldn’t say for sure.

      Reply
  3. David Cogburn says

    August 19, 2018 at 1:18 am

    Lovely post !! Feel good to read this article. It’s very informative for me, thank you so much for sharing this post with us 🙂

    Reply
  4. Prindy says

    June 2, 2022 at 7:34 pm

    Can we use this to save down there?

    Reply
    • Danielle says

      June 6, 2022 at 4:53 pm

      Hi, Prindy.

      I’m sure you can…avoid getting into sensitive areas though.

      ~Danielle, TCS Customer Success Team

      Reply
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