On my harrowing adventure of walking to the co-op in 19° F weather I mentioned in my body wash post, I talked on the phone with my best friend. I've mentioned her apothacarian tendencies already. I told her all about the recipes I was going to try, and she told me about things she's done. She told me about the face wash she uses.
Needing to stay away from gluten like she does, she tries things I don't. While talking about face wash, she told me this anecdote.
Her partner doesn't forgo gluten and he's not particular about avoiding certain chemicals. For years, though, he used face wash with salicylic acid to help his acne. She made her minimal ingredient face wash and told him it had salicylic acid in it so he'd try it. After a couple months of using it, when he was totally convinced it worked, she revealed that it doesn't in fact have acid. He's still using the face wash she makes.
I know her partner, so I know what kind of testimonial this actually is. Since you probably don't know him or understand the weight of the story, just go with me on this. I thought if her partner uses it and likes it, I can try it too. Plus, I love the fact that it's such simple ingredients.
The vegetable glycerin is the only thing that will be a challenge to locate. I knew it must exist at my co-op, but I didn't know where. I wandered around and around and had to check all the shelves before I finally found it.
Let that be a reminder to myself: you know it's better if you just ask for help. It's as true in stores as it is in libraries. Ask experts.
Anyway, I had to get additional castile soap for this experiment. My body wash took all the peppermint castile soap I had. By the time I finished buying the ingredients for all this homemade health and beauty, I considered buying stock in castile soap. This time I got citrus orange scented soap. It's for my face, so the scent won't linger the same way my body wash will. I also chose orange because I figured it would help me wake up in the mornings. I'm already a morning person, but I think this helps a bit.
This, like the deodorant, doesn't really look fancy for photos. I took a picture anyway.
See? It's a slightly different picture than what's on the instructions page.
I have mine in a small mason jar. It's okay, but it'd work much better in a pump bottle. The travel section in the grocery store doesn't have baby pump bottles though. Maybe I'll actually buy a bottle for it. As I've mentioned, until I'm sure I'll commit to something, I don't want to go out-of-my-way-crazy for supplies. (I bet you didn't realize buying a generic pump bottle was such a commitment, huh?) For right now, I have the lid on the jar, shake it to make sure everything is mixed, and use the insert part to smear the stuff on my face. Otherwise I use my fingers to pull out a tiny bit.
This isn't particularly soapy feeling or lather-producing. And it doesn't make my skin tingle or anything other soaps can do. I'm a bit underwhelmed by the application of it, but I like the smell and I like that it feels like my face is probably cleaner. I'm giving it a chance to work on me.
As a note, I've decided I really like Dr. Bronner's for castile soap. The biggest difference I notice is that the scents don't make me sneeze. I had to use sensitive skin fragrance-free soap usually because I just sneeze all the time with typical soap. My partner's Irish Spring soap makes me sneeze every single time I use it. I haven't sneezed due to fragrance since I started using any of my homemade stuff. That's a plus in my book since I really enjoy the scents I'm using.
Needing to stay away from gluten like she does, she tries things I don't. While talking about face wash, she told me this anecdote.
Her partner doesn't forgo gluten and he's not particular about avoiding certain chemicals. For years, though, he used face wash with salicylic acid to help his acne. She made her minimal ingredient face wash and told him it had salicylic acid in it so he'd try it. After a couple months of using it, when he was totally convinced it worked, she revealed that it doesn't in fact have acid. He's still using the face wash she makes.
I know her partner, so I know what kind of testimonial this actually is. Since you probably don't know him or understand the weight of the story, just go with me on this. I thought if her partner uses it and likes it, I can try it too. Plus, I love the fact that it's such simple ingredients.
The vegetable glycerin is the only thing that will be a challenge to locate. I knew it must exist at my co-op, but I didn't know where. I wandered around and around and had to check all the shelves before I finally found it.
Let that be a reminder to myself: you know it's better if you just ask for help. It's as true in stores as it is in libraries. Ask experts.
Anyway, I had to get additional castile soap for this experiment. My body wash took all the peppermint castile soap I had. By the time I finished buying the ingredients for all this homemade health and beauty, I considered buying stock in castile soap. This time I got citrus orange scented soap. It's for my face, so the scent won't linger the same way my body wash will. I also chose orange because I figured it would help me wake up in the mornings. I'm already a morning person, but I think this helps a bit.
This, like the deodorant, doesn't really look fancy for photos. I took a picture anyway.
See? It's a slightly different picture than what's on the instructions page.
I have mine in a small mason jar. It's okay, but it'd work much better in a pump bottle. The travel section in the grocery store doesn't have baby pump bottles though. Maybe I'll actually buy a bottle for it. As I've mentioned, until I'm sure I'll commit to something, I don't want to go out-of-my-way-crazy for supplies. (I bet you didn't realize buying a generic pump bottle was such a commitment, huh?) For right now, I have the lid on the jar, shake it to make sure everything is mixed, and use the insert part to smear the stuff on my face. Otherwise I use my fingers to pull out a tiny bit.
This isn't particularly soapy feeling or lather-producing. And it doesn't make my skin tingle or anything other soaps can do. I'm a bit underwhelmed by the application of it, but I like the smell and I like that it feels like my face is probably cleaner. I'm giving it a chance to work on me.
As a note, I've decided I really like Dr. Bronner's for castile soap. The biggest difference I notice is that the scents don't make me sneeze. I had to use sensitive skin fragrance-free soap usually because I just sneeze all the time with typical soap. My partner's Irish Spring soap makes me sneeze every single time I use it. I haven't sneezed due to fragrance since I started using any of my homemade stuff. That's a plus in my book since I really enjoy the scents I'm using.
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