Organic Procucts
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This was requested that I repost here. Enjoy! After changing out all of my beauty products to organic, I thought I'd reccommend my favorite products that are also paraben, laureth/laurel sulfate free, biodegradable and work really well. I wanted to provide an opinion from a consumer because I had a hard time finding information that wasn't from a retailer. I rated each product up to 5 stars. Places to find these products: Whole Foods, Sprouts, drugstore.com, Target, CVS and Vitamin City in Long Beach, CA. Apothena.com gives free samples and sells small portions so you can try different colors. They ship quickly at a reasonable price for internet shopping. Skin care and lotions: ***** Avalon Organics Vitamin C renewal face cream This is great for moisturizing dry skin but doesn't leave a residue. It smells like orange candy. Cost $15-20 at any health food store ***** Avalon Organics Vitamin C hydrating cleansing milk This works for both my husband's oily-sensitive skin and my dry-sensitive skin. I never wanted to try a milk cleanser before this but I took a chance and I will never use anything else. Even senitive skin cleansers made my face sting but not this stuff! Cost $16 at any health food store. **** Jason-Red clay mask It's a basic detoxifying mask that leaves the skin soft. Try putting it on before a long shower. Steam it on your face and rinse at the end of the shower. Use a facial scrub pad when rinsing it off for deep cleansing. Be careful not to get it into your eyes! Cost $16 CVS ***** Neutrogena's pore-refining toner. This in not an organic brand but it doesn't contain any bad chemicals. It does contain glycolic acid which is used in facial peels. It tightens the skin and pores. It smells lightly floral. It also costs less per oz. than most of the organic brands but does more for the face than most. I also put it into a spray bottle to get a perfect amount onto a cotton pad and on a rag to clean my make-up brushes everyday. Cost $7 at Target, $8+ drug stores ***** Kiss My Face Aromatherapeutic lotion This lotion is fragrant with claims of antioxidant power. The thickness is medium--good for the body but not for the hands throughout the day. Try the honeysuckle tangerine and tea tree scents. Cost $8 on sale at Whole Foods, $7 Vitamin City, $9 Sprouts ***** Dessert Essence body creams These are great for your hands and any kind of dry skin. I highly reccommend the Vanilla Chai and Pumpkin Spice. Use it after washing your hands and before bed. Cost $8 at any health food store ***** Nature's Gate body lotion on scent *** on moisturizing This smells great on the skin thoughout the day but it's not very moisturizing. Cost $8 Sprouts, Whole Foods ****Trader Joe's extra dry skin moisturizing body cream When I was diagnosed with eczema I was told I had a choice to increase my risk of Osteoperosis with steroid creams or find a good lotion. This was the lotion I found. The smell is so fresh, my husband will appear out of nowhere to smell me. It's inexpensive and can be used on the ends of your long or short hair as an anti-frizz lotion. It's great on curly or wavy hair. The only thing is that there are parabens in it. Try the Dessert Essence if you want to skip the parabens. Cost $4 Trader Joe's ***** Alba lip balm Kiss My Face has a similar lip gloss but isn't nearly as moisturizing. This is comparable to Burt's lip gloss but with a better flavor ans scent. I believe that a good lip balm hold moisture in. If you lick your lips, blot them dry and then apply this lip balm, you're good for half the day. Try the passion fruit or pineapple. They smell like the real thing so guys can use it too. Cost $3 at any health food store or CVS counters ***** Alba green tea sublock spf 30 This stuff smells fresh and leaves the skin soft all day. It applies easily and doesn't leave any residues. This works even on oily or freshly shaved skin. Cost $7 at Sprouts Make-up: **** Earth's Beauty foundation powder w/ SPF 15 Use it as base under other foundation powder if your skin is dry or sensitive. Doesn't give maximum coverage like most foundation powders but it's completely organic and has been the only non-mica foundation powder I found on the internet or in stores. Includes titanium dioxide for a natural spf 15. Cost $24 online at Apothena.com ***** Emani foundation powder It does contain mica but is an organic alternative to i.d. minerals which runs $40 a container. What I love about the foundation powders is the flawless look without putting a wet goo on the face. My skin can breath for once. Cost $15 at Vitamin City in Long Beach or other health stores/make-up stores. Hair: ***** Jason Organics sea kelp shampoo and aloe vera conditioner These are my favorite. They leave my long hair smelling, looking and feeling amazing. It's frequently on sale at Whole Foods. The aloe conditioner leaves the hair feeling