I spent years changing from chemically laden products. The search began with sunblock. It escalated due to a brief use of progesterone cream which taught me that things rubbed into your skin could change your whole life. I was calmer as a result among other things. So I went further. If progesterone cream could change me for the good how was everything I used changing me? This was long before I heard the words, “You have cancer.”
At the time, about 6 or 7 years ago there was very little information about what chemicals to avoid–basically all of them–and what they did but there was this website starting up called
environmental working group This website has tons of information about BPA and GMO and a terrific list of sunblocks that they do every year. Also there is a section to see just what is in your cosmetics and what it could do to you.
It is daunting when you start but I have done the work for you! Or at least some of it.
I loved makeup. I loved doing my own for the plays I was in. I loved experimenting. I loved many makeup companies beautiful packaging.
One reviewer who is trusted by me and is also a cancer survivor is GlamOrganic Goddess— She is fantastic in her coverage and also loved many of the same lines that I did so she is picky about performance.
My list will be in the posts on this page–
Deodorant–So Antiperspirant gets a really bad rap. But then so do the natural and organic ones..people say they don’t work and I thought they didn’t either until I learned a secret. First off if I am going to speak to a large group of people I may start wearing one of “those” antiperspirants again. So far I haven’t but I also sweat. I don’t care if I sweat when I work out or tap dance but I do if I am addressing a group of people.
In my daily life I use Weleda Wild Rose Deodorant –It comes in other smells and none are overbearing. I don’t smell but I do get damp—
The secret to switching is to wear nothing for 7 days and clean your pits(yes we are talking about them) with –I used this–EO hand sanitizer from Whole foods– which comes in lavender as shown hear but also in orange and peppermint. Honestly I use the stuff all the time for washing my hands. I keep a bottle in my purse and in our cars. If I feel like I need it I still spray my pits from time to time.
The truth is once you spend a week doing this–you won’t smell anymore. It is bacteria that causes the smell so if you kill the bacteria with alcohol the smell goes away.
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