Making My Own Aftershave - or Witch Hazel PLUS Splash

[ZipZop]

Aloha!

I'm sure this has been covered many times before, but this is my method of arriving at a post shave splash that I truly love and one that truly loves my freshly razored skin.

Net, net;
I take 8 oz Dickenson Witch Hazel, 1/2 oz Tea Tree Oil and 2 oz Aloe Vera Liquid. Then, as a final kicker, I also add 1/2 oz White Willow Bark extract. You all no doubt know what the Witch Hazel, Tea Tree and Aloe Vera are for. White Willow Bark extract has properties similar to Aspirin as it contains Salicin. It is a natural anti-inflamatory agent.



PLUS



Nice combo that makes my skin feel great. It's theoretically a "Cosmoceutical". I splash it on just after shaving.

There was a thread on another Forum discussing REAL Witch Hazel and how ONLY REAL Witch Hazel has alcohol (14 percent by volume). Some switched back to Dickinsons after a debate by a chemist that other brands with no alcohol were not real Witch Hazel. I don't want to open that can of worms so I am not taking sides. But I like the alcohol content in Dickensons and I like the way my extra additives work with Dickensons better.

So this is my concoction. After this I can put on anything I want on my shaved skin. Scented Aftershave, non-scented balm and cologne, whatever I like.

I put everything in a glass pump bottle I got from Amazon, shake it up, and I'm good to go for a month or so;




-Zip