WARNING - Nicotine is a Dangerous and potentially deadly chemical that needs to be handled safely. Always wear the proper protections when handling it. " With that said, read below"
Don't be alarmed, anyone, even a newbie can handle 100MG nic, just be careful, wear protection and utilize common
sense.
Personally, I suggest you order the 100MG nic, not the 60MG. Mostly because it cuts much further, but also because if you're serious about DIY then this is the NIC to order.
I recommend you order from ECigExpress, especially NIC. Their prices are the best around and the NIC is very nice and clear.
For flavors, TFA has some great ones, try their small bottles first. Capellas is great for bakery flavors and so is Flavor West. To start, I would stick with these 3 companies. Loranns, IMHO sucks and 99% of their flavors taste like someone .......*** up.
High Desert E-Cigs is a great place to order Flavorings from and John carries bottles, syringes, and various other DIY parts. Most importantly he did something I think is genius. He sells Capellas flavoring, called Ella's in 3ML dropper bottles for $1.99. This is great and gives you the DIY'er the chance to try their flavors for less before buying bigger bottles. You cannot find this anywhere else. You can also order Flavor west flavors in small 3ML bottles, not found anywhere else either. However TFA flavors are $.50 more on his site than on their homepage and if you want to try a lot of them, you might want to price compare that because TFA only costs $4-$5 for shipping and you can easily spend more than that at $.50 each.
If you want accurate measurments, you can use dropper bottles (counting each drop) glass droppers, or for even more accuracy you can buy a Pipette and Pump.
10 ml Pipette Pump | for accuracy <You will not find a better deal Anywhere< They also have 10ML educational grade graduated cylinders for $4.50 each and they're glass. If you want some of those, order them together and save some money.
Finally if you want to get a menthol, try Flavor West's Menthol and if it's to strong at first, dilute it in PG and go from there.
Personally I do not use any PGA (pure grain alcohol) in my mixes, but you're free to do whatever you want.
Don't let all the info confuse you.
Here is a breakdown.
Ecig Express
120ML 100MG nic $22.99
http://www.ecigexpress.com/nicotine-bases-36mg-100mg-bases-c-43_49_101/100mg-unflavored-e-liquid-nicotine-select-size-p-1485
Syringes, Bottles, misc $20
High Desert ECigs High Desert Ecigs - Age Verification
10 3ML flavorings from each company at $1.99 each $60 (click on the name and on new page select size and then click add)
Science Tools from Home Training Tools $30
Home Science Tools
You should spend less than $140 total on all of this and have a nice setup to get you started. Assuming you have the PG & VG already, this is all you will need for now.
I hope this is helpful..