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My handmade shaving cream from a kit

I picked up this kit at Winners for the princely sum of $10. Should be easy right.
Instructions.
1. Watch Instructional video.
2. Mix ingredients, add essential oil, put in container and enjoy.
Well, I start to think that there are two oils, so I can divide the ingredients in half and have 1 juniper scented cream and 1 bergamot scented cream. I divide the base and the kaolin clay into two parts and mix. I then start to add half of the hemp oil to the mix and whooopsie, I spill half of the bottle. Now that would not be so bad if I had not been sitting on the couch while I was being Professor Clutz. The World's Greatest Wife then reminds me that we needed to get the couch cleaned for a while. Now that is also on my honeydo list. After I clean the cushion, I add the remaining oil to the mix and add the juniper scent and bottle it.

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Here is the completed photo. I will try it tomorrow and report how it performs.

Completed product. It better be good.

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The lather was not the best. It might have been that it dud not have enough hemp oil. It was an acceptable lather, but had a tenancy to dissipate. It had good slickness, but it was not in the same league as Proraso and shine others. The most disappointing was that I have finally found sobering that irritates my face. I might have a reaction to the juniper and jasmine scented essential oil. There was Mascot discomfort after the first pass which got worse with each pass. My 4th pass I rinsed the homemade cream from my brush and used RS Professional. The shave itself was very good. I used the L'Occitane synthetic and shaved with a Schick N2. I will try it again after I let it sit for a while.
For the first shave I would have to say FAIL.
 
Does the product list the ingredients? I don't see them on their website (which is now listing the price of $16.80 on sale from $24 two hours ago!)
 
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