lightweight and clean although it's hard to squeeze out of the bottle Jason also makes a dandruff shampoo and conditioner as well but with all the choices and smells, you'll want to pick something from the variety of fragrances. The apricot is good for damaged/dry hair. Cost $7-10 at any health product store. ***** Nature's Gate shampoos and conditioners They are very inexpensive and have removed the dimethicone from the product recently. Beware, a little goes a long way with the condtioner. It leaves the hair feeling smooth and smells great. I reccommend the orange patchouli and chamomile sage scents. The scent lasts until the hair is dry. Cost $7 a bottle at Sprouts, Whole Foods, etc. ***** Lamas revitalizing shampoo and conditioner for Good for damaged/dry hair or dandruff. It's made with Chinese herbs and can be applied all the way to the scalp. For ends, use a second application of conditioner. Cost $8 at Vitamin City in Long Beach, $12 Sprouts **** Alba shampoo This shampoo is very light and strips lots of dirt off your hair. It smells great but is a little drying. Cost $7 Vitamin City ***** Head Organics hair serum This is a shine/anti-frizz polisher for all hair types. It's mostly chemical but not any chemicals that have been tested to be bad. If you don't use a hair polisher now, you should. It's for the ends of the hair, even if it's short or straight. This will smooth your ends, create shine and smells deliciously fruity. This is a must if you color, blow dry, have long or curly hair. Cost $10 at Sprouts ***** Jason texturizing cream This is for styling your hair just like a pomade. Use it to smooth ends on short hair or to style and blow dry short hair/bangs. You could add some serious volume to long hair if blow dried. The aloe bergamot scent is fresh. Use sparingly, a little goes a long way! I use a quarter of a dime-sized drop to style my bangs. The hold lasts all day, given that you don't sweat too much. Cost $8 CVS or Vitamin City Soaps and cleaners: **** Kiss My Face-Obsessively Organic foaming hand soaps I can't express how delicious the bergamot mix and citrus sented hand soaps are. The only problem with these is the head of the foaming bottle doesn't stay forward and can be hard to press down. I'd love to see refills for these too. Cost $6 Vitamin City ***** Jason citrus scent body wash This is very moisturizing and good on sensitive skin. Not only is Jason very affordable but they have great selections in scents. The only problem is that most of the handwashes and bodywashes tend to all have a similar jojoba scent. Cost $12 a pump bottle at any health product store **** Method body washes. They're biodegrable and smell good--a little too good. They have a men's skin care line too but I haven't tried it. Cost $6+ at Target ***** Method house cleaners and hand soaps. I reccommend the sweet water and scented soaps, vanilla mix air freshners/candles, almond wood cleaner, peppermint bathroom cleaner, their glass cleaner and any of their dish soaps. I love that they have flushable wipes for the bathroom so you don't have to have germ-infested rags sitting in the trash. Their multi-purpose cleaner for the kitchen isn't as good as 7th Generation's but it does the job most of the time. Cost $6+ They can easily be found at Target and CVS if you're in a major city. ***** 7th Generation multi-purpose cleaner I replaced my 409 with this stuff. I even use it to clean pet accidents on carpet. It works almost as well as Zep or 409 on the stove, which is the most important thing since no one wants to scrub crust off a stove. Cost $7 at Whole Foods, Vitamin City or other health food store. *** 7th Generation dishwashing liquid It's the best one on the market so far although it doesn't leave the dishes sparkly clear like the phosphate ones. Pre-soak your dishes before using this one. $6 Vitamin City, Whole Foods I don't reccommend: * Alba conditioners: They are very fragrant but overly drying and leave the hair extra rough and frizzy looking. The shampoos are great at stripping the hair of dirt but the conditioner doesn't replenish the moisture. ** Aubrey Organics sunscreens: They smell good but are so thick that after rubbing on even a thin layer of sunscreen, the skin has a residue of white on it. The feel remains greasy as well. ** Jason light leave-in conditioner It smells good but doesn't smooth ends well at all. It can be used to style and blow dry but is too heavy to last all day. It gets a greasy residue after a few hours. * Any face scrubs containing walnut or apricot seeds. The shells are too jagged and scratch the skin's surface, causing tons of tiny scars on the skin. The best alternative is Alba's seaweed scrub but it still contains dimethicone so it gets *** stars. If anyone has found a face scrub dense with scrubbers, please reply! - Jamie Bionic , posted 09/02/07 - Jamie Bionic , posted 10/18/07 |
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