Originally Posted by
Zwaplat
May I ask what your reference is of these "essential oils that are known to prevent skin cancer" ? Due to scientific (pharmaceutical) background, I'm always slightly suspicious when I hear/read things like that. ;)
Thanks for the comment, I did not know that a scientist was going to call me on that ;-). Well, not every essential oil prevents cancer, I did not mean to imply that; I apologize if I did. One of the components of the essential oils I used to make my soap induces controlled cell death when small amounts are used to treat mice that have certain types of skin cancer. I would be more than happy to talk more about this with you but probably not in this thread, as it would just not be fair for others that are not interested in the science involved. And yes, there are several recent research articles describing the cell biology and the biochemistry involved.
To stay on topic: that's quite some lather you get from so little soap! Congratz.