Ideal Bite

When you take a bath, do you feel like you just went through that car wash with pink, blue and yellow bubbles?

06.12.2006

Submitted by idealbite on Mon, 06/12/2006 - 5:00pm.

The Bite:

Many conventional bath and shower products contain sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), propylene glycol and parabens - ingredients also found in anti-freeze, engine degreasers and solvents. Use natural bath products and feel refreshed, instead of feeling like you went through a cheap car wash full of crazy chems.

The Benefits:

Protect your skin. Many harsh soaps deplete natural fats from the epidermis - this weakens the skin, allowing toxins and bacteria to invade.
Choose natural to be on the safe side. The government does not require health studies or pre-market testing for cosmetic products such as soaps and shampoos before they are sold.
Just be you. SLS is capable of altering genetic material found in bacteria cells.
Cleaner waterways. These chemicals are rinsed off your body and down the drain, potentially contaminating rivers, streams, and harming aquatic life.

Personally Speaking:

Heather LOVES her Collective Wellbeing Charcoal Body Wash, and raves how soft it leaves her skin. Seriously. She goes up to people and asks them to touch her.

Wanna Try:

Healing Garden Organics Wild Honey Soap - Jen keeps threatening to eat this stuff, it smells so good ($6).
Blooming Lotus Soulshine Body Shampoo - light hints of citrus and rosemary get your bod super squeaky clean, and ingredient list mentions “love” ($15).
Collective Wellbeing Charcoal Body Wash - packed with active charcoal and zinc, it cleanses and purifies ($10).
Red Flower Bath Soak - on the pricey side, but this simple Japanese formula is simply amazing ($38).
Vermont Soapworks Castile Bath & Shower Gel - a mixture of aloe castile soap made from olive and coconut oil ($9).
TheraNeem Facial Complexion Bar - works well for problem skin and contains one of our new fave things, neem, from trees native to SE Asia ($7).
Trillium Organic Body Polish – Jen’s favorite is the PinkGrapefruit - she says it leaves her skin super-soft and shiny.

Rhiana Pfaff.

Cocktail Fact

In 2001, reports that Queen Elizabeth II has a rubber duck that wears an inflatable crown in her tub prompted an 80% increase in sales of the duckies.

Bang For The Bite

The average person applies 126 unique chemicals to their skin daily, the majority of which have not been evaluated for safety by the FDA. Go natural and feel the difference, inside and out.

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