Activated Tooth Powder

Tooth care is another area in your personal care regimen where you could be exposed to potentially harmful chemicals. These include fluoride, triclosan, parabens, sodium lauryl sulfate (sls), as well as artificial colours, sweeteners and flavourings. You might tell yourself that you do not necessarily swallow your toothpaste, but it …

Tallow Face & Body Cream

Commercial beauty products can often be expensive, usually over-promising and under-delivering, and contain a lot of chemicals and toxins (parabens, petroleum, SLS, acrylamide, etc.) that are potential endocrine disruptors and carcinogens, and are absorbed by your skin into your body. I struggled with skin breakouts most of my teenage and …

ACV & Honey Skin Toner

Skin toner is a lovely addition to any beauty routine, as it helps to restore the pH balance, shrink and tighten pores and hydrate and nourish the skin. Commercial toners often contain alcohol which dries the skin, and synthetic fragrances (which contain phthalates), preservatives and parabens that get absorbed by …

Dry Shampoo

I’ll be honest, dry shampoo-ing was a new concept to me until recently. I remember in boarding school one of my roommates used to put baby powder on her hair on the dirty-hair-no-wash days, but it was only until recently that I became aware of the fact that there are …