Saving my piece... unknown leather

[MtlBiker]

I'm too inexperienced to be able to tell what kind of leather my piece is, but it's quite soft and the surface feels somewhat uh, sticky.  Maybe it's a type of suede?  It's 5oz thick and I showed it to a friend of mine who wanted me to make a simple eyeglass slip in case using it.  So I made it, and now wanted to put some kind of top finishing coating on the leather.  Mainly to cover/hide the overlap of the edge finishing I did at the top of the case before stitching it together.  I used tokonole on the edge and I guess I wasn't careful enough or my buffing came onto the front of the case and it shows.  I didn't think much of it at the time, thinking that when I finish the top it would be hidden.

I just tested a small piece by putting Fiebings Leather Balm with Atom Wax on it, and the leather changed completely.  It lost the appeal that my friend had liked.  So I'm kinda stuck.  Is there anything you might recommend that I could use on the leather mainly to camouflage the overlap of the top edge finishing?  But also to better protect the leather?  Should I try wiping the case with alcohol?  (Or should I just drink the alcohol and call it a night?)

Here's a photo... the small piece of leather on top of the case was the SAME as the case before I put that leather balm on it.

[leatherklc]

Best thing to use that wouldn't affect the color much would most likely be saddle lac