Homemade Shaving Cream

I first started making and using this Homemade Shaving Cream about 12 years ago. It’s truly decadent, budget friendly, and you know exactly what goes in it. Speaking of what goes in it – it’s only 4 ingredients!!

DIY Home & Personal Care Products

So many of you have emailed me and said that you missed the ‘make your own‘ posts that I used to do.

Truth be told, I did get out of them for a while (a long while at that) and I miss them too. After my husband died, it was one of the many things that I just stopped doing.

I really don’t have an explanation as to why. It’s just something (among many other things) that I just abruptly stopped and failed to get back into.

I used to pride myself in the amount of products that I didn’t purchase in the store & that I made myself.

I saved our family ton of money, I knew what went into everything (so important to me!), and they all really did work better than the things I was spending high dollar on in the store.

A couple of weeks ago, I was checking out at Costco and I had a moment that hit me in the face like a pallet of bricks.

The cashier began to ring up my items and talk about how expensive laundry detergent had gotten over the years. I agreed that it was quite expensive these days and began to tell him about my homemade laundry detergent recipe that I had developed and how much I loved it.

I mean, you can make 5 gallons for $2! All the while I’m telling him this, I’m checking out with store-bought detergent. Yes, really.

That’s when that pallet of bricks smacked me right across the face. I stopped talking mid sentence (which if you know me at all, I don’t just stop talking.

My mouth has no off switch –  haha). I was quiet for a moment and then I asked him politely if he would mind removing both of the detergents.

I was going to go home and make my own laundry soap.

Making my own of ‘whatever I can’ was a way of life when Mike was alive – and it’s a way of life that I truly do miss and I am going to start living again. I can’t preach it if I’m not living it, right?

So, just like I gave up drinking soda cold turkey – I’m giving up purchasing all these store-bought items & going back to doing it myself.

Homemade Shaving Cream

I’m going to start today by sharing with you my homemade shaving cream recipe (which I just made more of this morning actually).

Ingredients for Homemade Shaving Cream

It’s only 4 ingredients and it’s very simple to make. Leaves your legs so soft and makes it super easy for the razor to glide across smoothly.

1. coconut oil
2. shea butter
3. essential oil(s)
4. aloe vera gel

Essential Oils for Homemade Shaving Cream

I like to use either lavender or sweet orange for my essential oil in my homemade shaving cream.

They are both super gentle & smell great. Lavender to me is more calming while sweet orange is more energizing. I may or may not have a jar of each.

One for if I shave my legs at night (lavender) and one for if I shave my legs in the morning (orange).

For an added extra moisturizing treat, sometimes I’ll add a couple tablespoons of olive, jojoba, grapeseed, or almond oil – but more times than not, I don’t.

It works quite well the way it is so I usually save a few cents & use those oils for other purposes.

How to Make Shaving Cream

It’s super easy to make this DIY shaving cream, you can find the instructions on the recipe card down below.

Remember – you CAN mix of the scents by using different essential oils!

Storing Homemade Shaving Cream

Store the shaving cream in a jar with a tight fighting lid (like a mason jar) in cool place. Mine goes under the bathroom cabinet. A little goes a long way so this should last a good while.

We love this homemade shaving cream and hope that you do too!

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Homemade Shaving Cream

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup coconut oil
• 1/2 cup shea butter
• 12 drops essential oil Either lavender or sweet orange
• 2 tablespoons aloe vera gel 

Instructions

• In a saucepan over low heat, melt the coconut oil & shea butter - stirring often. Once melted remove from the heat. Stir in the essential oil.
• Refrigerate (or freeze if you're in a hurry) until the oil has turned back into a solid. Add in the aloe vera gel & beat with an electric mixer until the mixture is smooth & creamy.
• Scoop into a container with a tight fitting lid & store somewhere cool.

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