French green clay prelaser?

[bear101]

http://www.newdirectionsaromatics.ca/fr ... p-631.html Is this suitable before showering and lasering? Thanks

[jdp710]

There are two different kinds of French green clay. You have montmorillonite which is what you're looking for in our application and you have Illite. Unfortunately that website doesn't list which one it is but they usually are montmorillonite.

Also, IME, Illite doesn't work very well at removing sebum.

Calcium bentonite clay is also good based on some people's experiences like hapyman and Justme123. Scalpure uses that one.

Here is a good site with info and the differences between them http://www.aboutclay.com/clay_info.htm

[bear101]

Thanks jdp...I didn't know that there was two different types..good thing I asked. I actually just checked the MSDS on the website and its lists all the components of the clay: Kaolinite, Illite, Montmorillonite, Calcite, Gysum, Quartz.


So it has both Illite and Montmorillonite. Do you think it will effective with both of these?

BTW I'm contacting the company for more info.

[jdp710]

Hi bear101,

I just spent a little time online trying to figure why that clay has so both those types. In short, I have no idea. I know it's tradiationally used that it's one type of clay or another but not sure why it's listed as having Illite and montmorillonite. The Illite I've heard it mention that it's good for healing for uses such as acne while the montmorillonite is good for absorbing impurities. IME, I bought one labeled french green "Illite" and it didn't do much and didn't remove much sebum from my scalp. The montmorillonite that I have does an extremely good job but right now, the place that I ordered from is out of stock on the small 1 pound container.

Here is a quote

"Montmorillonite: French green healing clay ( also a smectite ) closely related to bentonite.

Illite: Non-swelling green healing clay ( mica ) known to have potent healing properties."

http://www.eytonsearth.org/

And again, if you have a problem with french green montmorillonite you can always choose the more readily available calcium bentonite clay.