The Art of Shaving Pre-Shave Oil - Lemon

This is Castor Oil and Olive oil. The purpose of a preshave is to soften heavy beards for a closer and more comfy shave. This can be achieved for a fraction of the price with the following ingredients:

Castor oil - This is the emollient (beard softener)
Olive Oil - This is the surfactant(allows the oils to 'cling' to your face)
Lavender Oil - This is used as a scent and anti-friction and anti-burn oil.

The first are available from your supermarket and the latter from your pharmacist.

Mix them as follows:

For 2 1/2 spoonfuls of castor oil add one spoonful of Olive Oil, then add one drop of lavander oil.

Depending on your skin type and beard growth, you may not even need a shaving cream with this, and you can buy a nice bottle at your local gift shop (i got a 100ml blue one with a glass stopper for six bucks). Should work out at around two bucks for 50 ml and it works a treat.

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I love this product. I never used preshave oil before, just the standard gel shaving cream from gillete and i'll have to say i missing out on a closer and more comfortable shave. Really a great product,,,and sure i've read plenty of do-it-yourselfers here post reviews about how cheaper it can be if you make the oil yourself. But the same can be true for anything like changing your motor oil, sneaking in popcorn at the movies, bringing your own slice of cheese when ordering a regular hamburger, but personally i'd rather pay a little more for convenience, i've got plenty of other everyday things to worry about than trying to save a little chump change here and there.

AOS is notorious for overcharging for their products. it is simply castor oil, olive oil and essential oil fragrance. the best mix is 2:1 castor to olive oil. you can throw in another :1 of canola oil if you like. you'll need a bit of EO to mask the slight scent if you don't like the oil scent. this can be bought for about $10 a bottle on ebay or a local health store and it will last a long time.