Is the best time to apply the mask after a hot shower ?
French Green Clay
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French Green Clay is great stuff, but it's not the strongest clay out there in terms of suction. IMO it's more a balancing clay. It's better in terms of maintenance, still very good stuff.
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Well I used the French Green Clay this morning. It feels good but not UNUSUAL. NO REDNESS. I mixed it with Thayers medicated. Rinsed it off in the shower applied Thayers and then my bootleg mix (100% Shea Butter, 99% Aloe Vera, 2 drops Tea Tree Green Oil). Feels OK.
Anybody have input on the French Green Clay mixture ? Is mixing with Thayers OK ?
Anybody have input on the French Green Clay mixture ? Is mixing with Thayers OK ?
What's the strongest clay out there in terms of suction? I thought French Green Clay was it... there's something MORE intense than that?
What brands of green clay do you recommand? Also if there is something stronger what is it?
Fuller's Earth is supposed to have the most suction.
I'd say you could apply it nearly any time, but NOT before a shave. I made the mistake of this and ended up with a very rough shave due to my face being too dry.
As far as what you can mix with it, I think just about anything would do. I sometimes use water and still get great results. I believe that Joel mentioned the best is apple cider vinegar, hopefully someone will chime in and verify that.
QED sells the French Green Clay: http://www.qedusa.com
Look under "Other fabulous toiletries..." on the left hand side menu. There are a few other online purveyors as well, I think that Mountain Rose Herbs sells it as well as other cosmetic clays.
What ive found at wholefoods is WAY to expensive compared to charles at QED.
CHarles offers 1lb for basically 9 bucks.
Go with Charles, I'm sure you'll find some other things you can't resist having on the same page. Might as well get it all at one place 
I use it in the evening after gently washing my face. That's in between two morning shaves, so my face has time to recover. I feel the QED French green clay is marvelous. It feels like my face is in a vice and it is wonderfully cleansing. Leaves my face feeling great. I mix it with a variety of things, and yes, Thayer's is one of them. Seems to work fine.
mothernature.com sells a good green clay. Aztec or something brand. I like it. Mixing with water, water and rose hydrosol or water and diluted rose EO have all worked well for me. Apple cider vinegar I think is the classic mix with water, but I haven't found any and don't know why it's the classic mix.
Someone on here was raving about mixing the french green clay with Charles's Da Vinci Water.
A few of us do that. I also use peppermint hydrosol and the Lemon Verbena Hydrosol. I use green clay every day now, makes my face feel buttery soft. I need to try some of the Fullers Earth clay. I want a deep deep cleaning, oily skin here and I work next to a concrete plant, very clean conditions.
That's what I use. I think Charles recommends the Da Vinci water along with the French Green clay.
There are many types of clay, and unlimited ways to mix them depending on your skin type and needs. Here are a few hopefully useful websites:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Facial-an...ted-to-know-about-Facial-Clay-Masks&id=161227
http://www.essential-oil-recipes.com/facial-clay-mask.html
http://www.glenbrookfarm.com/clayfacials.html
You should always use a toner after you rinse the mask off to remove all traces of clay.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Facial-an...ted-to-know-about-Facial-Clay-Masks&id=161227
http://www.essential-oil-recipes.com/facial-clay-mask.html
http://www.glenbrookfarm.com/clayfacials.html
You should always use a toner after you rinse the mask off to remove all traces of clay.
Someone posted a hilarious pictorial thread about it a while back, but I can't for the life of me remember who it was.
Something about a guy in a fuzzy robe with a towel wrapped around his head is just plain funny.
Are you referring to our very own MTSSB?
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