Never, ever, ever use EO's and FO's if you get scent or chemical based migranes. 
The binder used in commerical grade products ie (hobby lobby or Michaels ) will quite likely trigger a migrane with in one whif!!! (we are going on the third day of it here....seeing little black floaty things and auras around everything is not fun believe me! The ice pick that keeps stabbing me through the eye is no terribly nice either. :roll: )
So far the high grade oils that have natrual, little or no binder at all are usable, i.e. rose water, peppermint oil etc. as are extracts. Though the scent is not as long lasting. Its making my choices in soaps a little limited though, i cant be around the ones with the chemical binders long enough to even make the soaps!!! And once they are made i cant even keep them in the house!!! :cry: AAAAARRRRRGGGGGGGGG>......( :cry: ,
So far i'm sticking to the scents that naturally come from the things added ie cinnomon. allspice dried mints and such and they do not seem to trigger any thing. The smells are usually pretty light but not terribly so. It most commony the heavy smells or musks that trigger migranes also when there are multiple scents in one item it will start them in many sufferers. We can usually handle up to two scents in a product ie cinnomon/vannilla but once you go higher it gets chancy and the smaller amount of us that will be able to handle it.
I was just wanting to mention this if any one was making soaps for thouse with problems with fragrences, and that we can usually use lightly scented natural smells with out problems. as well as the completly unscented items. It might open up a few more avenues for products if you keep a few on hand for thouse of us who get tired of having everything fragrence free. We are often willing to buy scented items if we can find them, even if the scent does not last as long as soaps that have some form of chemical binder in them. We just buy in smaller amounts more often then you would do otherwise.
Sorry if this ended up sounding like a rant, but i thought the info might help open up some ideas. for thouse interested in this area of the market!!!!
bye!
p.s. :cry: i need to find another ice pack and a very dark room now :cry:
The binder used in commerical grade products ie (hobby lobby or Michaels ) will quite likely trigger a migrane with in one whif!!! (we are going on the third day of it here....seeing little black floaty things and auras around everything is not fun believe me! The ice pick that keeps stabbing me through the eye is no terribly nice either. :roll: )So far the high grade oils that have natrual, little or no binder at all are usable, i.e. rose water, peppermint oil etc. as are extracts. Though the scent is not as long lasting. Its making my choices in soaps a little limited though, i cant be around the ones with the chemical binders long enough to even make the soaps!!! And once they are made i cant even keep them in the house!!! :cry: AAAAARRRRRGGGGGGGGG>......( :cry: ,
So far i'm sticking to the scents that naturally come from the things added ie cinnomon. allspice dried mints and such and they do not seem to trigger any thing.
The smells are usually pretty light but not terribly so. It most commony the heavy smells or musks that trigger migranes also when there are multiple scents in one item it will start them in many sufferers. We can usually handle up to two scents in a product ie cinnomon/vannilla but once you go higher it gets chancy and the smaller amount of us that will be able to handle it.I was just wanting to mention this if any one was making soaps for thouse with problems with fragrences, and that we can usually use lightly scented natural smells with out problems. as well as the completly unscented items. It might open up a few more avenues for products if you keep a few on hand for thouse of us who get tired of having everything fragrence free. We are often willing to buy scented items if we can find them, even if the scent does not last as long as soaps that have some form of chemical binder in them. We just buy in smaller amounts more often then you would do otherwise.
Sorry if this ended up sounding like a rant, but i thought the info might help open up some ideas.
for thouse interested in this area of the market!!!!bye!
p.s. :cry: i need to find another ice pack and a very dark room now :cry:
