update: My mom wanted to recon something else on Sunday, but we did the math and there's no way she needs to; she showed me the cartridge and she's got like ten weeks left on that one. She looked disappointed, and I realized she's at that stage in "all this" where it's fun and exciting for it to be time to recon something, which is how you end up making a hobby out of pinning Chinese mystery powder, and no thank you, my mom is not gonna do that on my watch. So I sent her some supplies to make a really nice oil-based cleanser, since she's used to learning how to formulate something on a video chat, and we'll do it next weekend.
Here's the recipe, in case you'd like to make it. I haven't used soap on my face in months; there's no need to.
80g some light non-comedogenic oil (I favor a mix of jojoba, rosehip, and kukui nut, though I've also used a mix of argan, moringa, and macadamia)
9g btms-25
10g emulsifying wax NF
1g jeequat ndcs (optional, ok to sub in another 1g of btms-25 if you don't have any and it's hard to get some. I get mine from a soap supplier in Canada.)
A few drops of frankincense, ho wood, lavender, or something else you like. If you're using essential oils, make sure you know their properties and don't just go with whatever smells best, you don't want to be putting lemon oil or cinnamon oil on your face. But those four are fine. So's patchouli, rose, geranium etc, just Google it first if you don't know what it does.
Put the emulsifiers into a 4 oz jelly jar. Add 80g of the oil. Microwave in 20 second bursts, stirring, until it's all melted. Add a few drops of the fragrance or essential oil. Stir for one minute. Let sit until solid, ok to refrigerate to speed the solidiciation, but no need to keep it in the fridge; it's got no water in it so it won't go bad.
Before you get in the shower, massage a generous amount onto your face. Hop in the shower, and give your face a splash of water, then rub until it turns to a milky lotion. Rinse it off and wipe with a washcloth. You can use another cleanser to remove all traces if you want, but I don't. It rinses fairly clean, and I'm just going to put more lotion on my face anyway when I get out. It gets you clean because the oil in the cleanser dissolves the oils on your face, and the emulsifier lets it mix with water to rinse off. It's really gentle.