2006 HEALTHIER PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS IDEAS
From
various “canaries”. Also note Carol
Wheeler-Liston suggestion to contact:
Hamsa O’Doherty, 109 W.
Main St., Strasburg, PA 17579, 717-687-3617, aslfriends@mymailtation.com
. (Hamsa was the evening sign
interpreter at one FGC)
Especially: Alternative deodorant, soap, shampoo, cream rinse, shaving cream, Afro-American hair care products, insect repellant, etc. Hopefully some would be available in regular stores like Wall Mart, Kroger, A&P, Eckerd's, Family Dollar as well as health food stores.
From Amy T:
Aubrey (shampoo, conditioner,
skincare, makeup, and deodorant
Weleda
Dr. Haushka
Avalon ? (however they are embroiled in a debate over their claim of 70%
organic ingredients being simply floral water, and the criticism that they are
using many of the same synthetic ingredients as conventional companies).
Burt's Bees shampoo bar and makeup
Logona and Paul Penders
makeup
Green Ban bug repellant (don't use
Naturapel)
Badger insect repellant balm.
From Peggy M:
WalMart sells a line of fragrance
free products for hunters.
SOAPS
Dr. Bronner's unscented soap can
be used as shampoo and soap and a hand-wash for clothing
Neutrogena, Original Unscented
Kiss My Face Olive Oil Soap (the
original - some of the varieties have scents)
Baking soda. can be patted under
the arms for deodorant, used to wash hair, used as a clothing wash.
SHAMPOOS
Dr Bronner's Soap (unscented)
Lagona Free
Pure Essentials Fragrance Free
Shampoo
Thom's Unscented Shampoo
Magick Botanicals Fragrance Free
Shampoo
LOTIONS/MOISTURIZERS
Eucerin (fragrance-free,
hypoallergenic)
Nature's Gate Herbal
Fragrance-Free Moisturizing Lotion
Alba Botanicals Fragrance Free
Lotion
Olive Oil, or any vegetable oil
DEODORANTS
Alvera
Pure & Basic Green Tea
Unscented Deodorant Stick
baking soda
LAUNDRY DETERGENTS
Borax
Vinegar & baking soda (an
excellent deodorizer as well)
Arm & Hammer Super Washing
Soda
Allen's Naturally
Seventh Generation Free & Clear
(without dyes and fragrances - NOT the regular Seventh Generation)
HAIR PRODUCTS
Plain gelatin makes a styling gel.
Dissolve one teaspoon in a cup of warm
water. Make sure to keep
refrigerated.
You can also use Autumn Harp's
Un-Petroleum Jelly.
Naturade AloeVera 80 Fragrance
Free Styling
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Date Tue, 15 Jul 2003 6:23 AM
To "Toxics Information Project (TIP)"
<liberty@toxicsinfo.org>
Subject Re: Assistance With List of Healthier Personal Care Products
Hi Lib,
Here are some options:
Liquid Soaps: These are concentrated soaps and depending
on how much it is diluted can serve as a gentle baby/face soap, body soap,
shampoo, kitchen/dish soap, general cleaner and even as an insecticide at full
strength, i.e, has many purposes and cost efficient.
These are all castile type soaps
some with essential oils so the sensitive person may have one preference over
another.
1) Dr.
Bronner's Castile Soap..includes various types (available at most health food
stores and on-line at many vitamin sources
2)
Desert Essences: Castile Liquid Soap
3) Mega
Nutrition: Super concentrated
unscented, natural face and body soap (castile type soap)-- can be purchased
from Abundant Earth
(www.abundantearth.com or 1-888-51-EARTH)
Abundant Earth also has a good variety of other unscented
products including a great Hand and Body Lotion, shampoos and conditioners. all
safe from the harmful chemicals that are in most everything you see even at the
health food stores.
Although Aubrey Organics is a great company too and has lots of
products that are safe from harmful ingredients many of them have strong scents
(although all essential oils and not petrochemicals) but some I have a hard
time handling and cannot use but others are just fine.
Giovanni and Australian Organics
are two other companies that are fairly good about getting the dangerous
chemicals out of hair products...but they all have some kind of natural scents
(essential oils, herbs etc) so a sensitive person needs to determine which ones
may be tolerable. The former you can get at many health stores, the latter I
got through a search (www.australianorganics.net )
Repellants: One I like is called Zero Bite (listed as
natural safe effective, giving 4 hours of protection, field and lab tested safe
plant extracts for adults and kids...protect against ticks, black flies,
mosquitoes etc.) by Raincoast Natural Products 1-800-206-4950. I got it through www.vitaminshoppe.com if I
am remembering correctly, but I have seen it at health food stores.
Aubrey Organics also has one called GonE! but I found the Zero Bite to work better.
NOTE: ANY natural safe repellant
works via strong essential oils to repel...thus all of them have a detectable
odor..that 's how they repel. So here
is where the sensitive person must act prudently by checking it out
first..(this does not mean put nose up to the bottle and smell!..instead spray
a bit into the open air and use hand to gently have the odor come to the nose)
....if used spray on clothes outside at destination (not in car or indoors) and
carefully not breathing it in when spraying..etc. when returning home remove
all sprayed clothing and wash any exposed skin areas etc... I will also note
that the sensitive person needs to "make up their mind ahead of time"
how much they are willing to tolerate..I say this because while there are
specific odors that will always trigger a response...a component of that
response IS conditioned and conditionable (this is why people/medical field say
this is all in our heads!) and while the physiological responses that occur are
real and can be debilitating ..there will always be a part of this response
that we can work on and find ways to "counter-condition"...within
limits of course.
Hope this is helpful,, Lynn
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From: JANE S:
These are the companies to try Welleda, Kiss My Face,
Nature’s Gate, and Tom’s of Maine . ********************************************************************************************************************