cleansers and shampoos (Q for Lu)

[Guest guest]

Very interesting, Lu. Do you wear makeup? I buy Burt's Bees products.

 

In a message dated 4/5/2005 5:29:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

Dahzhid writes:

 

Hi everyone,

 

Sorry i have been out of the loop a while but sometime I tend to go

live with my own paper flowers.

 

I just wanted to share a bit of my experience with natural house

cleaning and personal hygiene. About 3 months ago I started uses all

natural products and no store bought cleaning (for house or self )

products. I have 6 things I use; baking soda, vinager, olive oil,

salt, honey, soap wort.

 

Personal hygiene:

I make my shampoo by boiling 1 liter of water 1dl of soap wort and 3

tablespoons of honey (for conditioning and thicking) I also add

rosemary for smell and I have dark hair plus I am growing it long.

For extra conditioning once a week I massage my head and hair with

oilve oil before bed and leave it on all night then wash it out. I

also use this as a body wash. I make a small amount (about a week

supply) because it does go bad quickly. If my skin is getting a bit

dry I use Olive oil instead of lotion. and for deodorant I mix a tiny

bit of olive oil and baking soda in my palm and rub in places that

need deodorizing. (if you choose to test this I give this warning:

just like with the rf way of eating it takes the hair abit to get used

to this and it might be a bit icky for a bit until you are used to

it,air is shinier bouncier and I have no split ends on hair that

hasn't been cut in a year but now my h Also there are different herbs

and oils for different types of hair if you want this information just

ask and I will send a list )

To wash my face I use baking soda (you may think thisharsh but you

don't need to scrub just gently wipe it over your face then wipe of

with a warm cloth and rinse with cold water ) . and to moisterize I

use oilive oil. I don't wear makeup but I add a little extra olive oil

to my eyelashes to make them seem longer and shinier.

And i use straight baking soda to brush my teeth

House cleaning:

I make a big bucket of water and add vinager to the mixture and clean

everything with this. For hard jobs like soap scum and and stains I

use a little baking soda.

For washing my clothes i use 2 tablespoons of salt in the first wash

cycle (soak?) nothing in the wash cycle and 1\2 cup vinager with a

couple of drops essential oil (ylang ylang or lavander) in the rinse

cycle.

 

Caring for the Earth is my passion and is the foundation for my

spirituality. It has taken my years to get my cleaning down to these

basics. But I see no reason to spend money on special ecological

products when these 6 products are all needed. Nor do I see any reason

to spend hours making products for personal hygiene.

 

Love and kisses,

Lu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Vegwriter,

 

no I don't wear make up. I have this natural coloring that looks like

I do and when I actually wear it I look really scary. Plus I figure

that i look better with out it. I will admitt to using a lipgloss now

and then but it wears off and I forget to re- apply...lol

I only wash with the baking soda once a day before bed and rinse my

face with cool water when i get up.

 

Love and kisses,

Lu