After having read that the GFT Skin Food is more or less glycerine I decided to try to make my own. So, last night I went out into the garden and got me some lavender twigs and put in a glass of water. I let it draw overnight and this afternoon i mixed it 1:1 with veg glycerine. Just had my first shave using that as pre-shave.. just great! I would say it even surpasses the GFT Skin Food!