Joined: 14 Jan 2005 Posts: 13967 Location: Eastoft
Posted: Mon May 16, 05 8:33 pm Post subject:
It really isn't please don't swap over by mistake -you will melt your nappies and possibly blind yourself if the mix goes in your eyes!!!!
moogie
Joined: 02 Feb 2005 Posts: 525 Location: Near Bridgend
Posted: Mon May 16, 05 8:36 pm Post subject:
I have a condition which means I can't use normal soaps and shower gels and the like, but have found something which whilst being very undownsizery is extremely good - its sainsburys own sensitive bath range. It is totally soap free and absolutely brilliant, even better than aqueous cream which I tried for ages. And it doesn't break the bank either. They do a shower gel and a bath creme and all that kind of stuff. Might be worth a try. Sorry to be terribly undownsizery about it
Bernie66
Joined: 14 Jan 2005 Posts: 13967 Location: Eastoft
Posted: Mon May 16, 05 8:40 pm Post subject:
moogie wrote:
I have a condition which means I can't use normal soaps and shower gels and the like, but have found something which whilst being very undownsizery is extremely good - its sainsburys own sensitive bath range. It is totally soap free and absolutely brilliant, even better than aqueous cream which I tried for ages. And it doesn't break the bank either. They do a shower gel and a bath creme and all that kind of stuff. Might be worth a try. Sorry to be terribly undownsizery about it
not everything about sainsburys is bad-i met my wife whilst working there-she was the first YTS girl-showing my age again
Thanks moogie. I've been trying to find something else for ages and I'm too chicken to try something that hasn't been tried by someone I know first. It's been hard work getting her skin into the condition it's in now.
She had it on her scalp a few weeks ago - I couldn't show her off to anyone and a year old, she is awfully cute!!
When you add lye solution to fat you get two things, soap and glycerine. The problem is that glycerine is worth more money than soap. It also gums up the machines the commercial soap companies use so they remove the glycerine and sell it seperately. That is what makes soap so harsh and drying. Hand made soap has the glycerine left in it so it is much milder than anything you buy in the shops.
I have a friend whose daughter has eczema and she used some of my chamomile and calendula soap and she said it was lovely. It didn't help her eczema, but it didn't harm it like other soaps have. It just left her skin clean.
Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 20809 Location: sunny wales
Posted: Tue May 17, 05 5:29 am Post subject:
Eczema is a tricky thing, it could be triggered by a type of washing powder or even by a particular food type (eg I know one person who can't use any sort of commercial detergent at all, and another who can't go near dairy products without their skin flaring up). Have you explored those possibilities with your daughters skin?
As for the soap, you could try a totally plain soap (like that olive castile if you fancied trying soapmaking anyway) and if she tolerates that well, then try adding soothing herbs like Pink Bouncy suggests.
I had this discussion with OH last night. I think we are worried about the caustic soda and young children in the house, maybe it's better to buy soap from farmers markets for now.
My mother bought some soap especially for my little girl at a farmers market - it smelt lovely. The chap she bought it from said it was for sensitive skin. It came as broken pieces, so I guess this must be similar to what you make. I was too nervous to use it on her so I use it myself and it's lovely. My OH uses it to wash his face, he likes it too.
Sally - baby eczema is a common condition, I'm hoping she will grow out of it as most do. I use the recommended non-bio washing powder and there is no obvious food source causing a problem.
Bernie66
Joined: 14 Jan 2005 Posts: 13967 Location: Eastoft
Posted: Tue May 17, 05 8:03 am Post subject:
Hope it wasn't just my rant that put you off caustic soda, read up about it and read the side of the box before making decisions. Its not a nice substance, but there again neither is bleach and sometimes its a neccessity almost. Its the fact that its a chemical reaction creating a huge amount of heat and the chemicals can spit that makes me wary. In the right hands used responsibly i am sure it would be safe
Bernie - I worry enough about bleach in the house, so anything caustic soda sounds like one to avoid, if I can.
It we had more space I think I might, but where we are at the moment we couldn't swing a cat!
Bernie66
Joined: 14 Jan 2005 Posts: 13967 Location: Eastoft
Posted: Tue May 17, 05 8:14 am Post subject:
I understand fully,my kids areoldernow 13 and10and have got to the stage where they understand that no means no,so i dont have to worry about that sort of thing as much.
daydreaming, my eldest had infantile excema. we found that using just water to wash was best. and if shampooing hair to do it last thing so that she wasn't sitting in soapy water. like you said she did grow out of it.
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