Olive-oil ... the eco-friendly alternative to shaving with soap / shaving-cream.

[DetlefK]

It started as a basic experiment I did on myself... and it works. One day I faintly remembered how people in Ancient Greece shaved with olive-oil and I decided to give it myself a try.



Step 1:
Fill a small cup/bowl with some olive-oil. 5mm (0.2 inch) deep is already plenty.

Step 2:
Wash your face with hot water.

Step 3:
Dip your razor in the oil to wet the blades. Shake off the excess. Shave for a few strokes, then rinse the razor with hot water, dip it in oil again and repeat. Repeat until shaved.

Step 4:
Wash your face with hot water and just a tiny bit of soap. Done. No need for aftershave.



The olive-oil
a) makes your skin slippery to prevent cuts
b) whatever remains on your skin after the shave effectively acts as a skin-moisturizer and gets absorbed eventually by the skin, preventing skin-irritation
c) the little bit of oil that remains on the razor-blades prevents them from getting dull from corrosion because the oil keeps water and oxygen away (Contrary to popular belief, it's not the act of cutting hair that makes razor-blades dull. It's the corrosion from soap and water.)






I'm gonna go look for skin-care oils. I bet they work even better.

[Effete Snob]

1. Then, I pat down my chin with some lettuce and balsamic vinegar

[ret5hd]

3. Do you salt?

[Effete Snob]

4. Naw, I workout and stew in my own juice

[ret5hd]

5. Now that's a frugal idea!!!

[dlk]

2. DHC makes an olive oil cleanser

You may like it.

[mitch96]

6. Regular? Cold pressed? EVOO?

yeah, I'm that wiseguy....
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[Warpy]

7. We never had shaving cream at the VA, although individual patients

might have brought their own supply. So we used hand cream, with or without soap mixed in. It worked better than the shaving cream ever did.

[Chainfire]

8. I just recycle my old motor oil for shaving.

No need for aftershave with it either.

[rurallib]

9. I keep my shaver (5 edge) in baby oil gel between shaves

I pull the shaver out, shake off the excess and then shave my whole face without cleaning the blade. I use a cattle soap for the shaving cream.

Smooth shave and I get @50+ shaves per blade. Bought 4 blades last spring and am getting near the end of blade #4 -but I only have to shave every other day.