Reason #1 - Organic Shaving Cream Works Better

A good shaving cream serves three purposes:

1. Provides a protective barrier between your skin and the razor blade

2. Reduces friction between the skin and your razor blade

3. Stands the hair on end allowing for a closer, more even shave

With that in mind, consider the popular brands of shaving cream. They typically come in a foam, or a gel that turns to foam. There are all kinds of unnatural emulsifiers added to various forms of soap, acids, and hydrogenated fats that produce a thick, white foam.

Organic shaving cream on the other hand use aloe vera, coconut oil, and other natural oils and emulsifiers which provide better protection, anti-friction, as well as excellent skin conditioning; all providing a smoother shave with fewer nicks and cuts.

Also, unlike the national brands, the organics use in natural shaving cream smell really good.

Reason #2 - Organic Shaving Cream is 100%... Saving Cream

Did you know that your shaving cream is mostly air?

In a typical aerosol can, the shaving cream ingredients occupy only a small portion of the can. The propellant or gas occupies 4 to 5 percent of the can; a larger amount would dry the shaving cream as it came out of the can, rendering it unusable.

Organic shaving cream does not use aerosol, and doesn't use ingredient that will dry up as long as the package is sealed. This means that when you buy a 6 oz. tube of organic shaving cream, it's like buying 5 to 10 cans of aerosol shaving cream!

Reason #3 - Organic Shaving Cream Is Natural

Please bare with me while I try to present some logic; don't worry, I'll provide some research to back it up later.

I'm not a doctor, but there are some things that seem pretty obvious to me. For instance, I don't know what it is, but I wouldn't put PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRAISOSTEARATE on my liver, or use ACRYLATES/C10-30 ALKYL ACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER for heart burn.

In case you're not aware, the skin (actually the dermis) is the largest organ in the human body. Combine that with the fact that we know things can absorb through skin and into the blood stream (this is how nicotine patches work),  and it becomes obvious that it doesn't make much sense to put these things on your skin.

Unfortunately, these are just a small example of the chemicals that are in most shaving creams. To make matters worse, some of the chemicals in shaving cream are proven carcinogens (cancer causing agents!)

Next time you go to the supermarket, look at your brand of shaving cream. Brands such as Barbasol, Colgate, Edge, Gillette, and Noxema usually contain an innocuous sounding chemical called triethanolamine (also known as TEA on product labels). Fatty acids like TEA are used as emollients and thickeners in numerous consumer products, including cosmetic formulations, shampoos, hair dyes, and bath additives.

Triethanolamine by itself is not particularly toxic but it usually contains small amounts of diethanolamine (also abbreviated on labels as DEA). In a recent experimental study conducted under the auspices of the federal National Toxicology Program, diethanolamine was found to cause liver tumors.

To make matters worse, DEA forms an even more potent carcinogen in the presence of nitrosating contaminants that enter raw materials through the environment or from bulk storage containers. The carcinogen (known as nitrosodiethanolamine) may even be formed while products sit on store shelves. Not all products will become contaminated, but some will and some won't. The consumer has no way of knowing which products contain carcinogenic contaminants.

Organic Shaving Creams and Shave Systems

Today I wrote an article on the organic shaving creams and shave systems that I like the most. Here's a link:

3 Excellent Organic Shaving Creams and Shave Systems

I'll also be trying more products, and writing detailed reviews that include pictures of the product, as well as my skin over a 2 week period. If you wish to receive updates on these product reviews, click on the link below.


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Grocery Store Shaving Cream Ingredients

Here's a list of the common ingredients found in shaving cream:

WATER (AQUA)
GLYCERIN
SQUALANE
BUTYLENE GLYCOL
MYRISTIC ACID
PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRAISOSTEARATE
STEARIC ACID
CETYL ALCOHOL
HYDROGENATED COCO-GLYCERIDES
TROMETHAMINE
COCO-GLUCOSIDE
GLYCERYL STEARATE
PEG-100 STEARATE
OLEA EUROPAEA (OLIVE) FRUIT OIL
OLEA EUROPAEA (OLIVE) FRUIT EXTRACT
SHOREA ROBUSTA SEED BUTTER
LIMNANTHES ALBA (MEADOWFOAM) SEED OIL
CITRUS AURANTIUM AMARA (BITTER ORANGE) PEEL EXTRACT
BETULA ALBA JUICE
VITIS VINIFERA (GRAPE) SEED OIL
ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS LEAF EXTRACT
SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS (JOJOBA) SEED OIL
MALVA SYLVESTRIS (MALLOW) EXTRACT
TOCOPHERYL ACETATE
TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891)
FRAGRANCE (PARFUM)
ACRYLATES/C10-30 ALKYL ACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER
TETRASODIUM EDTA
XANTHAN GUM
COCONUT ALCOHOL
PROPYLENE GLYCOL
ASCORBYL TETRAISOPALMITATE
MANGANESE GLUCONATE
PEG-40 HYDROGENATED CASTOR OIL
POTASSIUM SORBATE
AMYL CINNAMAL
BUTYLPHENYL METHYLPROPIONAL
CITRAL
LIMONENE
LINALOOL
PHENOXYETHANOL
BUTYLPARABEN
ETHYLPARABEN
ISOBUTYLPARABEN
METHYLPARABEN
PROPYLPARABEN
BHT


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