Originally Posted by
gingahippy
I've played around a bit in the past with home made moisturisers (I had a skin graft that needed heavy TLC and didn't want any chemicals) and had some good simple results, choose a butter (cocoa/mango nut/shea) an oil (splash of wheatgerm/grapeseed/apricot kernel) a good dose of aloe vera gel and a little green tea, I used a simple palm-based emulsifying wax to blend it all together and added some sandalwood, frankincense and rose essentials oils.
It didn't last long, my girlfriend at the time took one pot because she liked the smell and my flatmate took the second pot to treat some skin condition he had.:(
I guard the last pot very carefully.
When i first got back into shaving a few months back with a DE I made my own aftershave with much less finesse.
40% aloe vera gel, 20% witch hazel and 40% homemade Croatian plum brandy (too rough to drink, i had to do something with it!)
It stings, it stops bleeding and it takes down the razor burn. Can't ask for more.
Anyone else out here made their own products yet?