Primrose
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This may be a bit of a crossover to the essential oils bit, but I thought here might be more appropriate.
I have read a few things about EOs not being safe for children/babies, does this include when they are in soaps, even after the saponification process takes place?
In this respect - is it safer to use FOs for childrens soaps?
Then I've read that babies shouldn't use lye-based soap at all
Are there ages/guidelines available? For example, what age roughly can a baby start to use CP soaps? What age can a child move from unscented to scented soaps (either FOs or EOs)?
Basically the reason I'm asking this, is I am flying to see my family soon (who I haven't seen for years) and would like to make some soap gifts for them, the adults are clearly easy but I have a whole host of nephews and nieces in a range of ages and I'm just wondering what I can and cant do for them. I don't have children of my own so I'm not really sure about this sort of thing. They range from babies up to teenagers
I have read a few things about EOs not being safe for children/babies, does this include when they are in soaps, even after the saponification process takes place?
In this respect - is it safer to use FOs for childrens soaps?
Then I've read that babies shouldn't use lye-based soap at all
Are there ages/guidelines available? For example, what age roughly can a baby start to use CP soaps? What age can a child move from unscented to scented soaps (either FOs or EOs)?
Basically the reason I'm asking this, is I am flying to see my family soon (who I haven't seen for years) and would like to make some soap gifts for them, the adults are clearly easy but I have a whole host of nephews and nieces in a range of ages and I'm just wondering what I can and cant do for them. I don't have children of my own so I'm not really sure about this sort of thing. They range from babies up to teenagers