The Gentle Trio: Natural Solutions for Sensitive Skin Sufferers

3 Must Haves For Skin With Eczema : Artisan Soap, Moisturizer And Laundry Detergent 

Struggling with eczema can feel like an endless battle of itching, flare-ups, and frustration – especially when the "solutions" involve steroids and chemicals that create more problems than they solve.

Today, CVA Products founder Trang Nguyen reveals her gentle three-part system that transformed her daughter's bleeding, cracked skin into healthy, calm skin in just seven days. This straightforward approach begins in an unexpected place: your laundry room. The commercial detergents most families use unwittingly create a constant source of irritation through clothing and bedding. Trang walks us through her simple, cost-effective alternative using just washing soda and baking soda that removes this hidden trigger from your daily life.

The heart of her system is a carefully crafted soothing balm, infused with herbs through a traditional 12-week process that extracts the healing properties of calendula and chamomile. Unlike conventional moisturizers that require constant reapplication, this unscented balm creates a protective barrier that lasts all day – even in harsh winter conditions. With powerful ingredients like neem oil and cocoa butter, it provides a genuine alternative to steroid treatments for those with severe skin irritation.

Beyond external care, Trang shares crucial insights about identifying personal triggers through careful observation and testing. From food sensitivities to temperature changes, understanding your unique eczema triggers can dramatically reduce flare-ups. Whether you're dealing with your child's sensitive skin or your own adult eczema, this episode offers practical wisdom from someone who's been there. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Welcome to the CVA Products Podcast, where
sensitive skin finally gets thegentle care it's been begging
for.
Hosted by Trang Nguyen, founderof CVA Products in Keller,
texas, a handmade skincare brandborn from love, necessity and a
mission to soothe.
Whether you're a busy mom, awellness-minded family or

(00:26):
someone tired of playingingredient roulette, this
podcast is for you.
From calming goat milk soaps tobalms that tackle everything
from diaper rash to dad's dryelbows, our products are clean,
kind and kid-approved.
Whether it's toddlers, teens oryour own grown-up skin drama,

(00:46):
we've got you covered.

Speaker 2 (00:55):
Eczema doesn't just need treatment.
It needs a routine.
Trang Nguyen shares her topthree essentials for calming
flare-ups and keeping sensitiveskin happy Soap, moisturizer and
detergent that truly care.
Welcome back everyone.
I am Millie M, co-host andproducer, back in the studio
with Trang Nguyen, founder ofCVA Products.
Trang, how are you?
I'm good.
How are you?
I'm awesome.

(01:16):
I am excited about this topic.
My son suffers from eczema, soI'm just overjoyed to hear what
you have to say to help ourpersonal situation.
Let's talk about your go-totrio for eczema care.
What are the three must-havesfor skin with eczema?

Speaker 3 (01:32):
Number one laundry detergents.
Laundry detergents I highly,highly recommend.
If you can stay plain when Isay plain is you can use that
with washing soda and bakingsoda.
It should be fine.
You can add in with distilledvinegar, so you only do one, one
tablespoon of each and you addit into, regardless of you have

(01:56):
like a top load or front load.
You just put it in one fulltablespoon in there, first
before you put in the laundryand then you put in a full load
in there and then you wash it.
Warm water now some people um,you hear some people adding some
like shredded soap, which isfine.
Make sure that you shred itlike like parmesan cheese

(02:16):
shredded like really tiny, andthen you can throw it in there.
That's also good as well.
I don't do that, I just stickwith washing soda and baking
soda.

Speaker 2 (02:26):
Awesome, awesome.
How do you formulatemoisturizers?
Let's talk about moisturizers.
So you said there are threethings.
So the number one is thelaundry detergent.
What's the second thing?

Speaker 3 (02:35):
Second one is it depends my daughter.
She, when she first had eczema,she was using goat milk lotions
.
Okay, it only lasted for a fewmonths and she only used
unscented.
But right now we're usingsoothing balm, which is the one
that I handmade for her and itworks a lot with all our clients

(02:57):
.
It's unscented and we havecocoa butters.
We have coconut oil, chamomileand caladula in there.
Caladula is known for healing,the speed of the process.
I add a little bit neem oil inthere because one of my
customers said neem is help alot with healing anti-bacteria.
I have it in my bar, so but Iadd it in there.

(03:20):
And then I the caladulaula.
I don't add essential oilbecause I want the baby to use
it as well.
So what I did is I using theherbs and I infused them
traditional way.
So I infused caledula withchamomile for about 12 weeks
long, um, you know, just leavethem outside of the sun.

(03:43):
And then, after 12 weeks, Iused the oil, I filtered out and
I used the oil and then makingthe balm and I threw like a
small batches.
Um, so usually I only have 10or 20 of the uh soothing balm
stick like deodorant side.
So my daughter, basically whatshe does is when into a balm.
She just rub it on herself.
It it moisturize, it lasts forthe whole entire day, like

(04:06):
lotion usually, unless youeither a few hours or half a day
you have to reapply.
With the soothing balm,especially in the wintertime,
you don't have to reapply.
It's great for kids as well.

Speaker 2 (04:18):
So you use the natural soap that's one and then
you use the washing soda orbaking soda for your detergent,
and then you use a soothing balmfor moisturizing.

Speaker 3 (04:29):
Yes, those are the three items.
When a person has eczema, theymust, must have.

