I may receive a commission if you purchase something mentioned in this post. See more details here.This summer I finally made a homemade lotion that I absolutely loved. It took long enough! I still really like the body butter I’ve made, and either that or just straight shea butter are great for spot treating or […]
Transition to Chemical-Free: A Picture
Above is a picture of all of my natural hygiene supplies. Not much, huh? I pulled it all out to take a picture, and I was sure I was missing something. But it is all there. Let’s take a look: We have diluted apple cider vinegar conditioner in an old body wash bottle, homemade laundry […]
Cosmetic Preservative Causing Skin Allergies
My mom emailed me this article the other day. (link no longer available) Scary stuff! Luckily, I know that this preservative, methylisothiasolinone, is not causing my eczema since the only commercial skin care product I use is lotion, which thankfully does not have it. It has other things, though. I really need to officially switch […]
Treating Eczema
Aloe veraAs I mentioned in my last post, I recently learned that I have been having eczema breakouts for the past few years, and this winter I have been dealing with the first one that doesn’t go away in two weeks. I got it back in January and I’m STILL dealing with it. It is […]
Homemade Body Butter
For some reason, the air/water at my college freaks my skin out, and it has gotten worse every year. I seriously think I will just lose all the skin on my arms next year. This year, I bought a lotion that my skin did not like and I got the worst eczema rash on my […]