Thread: Product warning-skin burned

That is what upset me most, Str8Fencer. The whole idea of this guys product line was everything he used gave him a problem, so he made his own products. I think he just made a bad choice putting so much cinnamon EO in a sensitive skin product. When I put the after shave balm or pre-shave oil on, the cinnamon note is overwellming.

Cinimininomon oil CAN be used on sensitive skin, it just needs to be used very very sparingly. Obviously, the products in question were simply too high of a concentration for your skin. Though I am floored at the thought a vendor of ANY kind would ignore the possibility of his product causing harm. At the very least he should have offered to pay for shipping to return the products so they could be tested for a problem. I can only imagine the kind of lawsuit that would result if somebody with an actual allergy were to use a problem product.

I had a similar problem with an aftershave lotion. It was Ogallala Bay Rum, but the amount of cinnamon and clove oil in it caused my skin to burn and get inflamed. It was so bad that even my eyes started to water and swell - I hadn't applied any even slightly close to my eyes!!

Everybody is different. I have issues with anything with more than a tiny scent, but use mostly unscented creams balms etc. Know thyself! They say. I walked into a Lush cosmetics store locally and had a sneezing fit, yet people work there all day long.

I find that most products that are what I consider overly perfumed, will irritate my skin. Although I love my T&H Trafalgar, it can leave me irritated. Great scent, nice shave but warm burn often sticks around. Not that dry, scratchy razor burn feel but a warm irritated burn. I had the same reaction to AOS Sandalwood. Just a little too much for my tolerance. Move on. There's a lot of choices out there.

I can't use most "spicy" sorts of products with cloves, Cinnamon, etc, so if they have that much in it, I'd be very uncomfortable, I expect. *shudders*.