Roxanne, What do you recommend for a face soap>
Thanks! ----- Original Message ----- From: Roxanne <rtr...@bellsouth.net> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 3:47 PM Subject: RE: CS>cream for dry skin--OT > Olive Oil is very good on the skin. I make and castille soap using just all > Olive Oil, I do use a little bit of coconut oil in it, because I don't feel > skin without it. Olive Oil has good mosturizing qualities, and is very > gentle on the skin, and it's cheap. I use Olive Oil in all my Basic Soaps > when I combine three oils. Those are either vegetable oil, olive oil, and > coconut, or lard, vegetable oil, and coconut. I make two basic types of > soap because some people will not use animal fat. I have no qualms about > the animals, they are going to be slaughtered for food anyway, why not use > what we don't eat. I like it because it makes a very creamy, white, hard, > long lasting bar of soap. Vegetable Oil soaps doesn't last as long. A > little Emu Oil in Soap is the best. and the best yet is an entire bar of emu > soap, but couldn't sell it, because of the price it would be. > > Olive Oil in shea butter, you want a light oil, never use Olive Oil, in the > shea butter so I can't tell you. I used almond oil from the health food > store and it was too heavy. It took about 15 minutes for the greasiness to > go away. So I substituted Safflower Oil and it glides on smooth and doesn't > feel greasy. You might want to experiment with it though to get the feel > you want and to incorporate the properties of the different oils. I know > some people are using meadowfoam, somewhat more expensive, but they say it > feels wonderful. > > Do not buy shea butter, or mango butter from the health food store. It is > much cheaper purchased in on the internet. You don't want any refined with > hexane, and you have to ask, if it doesn't say so on the web site. > > Roxanne > > > -----Original Message----- > From: jrowl...@nctimes.net [mailto:jrowl...@nctimes.net] > Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 12:26 PM > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: CS>cream for dry skin > > > Roxanne writes: > > > ...shea butter whipped together with 4 ozs. safflower oil or sunflower oil > > > > ...You can substitute any oil... > > > Having heard the praises of olive oil for skin, just wondering how you'd > rate it for this situation, based on experience or opinion. > Thanks, > jr > > > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > >
