The average woman exposes herself to 167 on her body every day… so begins a clever two and a half minute video about cosmetics and chemicals. Even though I try to be a minimalist, I definitely use the average 10-12 personal care and cosmetic products a day. Here’s my list: soap, shampoo, conditioner, face wash, face lotion, body lotion, deodorant, toothpaste, and chapstick. On a sunny day, add sunblock. That’s a total of ten. Thankfully, my kids use just four products–a shampoo/bodywash combo, soap, toothpaste and occasionally lotion. But that’s not even daily. Fortunately, I’ve used the cosmetic database and scrutinize ingredient lists, so I’m pretty confident the products I do use are as safe as they can be. Here are some of my favorite, low-chemical body products:
- Lafe’s Organic Deodorant
- Dr Bronner pure castile soaps
- Alba Very Emollient Body Lotion, unscented
- Avalon Organics Vitamin C face wash and lotion
- Earth Science fragrance free shampoo
- Giovanni shampoos and conditioners
- Tom’s of Maine toothpaste
- Badger suncreen
- Alba coconut cream chapstick
