I am all for natural products, there seems to be a stigma circulating that if you use naturally products you stink or it doesn’t fully give you that good hygiene feel compared to using toxin packed products. We’ve been conditioned by big corporations all of our lives that there are no alternatives. Let me tell you my story.

It was about the end of Senior year of high school when I discovered a painful lump in my underarm, it was about the size of a big grape. I googled my symptoms of course, since it was painful it was nothing to worry about its probably just a cyst. I went to the doctor just to make sure and they said , it’ll go away, it’s a cyst or a swollen lymph node give it a week and try not to irritate the area. I followed all orders and it eventually went away. For about two years I would have recurring lymph node flare ups, from my neck to my underarms. I thought to myself something is up, this is not normal….I wasn’t in nursing school just yet, but I loved medicine and learning about “health” things. I educated myself on the lymph system. The lymphatic system is a vital system to the body and organs and helps get rid of toxins from the body. I’m not going to get into detail but, I thought to myself at this time something is really fucking up my lymphatic system. At this time there were some articles going around of how harmful aluminum is to the body. I thought to myself, wow my deodorant and make up products have a high amount of aluminum. Aluminum application to the body can pose risk for breast cancer and Alzheimer’s, also lymph disease due to your body not being able to circulate any toxins out of the body. Long story short, I found paraben free and aluminum free deodorant and found myself lymph node and lump free for 4 years now. Not to mention my deodorant lasts all day and I do not stink, thank you very much… I live an active lifestyle and I have not had any problems whatsoever with my choice of natural deodorant.

I love eating healthy, I am a health nut and I thought to myself when I decided to go for all natural products, why wouldn’t I care about external products absorbing into my body? I care so much about the intake but what about lotions, and soaps, and products that are also doing insidious harm? If you love to take care of yourself, look into natural products that are actually good for you.

Here are my list of items that I absolutely love, all can be bought from Whole Foods.

I love lip balm and for years I have been using lip balms that were causing more dryness than hydrating my lips, this is from trader joes and it is an organic mint lip balm. Comes in three pack for only $2.49

Paraben free lotion and all natural with jojoba seed and coconut oils, need I say more? Parabens are known to mimic estrogen in a womans body, excess estrogen can throw off hormone levels and increase your risk for breast cancer. oh and its soothing lavender. This product is 5 stars!

 Read the top first paragraph, this product has changed my life.

All natural Shea butter soap in wild strawberry, leaves my skin silky smooth without drying it out after my shower. The ingredients in this soap is also all fair trade. 🙂