What's in your daily beauty essentials kit? If you're like the average consumer, the answer unfortunately is - lots of chemicals and endocrine disruptors 😕 not to fear, there are plenty of high quality natural beauty products on the market due to demand, thankfully. Soaps, deodorants, face wash, moisturizer, oils and shampoos can have really scary chemicals in them that are not meant to be in the human body. Our skin is our largest organ and we absorb a tremendous amount through the skin, more than we may realize. So, it is super important to use products without harsh chemicals such as parabens, heavy metals, synthetic fragrances & colors, GMOs, BHA, BHT, phthalates, formaldehyde, PEG compounds, petroleum, siloxanes, sodium laurel sulfate & triclosan to name a few.
The absolute best way to go is making your own beauty products at home, but if you're like most people, you may find it hard to make time to do so. In that case, I'm sharing here a few of my favorites (pictured above):
AFRICAN BLACK SOAP - Shea butter all-in-one soap great as body wash & shampoo.
DEAD SEA MINERAL MUD - Aspen Key Naturals makes a great soap bar which I love to use for face wash. Lunaroma coffee Dead Sea mud is a fabulous face mask for pulling toxins from the skin.
WITCH HAZEL - Thayer's organic witch hazel with aloe is a great toner.
TINTED MOISTURIZER - Physicians Formula Organic wear
VITAMIN E OIL - Jason skin oil is fresh, calming and nourishing for the skin. I use it on my face everyday.
DEODORANT - Tom's of Maine aluminum free. Avoid "antiperspirants" as they contain aluminum typically which is why they block sweat by blocking sweat glass and swell around the hair follicles. Natural deodorant works just fine. Who wants aluminum near their mammary glands? Not this girl! I also have a recipe to make homemade deodorant and it's really easy. You can find more about making homemade deodorant on my previous blog post.
The absolute best way to go is making your own beauty products at home, but if you're like most people, you may find it hard to make time to do so. In that case, I'm sharing here a few of my favorites (pictured above):
AFRICAN BLACK SOAP - Shea butter all-in-one soap great as body wash & shampoo.
DEAD SEA MINERAL MUD - Aspen Key Naturals makes a great soap bar which I love to use for face wash. Lunaroma coffee Dead Sea mud is a fabulous face mask for pulling toxins from the skin.
WITCH HAZEL - Thayer's organic witch hazel with aloe is a great toner.
TINTED MOISTURIZER - Physicians Formula Organic wear
VITAMIN E OIL - Jason skin oil is fresh, calming and nourishing for the skin. I use it on my face everyday.
DEODORANT - Tom's of Maine aluminum free. Avoid "antiperspirants" as they contain aluminum typically which is why they block sweat by blocking sweat glass and swell around the hair follicles. Natural deodorant works just fine. Who wants aluminum near their mammary glands? Not this girl! I also have a recipe to make homemade deodorant and it's really easy. You can find more about making homemade deodorant on my previous blog post.
I would say that our mouth is pretty important, wouldn't you? Most of the toothpastes on the market today are loaded with fillers, chemicals and sometimes even gluten (I have no idea how this happens). However, there are many great natural and organic toothpastes available. Again, one can make their own toothpaste at home, but if you are in the market to pick up a new toothpaste, I can highly recommend this one made by Himalaya Botanique - Neem & Pomegranate. This toothpaste is Fluoride FREE, Saccharin FREE, Sodium Laurel Sulfate (SLS) FREE - the ingredients are specially formulated to bring you a positive teeth brushing experience :)
Lots of people these days use dishwashers in the West. However, there are still plenty of us that hand wash our dishes and for that, my suggestion is to find a natural, chemical-free dish detergent that will clean your dishes while also allowing you to be a responsible inhabitant of the planet by not putting a bunch of junk down the drain and into the water ways. I really like this Green Tea & Lime dish soap made by PURACY which is all natural, non-toxic and PLANT-based. I often hear people say that "natural" soaps won't cut grease well enough. Well, I beg to differ. The soap can be used on several different surfaces, not just dishes and contains NO Triclosan, paragons, phosphates, SLS, SLES, MEA, DEA, TEA, petrochemicals, animal by-products, dyes or caustics - So, it doesn't dry out your skin like some dish detergents do. It is also nice that it is made in Austin, Texas by an earth and community conscious company. For every sale, PURACY donates all natural products to local families and kids that are less fortunate.
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