adding lime essential oil kills lather

Shaved last night with my venerable Double Arrow, and since it's been so dosh-garn warm lately, I thought some lime-scented lather would be most enjoyable. I whipped up a batch using VDH glycerin soap and a squirt of Kiss My Face unscented shaving cream, a reliable combination on any given day, and added 2 drops of lime essential oil and whipped it up some more.

As I painted the lather on my cheek, it pretty much collapsed, no usual full, lathery coverage. I tried scrubbing on my face to build up the lather, nada.

It sure smelled nice, but adding lime essential oil to my lather killed it.

I chalked it up to a lesson learned, decided to share my results here, and whipped up another VDH/KMF lather without lime oil. I consoled myself afterwards with some homemade lime aftershave, which isn't very durable once on me, but smells and feels great going on :)

Thats odd, wonder why it killed it...As for the VDH and the KMF, you dont always have to spend a fortune for good stuff, they're are still very high on my fav list. As is the Double arrow:cool:

For some reason I'm suspecting the brand of essential oil used.... Might want to try switching the brand.