Maybe you need to add some water to it? Maybe you have an allergy to something you put in it? I had to make mine with almond extract since I didn’t have any vodka. It was too strong for my face so I added some magnet water. When I used it undiluted under my arms and it made a rash and swelled. You really have to rub hard with a towel to get the results he had. I am doing it every night and then apply the coconut oil and cocoa butter and my skin looks great and doesn’t go through the conniptions it used to. A gentle way to follow up after the vodka solution might be to take a bath in Mexican sulfur soap (GRISI, 2 bars $5). I see little dead skin scales all over the top of the water and my feet just shed and get soft with any friction. When I dried my back with the bath towel, it was covered with little skin balls. (I used a sliver of sulfur soap in my cleansing solution, too). Left my skin soft 🙂