I would use high lard or tallow soaps as they tend to be less prone to trigger allergies than some oils from say palm and some other tree seed oils, and lard makes a high conditioning soap.
Thanks to all! My idea was to use only vegetable oils. Here people is considering that soaps made with animal fats are low and cheap quality. I was thinking to make a gentle soap with chamomile infused olive oil, some castor oil, some CO, a little avocado oil, and substitute the water with carrot juice or chamomile tea, and add a bit of chamomile essential oil. But if everyone is suggesting to leave out EO's, I will leave it out.
But I thought it would be an interesting titbit (yes, the word has 3 t's, not a d, my American friends!) for us all to think about.
They don't know what they are missing. Animal fats in soaps surpass (in a sense) 100% veggie soaps since they have similar qualities to palm but is generally less expensive and more abundant (in the US at least). You also tend not to get that waxy feel from animal fats vs when you use a lot of palm oil in your soap. That's not to say they don't have their drawbacks. Some people have a DOS problem with high amounts of animal fats but I can't tell you for a fact how.
Well, good that you decided what to do. Do observe the carrot juice batch if you make it; the sugar in it may affect the soap.
I think that you can educate some of your friends, and even yourself. I think even the vegetarian soapers here acknowledge that lard is one of the best soaping oils that one can find.
I'm now not so sure about babies and EOs - we all know that Europe is very strict with the rules around what you can sell for use on the skin, but here people swear by an oil with EOs that you run on to the cheeks of babies when they are teething. It is sold for that purpose and has been approved for such use. I was more than a little astonished, to say the least. Maybe the amounts are very low indeed? Very likely the case, and would be nowhere near enough for a soap scent. But I thought it would be an interesting titbit (yes, the word has 3 t's, not a d, my American friends!) for us all to think about.
I think that you can educate some of your friends, and even yourself. I think even the vegetarian soapers here acknowledge that lard is one of the best soaping oils that one can find.
I'm now not so sure about babies and EOs - we all know that Europe is very strict with the rules around what you can sell for use on the skin, but here people swear by an oil with EOs that you run on to the cheeks of babies when they are teething. It is sold for that purpose and has been approved for such use. I was more than a little astonished, to say the least. Maybe the amounts are very low indeed? Very likely the case, and would be nowhere near enough for a soap scent. But I thought it would be an interesting titbit (yes, the word has 3 t's, not a d, my American friends!) for us all to think about.
I make a really nice kiddie soap for my 7yo using lard, rice bran, avocado, castor, and goats milk. I don't use ANY coconut oil and this soap has a rich, creamy lather that is very gentle. My kiddo tolerates FO with no problems now but I also make this unscented/uncolored and it is a beautiful yellowish color with a sweetish, goat milky scent. I do use cute animal molds just to make it fun. This is also the soap I use when my skin is really dry.
Here are a couple of pics. The yellowish one is the unscented/uncolored version, the purple one is Lavender/Chamomile.
I make a really nice kiddie soap for my 7yo using lard, rice bran, avocado, castor, and goats milk. I don't use ANY coconut oil and this soap has a rich, creamy lather that is very gentle. My kiddo tolerates FO with no problems now but I also make this unscented/uncolored and it is a beautiful yellowish color with a sweetish, goat milky scent. I do use cute animal molds just to make it fun. This is also the soap I use when my skin is really dry.
Here are a couple of pics. The yellowish one is the unscented/uncolored version, the purple one is Lavender/Chamomile.
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