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Good question!
Lovely, indeed!
It is quite lovely. Probably couldn’t do it on purpose if I tried!
I have not yet but am anxious to Try It! Will keep you posted.
No but I’ve used real sea water.
Oh my. Dawni, dear heart, you used sandalwood powder in baby soap?
Probably not the best idea you've come up with. LOL I've worked with it a bit, a long time ago. Even a little bit can be irritating for my sensitive skin. I sent a bar to my brother and my SIL and even they found it a little too harsh for their skin. At least you have an answer, of sorts. I suggest you stick with the original recipe as is. Your skin, and your toddler's skin with thank you for it.
Great experiment. However, olive oil soap doesn't become really mild and gentle for 9 -12 months and more so after an even longer cure. So don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Please try this experiment again in 8 months.
Hehehe yes, I did make a note of that and plan to do testing again once a month after the 6mos mark, just to see. I've already hid the rest of the soap bar the test ones.
Interesting analogy in this context ;-)
I have you tried a pure castile bar yet with seawater?Hehehe yes, I did make a note of that and plan to do testing again once a month after the 6mos mark, just to see. I've already hid the rest of the soap bar the test ones.
Now that you mention it, it could be that a combo of other oils are milder than 85% olive, in the beginning?
I should note that. I tried it after 6wks to check for slime but I have a feeling the olive oil I have isn't slimey to begin with? Time to make a Castile without the faux seawater I think, for comparison in the future.
Thanks for the reminder @penelopejane
No I don't believe I have. Costs way more here than I can afford lol so making it might be the only way to try it.
I'm here with some other "findings" hehehe
I now have three batches using the faux seawater that have been curing more than 6 weeks, give or take a few days apart for each.
Please crucify me if you wish, but after testing these on my face I tried them on my toddler's right leg, where he has a spot of dry skin the size of my thumbnail. Remember, Asian, tiny hands
Anyways, the first soap I made that followed the recipe almost to a T, had olive, coconut and castor, with a bit of almond oil is more drying for him than my sandalwood soap. The dry spot looked like a rough white rash. That other soap has the olive oil amount split between olive, rice bran and avocado oils, and considering it also has more coconut, that dry spot isn't white at all, just rougher than the rest of his skin, but not overly so like with the mostly olive oil soap.
Go figure. I am not learned enough to say whether it's the combo of oils, if it's the sandalwood powder lol, or if my baby's skin just doesn't like olive all that much.