Speaker 2 (04:35):
I know I had a coworker who suffered from
eczema and he talked about howcow's milk would give him flare
ups.
So sometimes it's your diet aswell, do you agree?

Speaker 3 (04:47):
Yes, dairy, my daughter.
The only way you notice is ifyou have flare up, as you know.
But my, my daughter she haswhen she was young, before I
know we know she have eczema,but we didn't know what
triggered her.
So we she actually went througha serial test and so we know
she's allergic to dairy, evenwith egg and wheat.
And then later, um, you justhave to observe yourself she

(05:11):
alerts you to red dye, so dyecan also trigger eczema.
Beef certain beef that mydaughter eat will trigger eczema
.
Um, coldness, which she's beenhaving the last year or so, when
it was to sit in a classroom orwhen it's super cold outside,

(05:33):
she would have flared up.
So her body needs to be keepwarm all the time.
There's many different things,but the major thing from what I
was told was allergy.
Okay, if you have allergy, youneed to control your allergy,
because allergy can trigger,flat off, a lot of stuff on your
skin.

Speaker 2 (05:53):
That makes sense.
That makes sense.
So how quickly do families seeresults when switching over to
this soap balm detergent routinethat you have created?

Speaker 3 (06:04):
OK, so it varies, not everybody using all three
methods.
I've seen some of my customerswhen they met me at the farm
market.
They showed me what their kidhad.
The only thing I recommend wasusing the balm.
So some of them you would seelike it cracked open, bleeding.
So the balm usually heal up inseven days and then they just

(06:27):
continue using it wherever thatthey flare up.
It's not like a treatment, it'sjust preventing and it helps
moisturizing.
But I do recommend them toswitch.
You know daily life, likelaundry detergent and stuff, if
that's what they really wanted.
Now others, they don't need thebalm, they just need the soap.

(06:48):
So it is varied, but the soapitself usually take.
It's a pro long.
Okay, it's not like you'reusing one or two times one bar
soap and you said it's notworking.
Soap is different.
Balm is like.
If you come at the stage whereyour skin is super like, like
becoming rashes, then it willhelp you.

(07:10):
Instead of using steroid bombis an alternative.
It will help you to get rid ofthe steroids.
It's kind of replacement,temporary, but you don't have to
be on steroids.

Speaker 2 (07:21):
That is great information for families to know
that they have an optionoutside.
And you say that even with thatdry crack skin, that balm is
safe for that cracking.

Speaker 3 (07:33):
Yes, so the balm is unscented.
Most people, like I said, witheczema and severe sensitive skin
, scent, even with essential oil, is still triggering your skin.
So all my balms soothing balmare unscented.
If you have doesn't have a haveeczema.
If you have severe dryness onyour skin not just your body,
your face, I use it myself.

(07:54):
When the wintertime come, Ijust put it on there.
I don't use any dailymoisturizer, I just put it on
one and then let it dry forabout 30 seconds to a minute and
then I put makeup on if youwant to make up on there, and it
keep your face Moisturized forthe whole day without drying,
like you know how we love ourskin to be beautiful.

Speaker 2 (08:13):
Yes, nice and glowing , your skin looks great, so I'm
definitely gonna log on and grabsome for myself, because the
winter months can really be hardon your skin, from head to toe.
So, just quickly.
What tips do you have formaintaining consistency?
I know I'm bad about maybefalling asleep in my makeup or
not always moisturizing everytime I take a shower, so what

(08:36):
tips do you have for maintainingconsistency with eczema care
and skin care across the seasons?

Speaker 3 (08:43):
okay, so this is my daily routine.
I'm really bad, I know I makesoap and I tell people, but I'm
super bad.
I have two or three items thatI have even have been really bad
at it.
So, uh, face, um, I need tohave handmade face soap.
Face soap I usually get the oneeither with goat milk or rice

(09:03):
water.
That's the main thing.
Most soap, um, they don't.
They made with water, which isnot good for my face.
So I always have a bar soap.
I wash my face at night and thenI wash my face again in the
morning.
Okay, for moisturizer, um, Ican use either a sooty balm or
you can get a facial oil with alittle um, you can get the

(09:26):
unscented one or you can get theone with add a little bit of
essential oil or lavender,something like that.
But the facial oil I'm talkingabout is the primary oil
ingredient in there.
It has to have rose hip.
Rose hip is super good for yourface.
If you can use that replacementon your skincare, just apply
that one to three drop on yourface in the morning.

(09:48):
It is is help, a lot is help tokeep your skin moisturized.
Sugar scrub if you can use sugarscrub at least once a week.
That's super good as well.
Sugar scrub just wash your faceum at night.
Just do at least once a week.
And then, when you put it onthere, just leave it for about.

(10:08):
I usually leave it for 30minutes.
The reason I leave the sugarscrub on my face is I want all
the sugar and the oil and thebutter absorbed to my face and
after you rinse it off with warmwater, your face is super soft,
like a baby's skin yes, Like ifyou wash at night, you wake up
in the morning.
It's still super soft.

Speaker 2 (10:30):
I love that these are all natural ingredients and you
don't have to spend $300 on askincare routine in order to
have amazing skin.
Thank you, that was incrediblyhelpful.
Thank you for sharing yourwisdom and your heart.
We'll catch you on the nexttime on CVA Products Podcast.

Speaker 1 (10:48):
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