My first custom-made aftershave

[cammo]

Was a bit of disaster. I mixed glycerine and witch hazel together, then added some Wintergreen essential oil. I mixed it up, then splashed it on after an otherwise excellent shave, only to feel like I'd splashed molten lava on my cheeks instead. This feeling persisted for about 2 minutes, and my face got incredibly red. Fortunately, both the feeling and the redness abated, but I'm pretty sure I added way too much wintergreen.

I'm going to try a new mix with only a little oil this time and report back.

[Queen of Blades]

How much Wintergreen did you use?

[moviemaniac]

You might wanna look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wintergreen#Toxicity_of_Wintergreen_oil

[groffjj]

You didn't update this to say that the mixture ate right through the bottle you had it in. Did you ever get it remixed?

[AxelH]

Uh oh. It appears poor cammo didn't make it. Rest in pieces, cammo. Rest in pieces (or sludge, considering... which is like tons of pieces as molecules).

And it was all for a kick-azz after-shave lotion. What a tragedy. Well, the good news is I regularly use wintergreen oil in my gluten-free chocolate brownie bread creations! Usually a combination banana bread/chocolate brownie type deal. Haven't noticed any toxic effects but I know a little goes a long way. It's called an extract for a reason... but I might give this a shot if I ever get "into" it. I actually have a little liquor bottle I picked up and sanitized off the street just for making reserves or sharing after shaves. Maybe I'll use that (I'd put the mixture into a wide-mouthed jar but if it works store it in the twist cap 'lil liquor bottle). I would post an electronic correspondence of the preparations, like poor cammo, you know... in case I don't make it, you would know the reason for my absence. This whole shaving hobby is getting more dangerous by the day!