Another new addition to my handmade soap is this skin nourishing facial soap. It’s made with skin detoxing French Green clay and healing carrot seed essential oil. Both ingredients are beneficial to skincare.
According to Mountain Rose Herbs, french green clay is super absorbent due to the constitution of its micro molecules.
It’s used to remove impurities from your skin. The toning action from the clay is also stimulating to the skin. Thus helping to revitalize the complexion and tighten the pores.
Carrot seed oil is one of the premier ingredients in natural skincare due to it’s healing properties.
Carrot seed oil helps tones the skin, reduces the formation of wrinkles, assist with cell growth and skin rejuvenation and help diminish scars.
Carrot seed oil is used in the treatment of many skin problems, from eczema to rashes.
I’ve been using for a week now and really love it. When washing, I find it’s best to let the foam sit on the skin for a few minutes before rinsing. Pat dry and follow up with a light facial moisturizer.
The scent of carrot seed oil is very strong to those that are not used to it. I can’t really describe it, except for being herbal/woodsy. To tone it down a bit, I added a small amount of Diptyqe Fig fragrance oil.
As with all my handmade soap, it’s made with simple and pure ingredients. Besides the green clay and carrot seed essential oil, this bar also has rice bran oil, coconut oil, sunflower oil, palm oil, soybean oil, and wheat germ oil.
I love handmade soaps because it’s been wonderful for my skin. It’s also great that it’s sulfate and paraben free. Plus biodegradable and better for the environment too!
9:32 pm on October 24th, 2010
It sounds almost like a medicated soap, but with pure and natural ingredients. I bet it’s nice to be able to make your own soap.
9:50 pm on October 28th, 2010
Yes it does smell like medicated soap too, especially with the carrot seed essential oil.
I’ve been using it for over a week now and really like it. And your bar is on it’s way to you now.
1:20 pm on November 1st, 2010
Yummy:)) More edible soap.
10:17 pm on November 1st, 2010
Hi Panoy,
Thanks for the visit. Again my soaps are not edible.
Btw how is that artichoke plant coming along? I believe it’s a winter crop so maybe it’s not too late to grow them.
10:29 pm on November 2nd, 2010
Cambree, so far I’m liking the facial bar. Lee is very pleased with your chocolate soap also, definitely makes shower more fun for her.
3:34 pm on November 6th, 2010
The artichokes (I have 2 plants) look very healthy. One is almost up to my knee, the other is half as tall. I planted them beside the persimmon tree, so not much sunlight. I hope they will survive the winter. I read that you should cut them down and mulch for winter?? Not sure. Hope they will survive, and I will move them to a sunnier spot in the spring. Take care.
8:35 pm on November 6th, 2010
Hi Nye,
That is great news! Showers are like mini vacation/spa time for me… especially with the botanical soaps.
8:46 pm on November 6th, 2010
Hi PaNoy,
Thanks for the artichoke update. I don’t know about cutting them down and mulching it for winter. I just know they grow very well in coastal California where it’s always chilly and foggy there.
Good luck with your plants.