HERB - soaps

Gaylin Walli gwalli at infoengine.com
Fri Jun 4 11:12:02 PDT 1999


Rhiannon wrote:

>I am looking for a recipe for Lavender soap that will help acne. I am not
>sure if I should use animal fat/tallow  or vegetable oil. I do know I
>need to use the flowers and lavender oil. What about an astringent in it?

Have you considered any kind of soapless facial cleanser? And actually,
there are a number of period recipes (late period, 1500s-ish) for
cleaning the skin. I'd be happy to dig those out as well sometime next
week if you'd like. For now, I can dig out the soap recipes.

Jasmine
Iasmin de Cordoba
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