My Favorite Bath/Hair Products

If you know me, you know I’m an extreme health nut. Therefore, I am very careful what I put on my skin. Do you realize how many medicines are applied to the skin now? Whatever you put there goes straight into your system.

I know this is controversial for some, but most natural health experts agree that we should not use products with sodium lauryl sulfate or sodium laureth sulfates (an inexpensive detergent/foaming agent). When you start reading labels, you’ll find this in most shampoos, hand and body soaps, and even toothpaste. See this website for more information: http://www.healthy-communications.com/slsmostdangerousirritant.html

Another thing you might not know — those antibacterial soaps are not good for your skin, and not any more effective. Plain soap and water, plus the rubbing action of washing your hands, has been proven to get rid of germs as well as they do. The antibacterial soaps strip your skin of the good bacteria that keep it healthy. When I use it, only in other people’s homes or public restrooms, my hands get dry and cracked and sometimes actually bleed.

At home, I use JASON brand hand soap, shampoo and body wash. They’re mild and contain no SLS. For shampooing, you’ll probably need to shampoo, rinse and repeat to get through the layer of hair spray and/or gels most of us use. I like the smell of these, too. They're available at health food stores, but my Kroger also has them in the health food section of the store.