FO on skin

[TheBobbiesRSurly]

Hiya folks, long time no see (kinda )

So I'm dipping my toes into making bath bombs. Tried my first batch tonight, I think they're going to crack or not stick altogether, but I'll unmold them tomorrow and find out.

Wasn't sure if this was where my question should go, but here goes - I apparently dribbled a little FO down the bottle when I was pouring (am waiting to get some droppers still). When I was cleaning up, I had my gloves off. Got a little on my fingers. I of course washed off immediately.

But that made me wonder - so what are the dangers of getting FO on your skin? I'm assuming it's a case of leaving it on for a while. The stuff I got is phthalate-free and all that.

 

[BattleGnome]

I'm no expert by any means, but I'd think it's the same issue as dripping an eo on the skin. There are alway allergy concerns or the chemicals that react to light or the general concern of reacting with something else you may have on your skin.

 

[shunt2011]

It's not a big issue. You washed it off. It could cause a bit of irritation if you were allergic. I've had this happen many times with no problem.

 

[Nao]

It should say on the bottle or the manufacturer/retailers webpage what purposes it is safe for.
Then of course we always have the "if I use this product twice a week for ten years will I be more likely to developed cancer"-thing which can be hard to prove or disprove. But if you are really concerned with it maybe the best thing to do is simply not use it or find something else that you are comfortable with.

 

[shunt2011]

It should say on the bottle or the manufacturer/retailers webpage what purposes it is safe for.
Then of course we always have the "if I use this product twice a week for ten years will I be more likely to developed cancer"-thing which can be hard to prove or disprove. But if you are really concerned with it maybe the best thing to do is simply not use it or find something else that you are comfortable with.

Can you please clairfy your response? The OP just a bit on his skin while cleaning up. All you need to do is wash it off. We use skin safe FO's for soapmaking/B&B products so not sure where a small bit on the skin will cause cancer? Am I missing slomething.

 

[Nao]

Can you please clairfy your response? The OP just a bit on his skin while cleaning up. All you need to do is wash it off. We use skin safe FO's for soapmaking/B&B products so not sure where a small bit on the skin will cause cancer? Am I missing slomething.

Nevermind, I just interpreted her post the wrong way lol.

 

[Arimara]

Can you please clairfy your response? The OP just a bit on his skin while cleaning up. All you need to do is wash it off. We use skin safe FO's for soapmaking/B&B products so not sure where a small bit on the skin will cause cancer? Am I missing slomething.

I guess I kinda rolled with it. To me there is always someone who would use Nao's response to argue against using an FO and/or for touting EOs as being safer. There are also those who would lump the skin-safe FO's in with the more concerning "chemicals" in a one-sided bid to garner people to the "all-natural soap association" (ANSA is NOT a real soap-related association to my knowledge but it kinda sounds cool when you read it.) In any case, if you wash the FO off ASAP, there's less of a chance for topical irritation unless you're sensitive to say the least.

 

[mx5inpenn]

And just to be clear...
EO contact with skin is not advised without the use of a carrier oil. Many EO's are skin irritants.

 

[Dahila]

I use FO in everything except my salves, beard oil, and serums. I have a lot of allergies but never developed one to my fo, skin safe FO, I do not use a lot in body products 0.5% - 1%
In bb i use 2.5%

 

[TheBobbiesRSurly]

Thanks for all the responses folks! I appreciate it all Sounds like I'm in the safe, lol. Next time I'll just switch to some clean gloves for clean up just to be on the safe side though, especially when I get some EOs in.

 

[penelopejane]

Thanks for all the responses folks! I appreciate it all Sounds like I'm in the safe, lol. Next time I'll just switch to some clean gloves for clean up just to be on the safe side though, especially when I get some EOs in.

Probably a wise thing to do. I once had an FO eat the cup it was sitting in while I measure it!

 

[SunRiseArts]

I have this happen a ton of times, no biggie! At least that I can tell.