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Early in my pregnancy, I read about how OB-GYNs and pediatricians here in the US now recommend dramatically changing beauty routines in pregnancy/nursing. It made me glad for my chemical sensitivities, which took my already minimal approach to products and reduced it further. It marked my really going, hey, there is a benefit to all this. So now I use a couple of minimally ingrediented products and am on the lookout for even better alternatives. I might end up making my own!
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Hey, that sounds so interesting!
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Agree – I stopped with hair dye when I felt it was making me feel unwell & have learnt to appreciate that on most days my hair looks quite ok without it. Some ‘face creams’ have the most ridiculous no of chemicals in them. Like our diets increasingly full of processed ingredients, we could really do with cutting this stuff out of our lives.
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Very true!!!
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I’m so glad I’ve left all manufactured products! It’s only been a few months, but at least, my body is now free of all those toxics. Besides, I’ve learned how to make my own beauty products and it feels very rewarding to do so toxic-free, package-free and plastic-free. Nothing is wasted.
Now, I’ve never been a fan of make-up and have stopped putting anything else but moisturizing oil on my face, and I feel much bettre, really!
What if we just threw away “beauty standards” that society imposes on us, which usually make us feel not so pretty, and just show ourselves as we are, beautiful anyway?!? 😀
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So many strong points in your comment! From getting rid of TOXINS and also PACKAGE and PLASTIC. And we should get rid of the beauty standards too…
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It seems that we all should be having “hormone disruptions”. The greatest chemical offender is perfume. It reminds me of a line from the 60’s musical Hair….”We stop, look, at one another short of breath, walking proudly in our winter coats, wearing smell from laboratories, facing a dying nation.” (Flesh Failures).
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I admit that perfume is probably the one thing I use the most (well, still only when going out or having people over). Every time I apply it though I wonder why. Why do we need we have to cover up our own scent? And in doing so make it actually smell worse because there’s more toxins in our body… Humans are crazy…
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I always liked fragrance that had a patchouli base…so I finally started using the oil…duh…took me a few decades to figure that out ??
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Ha! The older the wiser 🙂
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Scary as hell!
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Yup
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True!
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Scary
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Definitely!
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I’m so glad I don’t have hair to shampoo or spray. So I’m safe from that stuff. As a male, I stay away from all that other stuff… no makeups, lipsticks, or perfume. Guess I could live forever! 🙂 Interesting to see the number of chemicals in everything, though. Sure does make ya wonder…
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So many unnecessary stuff some put on their body… And for what???
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Overkill most of the time.
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Totally…
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Because I’m not now going to check all my stuff, no way…oh man. I gotta check it. Thanks for the info. I have been tampering with making a lot of my own “beauty” items. I guess I better keep tampering.
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Keep it up! And I really love to hear about it.
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Very scary,
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I’ve eliminated or never even used many of them and still…
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Terrifying isn’t it?
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Indeed…
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And to think that this is the standard that made women ‘beautiful’ whilst I was growing up. Hopefully the future generations will be more educated and take better care of their bodies!
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Oh yes!
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