Getting Away with a Skin Sin

I have mentioned elsewhere on my site that I have been plagued with bad skin since adolescence and that I got no respite with age. My whole soap mission is founded on the creation of cleansers that at the very least will not aggravate difficult skin, and I have touted the benefits of staying away from synthetic fragrances and complicated synthesized ingredients. This has really worked well for me, but that certainly doesn't mean it will work for everyone. This past holiday brought some heavily fragranced gifts into our home and my nose has been running in commiseration. My daughters are loving their body washes, and I am trying to ignore my nose's complaints. Those delicious to some big name brand washes and lotions are working out fine for my girls, and I have to air out the bathroom after they have indulged. I'm politely trying not to make a stink about it because they seem to be suffering no harm. I too was gifted with a synthetic fragrance blend and some lovely goats milk melt and pour soap base. I once sneered at utilising a melt and pour base, but discovered that Lush employs them. I really love the Lush soaps that I have tried and have greatly enjoyed their unbeatable bath bombs. I will never attempt a bootleg of any Lush formulas even for my personal use because I consider this seriously unethical. Since I have never suffered with the use of Lush products, I have bent my personal indulgence standards and so far, really good! I made a trial bar of the gifted melt and pour goats milk soap with an incorporation of bee pollen and the berry fragrance I received and I have been using it daily from head to toe with great results! Unlike the heavily fragranced big name brand bod washes my daughters received, the berry fragrance is not overpowering for me and my bod so far is not itchy after bath. My face is not sporting new alarming out breaks either. I was pleased to see that the melt and pour base did not contain palm oil. The visual asthetics of not staring down another of my rough and humble home made uglies as I lather up the wash cloth is extremely gratifying.  It's fun to make some soap with less emphasis on careful handling of hazardous ingredients as well. The worst thing that can happen with melt and pour is a careless burn from a hot utensil coming out of my microwave. I sometimes turn the daughters and their friends loose with melt and pour, molds and additives so that they can safely indulge in some useful creativity when they desire to do so.