Easy Homemade Shaving Cream… Oil...

I'm slowly getting Adrian involved in my very natural skin care schtuff, and he's being incredibly supportive! Of course he's not as excited as I am, but I can't expect that! Haha

I decided to start off by trying a shaving cream for him, because we read the label on the store brand foam that he's using and it's... well... scary. I looked for a few recipes, and for simplicity's sake, tried this one:

2/3 cup virgin coconut oil
2/3 cup shea butter
1/4 cup olive oil (I used a mix of jojoba and sweet almond oil… decided to add the almond oil after I took the picture below)
10 drops lavender essential oil (I used 12 drops of orange essential oil)
5 drops peppermint essential oil (I used 11 drops of lemongrass essential oil)
2 teaspoons baking soda

source: One Good Thing by Jillee

I didn't have enough shea butter, because I just used what was left of the really expensive stuff I bought for Jaxson, so I topped it up with cocoa butter. I ended up using 2 tbsp of shea and then about 6 tbsp of cocoa butter, so I'm not sure how much that changed the consistency. At Adrian's request, I scented it with orange and lemongrass essential oils. I like it, but it's quite a bit sweeter than I personally prefer, and I found that the cocoa butter made it smell like a Terry's chocolate orange. Makes kissing him more delicious! ;-)

Melting all the ingredients in a double boiler

After it had cooled completely, I added the baking soda and whipped it till it was stiff, slowly adding the essential oils till it smelled how I wanted it to.

It's a very easy recipe, but not really what I was expecting. Though honestly, I don't know what I was expecting, seeing as how it's all oils! So, naturally, it's very oily. It melts almost immediately in your hand, and I was expecting it to be more of a cream. I wonder if using more shea would help with that consistency? So I'm a little disappointed, and I know Adrian is too, though he would never say it outright. I will definitely be trying a different recipe for him next time. On the plus side, when I whipped it, what I thought initially would fit in one jar filled to overflowing two! I gave one to my mum after I tried it out for myself and absolutely loved! It'll be great for the dry winter months too, moisture-rich.