The Effect of Clindamycin as an Effective Ingredient in Making Facial Soap

 Researcher: Aisa D. Lamdag

Research Adviser: Mrs. Ma. Regaele A. Olarte

ABSTRACT

Soap is something that should be in every personal emergency kit, but it’s one item that is often overlooked, one reason why the researcher chose this topic.  Nowadays, keeping things clean might be a lower priority for you during emergency but it’s something you really need to think about.  Soaps would not just clean your skin thus it would also make you feel comfortable.

The researcher made a simple and cheap homemade facial soap through the melt and pour soap process.  She used a microwave oven to melt the soap scraps.  The concentration of Clindamycin was then added to the liquid soap, stirred and poured to the soap molder, the same procedures were repeated for the different concentrations. The products were tested in terms of its pH level in washing the face and its hardness. 

As a result of completing the procedures, the researcher observed that the lowest concentration of Clindamycin has the hardest among the soaps produced.  It is also the lowest concentration that has a pH level which is good for the skin since a good facial soap ranges the pH level of 7.4-8.6 pH.

After the experiment and the laboratory testing, the researcher recommends to those who would do the same experiment to further investigate the physical and chemical properties of the soap.