I was going to leave a comment on your moisturizer post, about shea but didn’t see the comment button so figured I’d just e-mail you.
Since I started making lotion bars (and now whipped body butter) and pretty much stopped using store bought lotions I’ve had to use a lotion less often, so I think you are right about the store bought ones making the problem worse. I use shea a lot in my bars and it’s a huge portion of the body butter, and I really think it works beautifully! It did take me a little while to get used to lotion bars, instead of lotion, but not having to use preservatives in them made me want to go with them instead of lotion.
I just won a bottle of homemade lotion online, and while yes it has more of the good stuff in it, it also has to have a preservative, and when I tried using it my hands started itching and bothering me, so I washed it off, and went back to my own preservative free lotion bars and body butter.
The shea I use hasn’t been processed, so has a slight odor of its own, on top of any essential oils or fragrance oils you add to it, but I don’t think it’s too bad…and certainly nice to not have lots of other nasty things added to it. I live with using fragrance oils, cause some scents I just can’t get in essential oils…but they are a very small portion of the oils, so hopefully they won’t start bothering me too. :)
Interesting blog post. :)
Deb
www.dapperdoxie.com
Since I started making lotion bars (and now whipped body butter) and pretty much stopped using store bought lotions I’ve had to use a lotion less often, so I think you are right about the store bought ones making the problem worse. I use shea a lot in my bars and it’s a huge portion of the body butter, and I really think it works beautifully! It did take me a little while to get used to lotion bars, instead of lotion, but not having to use preservatives in them made me want to go with them instead of lotion.
I just won a bottle of homemade lotion online, and while yes it has more of the good stuff in it, it also has to have a preservative, and when I tried using it my hands started itching and bothering me, so I washed it off, and went back to my own preservative free lotion bars and body butter.
The shea I use hasn’t been processed, so has a slight odor of its own, on top of any essential oils or fragrance oils you add to it, but I don’t think it’s too bad…and certainly nice to not have lots of other nasty things added to it. I live with using fragrance oils, cause some scents I just can’t get in essential oils…but they are a very small portion of the oils, so hopefully they won’t start bothering me too. :)
Interesting blog post. :)
Deb
www.dapperdoxie.com
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