I am well aware that these products may, or may not, lack some of the skin conditioning ingredients that might be found in regular aftershave or aftershave balm but I that is of no concern to me, the point is that I enjoy using them in they way that I am. Do any other members use shaving or grooming products for a totally different purpose to that for which they are intended? Can you recommend any?
I have never given skin conditioning a thought. I began shaving in the 60s with electrics, then injectors. I always used an alcohol aftershave. For 35 years using a cart, I splashed on a something called Sea Breeze as an aftershave. Us and our kids also used it for cuts, bug bites, sunburn, and other skin irritations. Since switching to DE a dozen years ago, I still splash on an alcohol witch hazel before, or in lieu of, an alcohol based bay rum aftershave. My face needs alcohol after a shave. It ain't never going to look pretty with a conditioner.
Retired and drink too much gin every day. I have actually splashed on gin after shaving. I can say from experience, that if it ain't fit for drinking, it ain't fit for the face.