Acne Soap Recipe Needed

[lavender.dreams.candles]

I am in need of a good acne soap recipe for a 3lb or 2lb size loaf.
If anyone has one please let me know... TIA

 

[Dixie]

Tea Tree oil is suppose to be good for acne.

 

[vivcarm]

Patchouli is upposed to be good for promoting skin healing, lavender is balancing, and like Dixie said Tee tree is good as an anti bac and anti fungal and also helps to heal the skin. I also might also add bentonite clay.
edited due to rubbish spelling!

 

[reallyrita]

If I had an actual recipe, I would be happy to share with you....I make a soap for my DD for her complexion that is scented with tea tree oil. She has some break-outs but not actual acne. If I were making it for a teen age type skin that is quite oily, I would use some of the nice clays that are out there. Rose clay is gentle, green clay is a bit more drying. Kaolin is not really drying at all, so you can go for one of the more colorful clays. They are almost all good to go for acne. I would stay well away from anything exfoliating. That would only irritate the skin and abrade the healing spots.
Stay away from the enriching butters and special oils like avocado or sweet almond. Don't overdo the clay if you decide to use it....if you dry out acne skin too well, the oil glands just go into overdrive to make up for the loss of oil. It is a challenge to come up with something that works without making things worse at the same time!

 

[LJA]

A higher coconut soap with additives like french green clay, aussie blue clay, tea tree oil or activated charcoal (or some combination of any of them) are good places to start, I'd think.

 

[Artephius]

I second/third/fourth what everyone said about tea tree oil & bentonite clay. I used to have great skin until about 4 years ago when I began to take a prescription medication that changed it. Going off the med isn't an option, so I've had a lot of experience with different methods to get rid of acne for the past few years!

 

[Bunny]

My daughter swears that my 100% lard soap helped her acne more than anything she's tried. It's just plain old lard, soaped at cool temps, 4% superfatting and fully gelled. But if I was going to add anything to it to improve on it, it would be tea tree and/or clay.

I LOVE clay soaps, and they are nice for oily skin. You don't want to scrub the skin... it just makes the problem worse by causing irritation, more inflamation and spreads infection to other pores. But clays don't scrub. They sort of draw the oil and funk from the skin, so it doesn't scratch the skin like exfoliating stuff does. Exfoliating is great for us old ladies and men, but not for young acne-prone skin.

 

[jarvan]

This recipe works great for an acne soap. My girlfriend's kids use it and love the scent.




Recipe:
PK 25%, Canola 20%, Palm 25%, Shea 20%, Castor 5%, Grapeseed 5%


Attributes:
Hardness [29 - 54] 41
Cleansing [12 - 22] 16
Conditioning [44 - 69] 55
Bubbly [14 - 46] 20
Creamy [16 - 48] 30
Iodine [41 - 70] 63
INS [136 - 165]124 (a bit low, but the clay helps this out)


I mix at about 110 degrees.

Additions:
1 tsp PPO French green clay (or other type), 1 tsp PPO ground/crushed basil, Teatree EO 0.5 oz/PPO, Lemon Verbena 0.5 oz/PPO.

Hope this helps.

 

[lovethyscent]

Have you tried salt bars? They really help with my breakouts esp with neem added to it and tea tree. I would do it hp though so the lye won't be killing off the tea tree or clays if you add it.