Hi everyone! I am new at "will be" making soaps. I have been lurking for a few weeks now when I made the decision to make my own soap for my family.
I have watched countless videos, read-read-read forum posts, and scoured sites to purchase from figuring out the best quality but within my budget ingredients. OK I really never set a budget so with that being said, I had no clue I would break the bank purchasing everything I needed to get started and then some.
I decided to go with CPHP 1)I am a very impatient person 2) I am a country girl and the rustic look would be just awesome for me
So, now we get to why did I decide to make soap for my family. Long list of health problems run down the generations of both sides of my family and you got it, I ended up with just about everything a person could "inherit" genetically. :x
Now that I am 45 years grown and the light in my head got brighter, it only makes sense to better the quality of items I put on my skin along with what I put in my body.
DS #1 has super super sensitive skin, prescription soaps are extremely costly and we have yet to find a commercial soap that he can use daily. We are constantly having to switch up so his body will not react to a particular one.
DS #2 Has high BP and thyroid disease (both diagnosed when he was 16) as well as sensitive skin and we found the only soap that works for him of all things is the original irish spring! Crazy right? I know.
DD has celiacs (diagnosed when she was a toddler) and well dry skin and super dry skin in the winter (she looks like humpty dumpty when he falls off the wall and cracks) so we super lotion her skin during the winter and by soaps with extra moisturizing properties.
DH well he is just simply DH :lolno:
So, as you see we purchase several different types of soap for our household. So, I am hoping to make a soap that we all can react to in a pleasant way. All natural with no dyes or perfumes. The color of the soap and scents will be whatever the soap desires to do naturally.
OK this ended up a long HELLO