Has any one had this problem before? I made a recipe as usual with 25% palm, 25% coconut, 10% sesame and 40% olive oil. I had 35% water discount and 5% superfat. I used 10ml mango oil fragrance (cosmetic grade) for 1000ml of oils. I just tried a little sample i had left after the bars were cut, its now 2 weeks old and it feels very drying to my skin. I used this recipe many times before, with all the same ingredients (except the fragrance) and it worked like a charm, but this time the bars came out very drying. So the only culprit i could think of is the mango fragrance? Could it be so?
can fragrance be skin drying?
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You could be allergic to the f.o.
I've made a fluid glycerine soap, and have added different FO's to some of it.
It feels like it is a bit drying on my hands, but the natural part without FO does not feel drying.
So yes, I think some FO's can.
It feels like it is a bit drying on my hands, but the natural part without FO does not feel drying.
So yes, I think some FO's can.
I do not use fragrance oils so cannot comment on the fragrant oils but I use essential oils and found out that some can be drying. I used the same base oils and tried different small batches and found that the ones with peppermint were drying and those with Vetiver were not!
yes some of them are more drying i have found several to be harsh i like to try samples to see how they act in finished soaps http://www.soapnbath.comnatural soaps seems to be the best
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But they have fragrance oils in them, don't they? Cucumber melon and raspsberry scents do not exist in EO. And at $3.50 a bar, surely the rose, jasmine, sandalwood scents are from fragrance oils?
