Years ago I reacted to almost every commercial skin cream so began to use vegetable/nut oils for all my skin care. In order of preference I'd rate them like this: Argan oil - extremely beneficial and within a few minutes it absorbs and doesn't feel oily Coconut oil - love how my skin feels and smells and it's great for removing makeup Tamanu oil - it's a fantastic skin oil but rated lower only because of it's intense nut-like scent. I mix a drop of it with coconut oil Apricot kernel oil - very good Peach kernel oil - very good Olive oil - works well but I find it has an oilier feel and I have to wipe it off with a warm damp washcloth I use only organic, cold-pressed, virgin oils and add pure essential oils known to be good for skin care, such as Rose Absolute, Lavender, Frankincense, Geranium, and others. For damaged or aging skin an excellent essential oil is Wild Carrot Seed but I prefer Rose Absolute as it has a more pleasant scent. Please don't use fragrance oils and expect results. They are toxic substances. I use these oils twice a day after my shower and notice the difference in how my skin looks if I miss even once. My skin is very sensitive but I clean it by washing with soap (not detergents) and moisturizing with oils. The only thing these products don't have are the fancy containers and high prices of most skin care products!

Don't give up.I wish you could see my brother.He is65 years old and has the skin of a lady.Sometimes what works for one might take longer for another.Over the years they some times take out the main ingredients that works.Midol use to work but they have changed that too.Do you remember Wilkinson razor blades?they worked forever and they took them off the market.Finish the jar and say a prayer.I still think it will work.

Some detergents to try. Soap nuts bio Kleen perfume and dye free Charlie's soap Country save Just to let you know, many who have problems with charlie's in cloth diapering do not follow instructions, or can not due to diaper manufacturer instructions. In fact, the whole problem realy started when charlie's was in colaberation with a diaper manufacturer to develope a detergent. The detergent failed. Few years later, Charlie's came out with Charlie's soap. Charlie's soap began to develope a good reputation. Ex-business associate became quite pissed at this and all of a sudden there were reports of burns on babies butts from charlie's. Not only does this diaper manufacturer tell people they can not use bleach, but they can not use a sanitize cycle on the diapers either as it will damage the diaper. Of course kids are gonna get rashes if you have no way to disenfect the diapers. That's common sense. In fact, the detergent she does recommend has a high concentration of borax in it which can help, but many babies are sensitive to borax, but you won't hear her mention that. I did a lot of reserach on this particular dilema. I found out several things. Many mom's admitted they did not follow Charlie's instructions. Some admitted they did not contact the company when there was a problem. Some refused to or could not use bleach to disinfect, nor did they mantion any form of sanitizing at all. (Ya know even the sunshine can help with that.) Some reported that the only place there was a rash was on the butt where it got wet, but still felt no error on their part even though the child had a rash no where else. Many never took the child to the doctor to find out if it could have possibly been a food allergy expressed in the urine. Some refused to wash the rest of their laundry in the same thing there in by depositting other harsher deposits onto the baby's clothing. Also, unless a detergent specifically says it disenfects, it doesn't. You can wash and wash until the cows come home and may still never completely remove bacterium. Bacterium found in waste matter whether it is fecal or urine is particularly nasty. Would you use a wash cloth on your face that someone had wiped their poopy butt on if it had not been disinfected? I wouldn't. That's gross. But it's ok to make a kid sit in a cloth diaper that has not been sanitized in anyway? Something is not jiving here. Not to mention an independent lab tested charlie's on their own and found no residue left behind. If there's no residue then it can't be the detergent causing the rash. Something else has to be causing it. Common sense folks. Use what you feel comfortable with by all means. I just hate to see a product bashed because of a witch hunt started by some pissed ex-business associate from years ago. Even to this day she has refused to have testing done to support her claims. Makes ya wonder doesn't it.

Hi Chipshot- After I posted I went and checked my supply of Charlie's liquid and found that I needed some more. I called them and a very helpful gentleman steered me to the powder rather than the liquid. I'm going to give it a whirl. I also bought 3 bottles of the stain remover for my mother, daughter and myself. The Charlie's guy told me to buy some STPP or real TSP from the paint store and put 2-4 TBLSP in with a load of towels for 3-4 washes. He said that the "crunchies" would wash out and from then on I could use vinegar. He thinks that the water out here is harder than usual. The Miele installer ( from my dw) doesn't think so, but I'm willing to give it a whirl. Vinegar alone did nothing. I tried that for over a month with no results. I think you may have something there that DD is using too much detergent. She bought some soap from Melaleuca-- I think it's an Amway type of company. She was supposed to have 80 loads or something and the bottle was almost empty when I saw it. I can't imagine, even with 2 little ones that she did that many loads. I'll try and tell her gently... BTW when she used that detergent the kids clothes didn't smell!