This is why aftershave is used; it serves more than one purpose.<\/strong> Firstly, aftershave is an antiseptic that prevents infection, but it also soothes the skin to reduce irritation. Many aftershaves also contain moisturizers to help replenish the skin post-shaving.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIs Aftershave Effective?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Even though it\u2019s used as an astringent, aftershave is made with a lower concentration of alcohol than hand sanitizer. The lower alcohol concentration means that it’s less likely to dry out your skin. In this way, it not only disinfects your skin and hair follicles, but it also helps restore your skin as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a more soothing substance, aftershave effectively helps heal and rejuvenate your skin post-shaving.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThat said, not everyone needs to use aftershave. You have to get to know your skin and pay attention to how it responds to certain substances. You might be able to shave and simply wash your face with your favorite facial cleanser, and then apply a moisturizer to your face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Is Aftershave Safe to Use on Your Face?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Due to the lower alcohol content, and presence of other ingredients like witch hazel, aloe vera, or other moisturizing agents, aftershave is safer to use on your face than hand sanitizer would be.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThere are many natural options out in the market as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you have sensitive skin, you will want to look for an aftershave made with less alcohol or ones made with witch hazel instead of alcohol. Also, if you have sensitive skin, and you prefer scented aftershave, you will want to look for ones scented with essential oils, not fragrance oils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aftershaves are created for use on your face, hand sanitizers are not – they\u2019re made for your hands. <\/strong>When it comes to an area of your body that\u2019s as sensitive as the face, I\u2019d suggest that you avoid applying any product to your face that isn\u2019t specifically formulated for use in that area.<\/p>\n\n\n\nShould You Use Hand Sanitizer as an Aftershave?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In short, you can <\/em>use hand sanitizer as an aftershave, but you probably shouldn\u2019t. It\u2019s not created for that purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHand sanitizers can reduce the number of germs on your hands, but they don\u2019t eliminate all germs and do not replace a thorough hand washing with soap and water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
More importantly, formulas used to create hand sanitizers can be too harsh for use on your face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please don\u2019t go to the drug store to stock up on enough hand sanitizer to use after every shave, that would be a bad idea. If you\u2019re in a bind after shaving and hand sanitizer is all that you have access to, pick up a gentle facial cleanser instead. Wash your face for 20 seconds, and then massage a gentle moisturizer into your skin.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Are you out of aftershave? Or do you have a hand sanitizer that you love and wonder can you use it as an aftershave? Aftershave literally helps soothe the skin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fragranceadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fragranceadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fragranceadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fragranceadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fragranceadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=932"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fragranceadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":977,"href":"https:\/\/fragranceadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932\/revisions\/977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fragranceadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fragranceadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fragranceadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fragranceadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}