CareBear Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 The African Black Soap got rave reviews, cept it's mushy, slimy, and when wet immediately starts looking like a turd. But apparently teens DO like it on their faces. (review board = 2).So I'm thinking of whipping up a batch of castile and while it's still very thin adding in some grated ABS.do you think 50% ABS would be ok? think I can get more into it? think it's too much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 I just don't understand why you feel the need to have someone else validate every move you make!! If you think it's a good idea.....just try it......you may end up with a great product that you finally did all by yourself!!! :undecided Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted July 15, 2006 Author Share Posted July 15, 2006 good point. i guess i ask cause i'm short on funds and hate to waste - but I think you may just be right!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsDammit Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 s'ok carol, i'm full of questions too, lord knows i've made more then my fair share of goof ups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted July 15, 2006 Author Share Posted July 15, 2006 Well, I'm going to wing this one over the weekend. If I can find enoug boxes I'll try one with 33% ABS, 50% ABS and one with 75% ABS. I'm afraid if I go higher it'll just be mushy like the original.Then we jsut have to wait 6 weeks to see, cause the cure for castile is like FOREVER! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridith Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 I don't know that I would use a castille soap for teen skin. This is a very conditioning soap and may just be too much for their oily skin. At least it is for both my girls and their friends so that is why I mention this. It might work for you though. Especially since you are adding the ABS. French Green clay might be good added to it since it helps to absorb excess oil. Other extra goodie ingredients might be tea tree oil, honey and pulvarized oats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted July 15, 2006 Author Share Posted July 15, 2006 Oh, I just thought of castile as very neutral - I am looking for something to just be a kind of matrix to hold the ABS so it can work its magic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryann Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Carol here are bits'n pieces from something I read (remember these aren't my words, just 2 other people's personal findings )Oily skin is often a by-product of using mass-market soaps that dry the skin. The skin compensates for the drying by over-producing oil; thus one appears to have oily skin. The LAST thing someone needs to use on "oily" skin is a soap to dry the skin even more. This will just encourage the oil glands to produce even more oil. Now, while this scenario isn't true 100% of the time, it is true more often than not. My husband went through this, thought he had oily skin his whole life, then started using my soaps and after 6 weeks, decided he no longer had, nor ever did have, oily skin.So, my suggestion to people with oily skin (who have been programmed by the mass marketing campaign of mainstream commercial soap companies to believe they need a "special" product for "oily" skin) is to try real cold-processed soap for 3-4 weeks and see how their skin likes it. It can take about 14 days for the skin's oil mechanisms to re-balance themselves. Thus, someone might even think their skin is getting *more* oily initially but the fact is the skin just needs some time to adjust itself. Oil is a protective barrier on the skin so a certain amount is needed.For a "transitional" soap, I offer something with jojoba oil or rice bran oil in it. If the person really firmly is commited to the oily skin thing, I'll offer something with tea tree oil in it.__________________________________________________________Actually, pimple prone skin can usually be corrected by taking Essential Fatty Acids, EFAs, specifically, Gamma Linolenic Acid (an Omega 6). It is in Evening Primrose oil, Borage oil (quite high), and Black Currant oil. These oils can be added to soap as superfatting agents and some benefit received to the skin.Pimples are quite often a product of raging hormones, not bacteria on the skin, and by taking EFAs, the hormone get nutrients they need to balance out, and the pimples go away. (The skin is a large organ and imbalances often attempt to resolve through discharges thru the skin.) Try it; Black currant oil is the preferred since it is naturally balanced in the proper ratios of Omega 3, 6 & 9s. However, a flax oil/borage oil combination is quite good, too, and costs less usually. Evening Primrose by itself may or may not be enough since its GLA content is lower (unless you get one of the mega-GLA Primrose blends currently available); you need more EP capsules to get the same GLA you can get in 1 Borage oil capsule.__________________________________________________________Castille soap is made with 100% olive oil or a high percentage of olive oil -- therefore, it would not be drying. however, it is still a simple, basic soap, with 1/3 glycerine, like all natural soap. Other oils are moisturizing and gentle, too, but olive oil, i.e., castille soap, has a long history and thus, a loyal following for being gentle. It *is* gentle so it is also a good choice (I don't make 100% olive oil soap though cuz it makes a softer soap bar; sunflower oil is a good trade for olive oil but then the soap can not technically be called "castille.")___________________________________________________________as far as the soap for oily skin, I have live with an almost life-longissue of acne/oily skin (cystic acne), which I used to take oralmedication for. This could be a very individual thing; what works forone person may not be effective for another. My skin laughed at thetea tree & lavender soap, and the oat soap I made. But what had beendoing the trick for me (knock on wood) is a soap I make with Dead Seamud. Along with the mud, I use lavender, eucalyptus, sweet orange,rosemary, lime, and litsea cubeba EO's, and kelp powder. I canhonestly say my skin hasn't looked this clear, consistently, for thislength of time. There's lots of choices for oily skin, but it may betrial & error before your person finds 'the one'.Hope this helps a little!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 Why thank you for pulling all that for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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