Adding Glycerin to Aftershave splashes

[FaceScraper]

Hi,

So my current fav setup is mixing Aqua Velva Ice Sport with Thayers Alcohol Free Unscented Witch Hazel as follows;

10ml Aqua Velva
10ml Thayers
5ml Vodka

for a total of just under 1oz

However i want to make it more moisturizing by adding some glycerin. So my question is how many drops of glycerin should i add to 1oz of this mixture without making it too "sticky" when it dries down?

Thanks

 

[VerbaVolant]

AV already has the right amount of glycerine. In my experience if you add more glycerine it will become sticky. Instead, try something better, add jojoba oil.

 

[mblakele]

Agreed, AV has plenty of glycerin already. Some Thayers might already have glycerin too: I think all the alcohol-free varieties have glycerin.

For raw drugstore witch hazel I add 1/2-tsp glycerin per 12-oz, or about 2.5-mL per 355-mL. That is enough for me to notice an effect on my skin, but not enough to make it feel sticky.

Target a 1% mix: mine works out to a bit less, but a bit more is probably fine. Anyway you are mixing a small batch so you can always add more of your other ingredients. A drop is supposed to be 0.05-mL, so 1 drop per 5-mL. Leave out the AV because it already has glycerin. If your Thayers has no glycerin you could try about 3 drops, to supplement the witch hazel and the vodka. If your Thayers has glycerin, 1 drop for the vodka.

Does that help? Let us know where you end up.

 

[FaceScraper]

Ok thanks. My thayers does have glycerin in it, I dont have any jojoba oil but i do have some grapeseed oil that i use to make my preshave oil with. I wonder if a few drops of that would do.

 

[jwilock]

Jojoba oil, or for healing and soothing aloe vera gel would be good additions.