Sensitive Skin

[Dawni]

Lotion bars are great and easy to make and supercustomizable (and I just put some on my cuticles one moment ago), but they're not lotions: a better name would be "solidified oils". That means they're greasy, they melt on contact with skin, etc. I use mine daily (will have to try Zing's super fancy recipe! Mine usually have 3-4 oils, max) and I love mixing up different EO combinations for them (coriander & cinnamon! cilantro & orange! triple chocolate mint!), when you're thinking of absorption and what you should wear and do after applying, think oil, not lotion.

Ah yes, that's a much better explanation than mine. I should remember that last bit especially, thank you

 

[Dean]

I have yet to find a soap recipie mild enough for my face. After rinsing in the the shower, I cleanse my face with a cotton pad and oil free noncomedogenic moisterizer.

 

[Clarice]

Cherrydene i found this re EMU oil - such a shame the oil is from their flesh, which I gather is not widely used. Hope your daughter's skin is getting better

http://home.windstream.net/familyjeans/propertiesofoils.html

Emu oil - made from the rendered fat of the Emu bird. The oil is transdermal meaning anything you add to it will make it more readily absorbed through the layers of the skin. Emu is non-comedogenic (won't clog pores), has a natural SPF, is hypo-allergenic and non-irritating, anti-inflammatory, helps prevent and diminish scars and stretch marks, helps to heal burns like no other oil can, reduces wrinkles, and is a wonderful emollient and moisturizer. WHEW! Is there nothing this oil can't do? I am not a fan of animal fat, but I make an exception in this case. Therapeutic grade emu is what I use but there is also a "soap grade" which has not been as thoroughly refined. You can use up to 20% in a recipe and still get a hard, well lathering bar.

 

[Karensa66]

I wonder if you wonderful people can advise me, my daughter (21 yrs) has very sensitive skin, she works out side in the equine world. In the winter her face get extremely dry, red and spotty, atm she uses shop brought facial washes which does not help at all. Has anyone got a soap recipe that will moisturise and help with her spots. I feel so sorry for her as it can get really bad.

I have had great success with two of my soaps. I only make goats milk Castile. One of my ladies only uses my lavender soap and the other is my lemongrass with also has a splash of macadamia oil in it. I’ve seen this one do wonders. I had a painter that bought it from me and swore that his skin had never been better and my own son clear d his acne with it. I do wonder if she might benefit from oil cleansing though. It is very gentle and the least amount of natural oil stripping the better.

 

[lsg]

I don’t suppose you would be willing to share your recipe with me

I apologize as I just saw your post. I will certainly be glad to share.

5% Castor oil
30% coconut oil (you can use less and increase either the rice bran or palm)
10% palm oil
30% rice bran oil
25% shea butter
I have replaced some ot the water with 3 oz of cow's cream and 1 oz frozen aloe juice. I used 6% lye discount.
Additives are .005 oz tussah silk fibers and .005 oz Vit E. EOs are 1.1 oz lavender EO and .10 oz. helichrysum EO.

 

[Teresa408]

My face is really sensitive to what I can only describe as windburn, especially in the winter. When I work out hard I have to rinse off just my face right away with plain water or the salt from my sweat burns my face. I also have oily skin and still get acne (at 40).

I just started making soap this year but my cold process soaps are helping. I tried oil cleansing for a week or so but that was too oily for my skin. Currently I’m washing with cold process soaps and using a few tiny drops of my oil cleansing blend to moisturize after and it is going well. My blend is heavy on the olive oil, some castor oil, fractionated coconut oil, and a little sweet almond oil.