Comments on: Another Natural Mommy Ponders Her Personal Care Product Choices

By: soap making recipes

soap making recipes — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:46:41 +0000

[...] an. …http://www.motherearthnews.com/Natural-Health/1972-01-01/General-Notes-on-Soapmaking.aspxAnother Natural Mommy Ponders Her Personal Care Product Choices Beth over at NaturalMommy posted on her blog that she??s rethinking some of her makeup and skin [...]

By: Nell Taliercio

Nell Taliercio — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:09:00 +0000

I haven’t gotten far enough into my natural journey for the makeup and skincare yet, although I know one day I will. Right now I wear some light powder, tiny bit of blush and lipstick. If I’m going on a date with hubbs I’ll do more. And then there are many a day where I wear nothing at all. Those are usually my lazy around the house days.

By: carrie

carrie — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:58:23 +0000

Monica I have used honey – just a drop – on my face and it is a wonderful moisturizer, and not sticky at all because I use it on my damp skin. Never heard of putting it on the hair though.

Audrey, thanks for your comments. I think my circles are mostly due to my skin tone and heredity.

By: Audrey M Sheppard

Audrey M Sheppard — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:37:37 +0000

Carrie,

You sound like me with your comment about Wednesday from the Adaams family. Unfortunately my son and daughter are like this, too. People are always asking me if DS has been crying or if he’s sleepy. Ours is from extreme allergies. That is what started us on the path of natural products. I think that since we “went natural,” I have used less products as well. For instance, I always thought I had terrible hair and HAD to have hairspray to keep it in line. When we first started using natural products, I found a natural hairspray, used it and loved it. Then, just recently I decided to try going without, and for a few months, I haven’t used any hairspray! For me, that was huge! Also, for makeup, I only use a little mineral makeup, natural mascara, and natural lip crayon for every day. In fact, some days I don’t wear makeup at all, and if I want to really look special, I will use a little natural blush, eyeshadow & eyeliner, but that is only once in a while.

~Audrey~

By: Monica

Monica — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:39:07 +0000

I’m all in natural beauty products but my #1 discovery was honey as baby and toddler shampoo/wash.

One day I was washing my face with honey as I usually do while my son was taking a bath and I decided it won’t hurt to try on his hair. It worked great and we’ve been using it for abourt 6 months, I think. His scalp gets really clean and honey rinses easily. It won’t irritate his eyes and he even gets to try a bit of it! Everybody is happy!

It won’t work for adult’s hair, I think. Honey alone is not enough to clean my scalp at all.

By: Jana

Jana — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:13:54 +0000

Hi Carrie, thanks for the awesome ideas for at home recipes. I am newly converted to the natural life, just wished I had been exposed to or knocked on the head earlier with it all. Dr. Bronner’s is my newest natural obsession. I use it for body wash, a couple drops in my Aubrey Organics shampoo to amp up the sudsing factor, washing dishes so my hands don’t get all raw……..just love it for everything!
Sounds like everyone loves Bare Minerals, I have been planning on trying it out next time I need to purchase, and will check out the Costco deal, so thanks for the heads up on that!
Just changing my diet and drinking a lot of water has gone a long way towards keeping me looking good without all the products, so that is my biggest tip for cutting back on beauty costs!

By: Tsoniki

Tsoniki — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:54:13 +0000

Yikes, I am very bad in this area! I love Bare Minerals though so maybe I’ll try the mineral site you mentioned. I should just make a list of what I need to replace and do it a few at a time so as to not be overwhelmed!

By: carrie

carrie — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:10:21 +0000

Hi Melanie. I’m sorry I thought the recipe was in the link above.

It’s simple. I just mix equal parts Baking Soda and Sea Salt. Then I add a few drops of peppermint essential oil. Easy!

By: melanie

melanie — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:58:07 +0000

when i was in my 20′s and wearing make-up, i thought i looked horrible without the undereye concealer. i gave it up a long time ago. although i’m sure i don’t look any better, there is no before/after to make it SEEM worse. i am doing a personal lifelong experiment, no face soap except maybe once a week, but no make-up, moisturizer, etc. just water mostly and let my skin take care of itself. i’ll have to wait until i’m 60 to see if it ‘worked’, LOL!

would you be willing to post the toothpowder recipe?

By: NatureMom

NatureMom — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:21:38 +0000

Haha…I think I look like a clown with any kind of lip color. I do like mascara but it has to be a pretty special occasion before I wear any and by then what I had is expired. Its not so much a “natural” decision as it is an “I can’t be bothered” thing.

FYI, at Costco they have a big box of mineral makeup from Bare Minerals I think for $30.

By: carrie

carrie — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:46:00 +0000

Tiffany I am not as au natural as you are. Although I admire women who feel good enough about themselves to go without makeup. I curl my eyelashes, put a touch of makeup on to cover my dark undereye circles, and use lipstick or gloss. On fancy occasions I like eyeshadow and mascara. Without lip color I look dead. And without concealer under my eyes I look like Wednesday from the Addams family.

I actually just scored some really generous sample sizes of mineral makeup at http://www.everydayminerals.com for under $4. Those will probably last me a year.

re deodorants: When my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer, her oncologist told her right away to stop using her antiperspirant.

By: NatureMom

NatureMom — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:38:59 +0000

LOL. You’re asking the wrong gal. Makeup and I parted ways when I was 20ish and the rest of the stuff I was never into, lotions, scrubs, nail polish, hairspray, etc. I am VERY low maintenance… which is why I cut my hair again…I can even be bothered to brush it. My husband on the other hand LOVES all that stuff. Well, maybe not makeup and nail polish but in general he likes all that girly stuff and I don’t. I have a box of Burts Bees stuff and I haven’t touched any of it in about a year. Probably the only thing I would use is the chapstick. I like to be clean though so I stick with soap, toothpaste, and deodorant…that is my beauty routine.

I use natural soap. My kids have goats milk soap. Everyone uses shampoo bars. We use really natural toothpastes too…no SLS, no sugar, etc. My hubby is really against sugar in the toothpaste.

I am adamant about natural deodorants. The conventional ones cause cause cancer..I am sure of it.