Comments on: DIY* Healthcare Plan: Skin Care

By: Patricia

Patricia — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:33:23 +0000

Robin,
Thank you for the compliment. I have combination skin on my face but I am troubled with dry skin elsewhere.

As a teen I was troubled with what was called pebbly skin and cysts and boils more so than pimples…Getting rid of dairy products was such a boon….now corn and all it’s derivatives removal has been a new lease on life.

I have never been able to do caffeine.

I think at least at every decade we need to change our care routines.
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By: Patricia

Patricia — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:28:11 +0000

Barbara,
I thought since I used the trial and error method of finding what works for me – I should be a bit more responsible to the comments that were coming in – and I am a very curious person who loves to learn new things….
Yes, several ecologically safe laundry products left me a giant itch as do most shampoos.
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By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:03:16 +0000

What a fascinating post Patricia! I was glued. I had terrible acne as a teenager, and it lasted into my 30s. The oily skin that came with it has left me with a fairly youthful skin, though. I use a local brand light skin cream daily, and that’s about it. You are beautiful in the photo!
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By: Barbara Swafford

Barbara Swafford — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:32:01 +0000

Thank you Patricia for following up with all of that research. I’ll check it out and may make some changes to what I’m buying.

I also agree, laundry detergents can be the culprit to skin problems, too. Years ago I used a big name brand and all I did was itch.
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By: Patricia

Patricia — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:21:20 +0000

Barbara asked a rather crucial question that got me researching today about ads, claims and what is in products.
Here are some important sites to check out to see if your cleanser is carcinogenic or toxic…Most are from my current issues of YES magazine:

Environmental Working Groups: Skin Deep offers safety info on 44,423 products and ingredients. skindeep.ewg.org

Teens for Safe Cosmetics
tween Beauty,
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
Best in Beauty
California Safe Cosmetics Act from the Dept. of Health makes sure that consumers know if a product causes birth defects or cancer
safe-cosmetics.org
beiggreenpurse.com
greenlivingnow.com
goodguide.com

Natural and fragrance free often means they have put a non-offensive fragrance in to draw one to the product…

I do not use most make ups and cosmetics…I just clean and use moisturizer and protection.

This is true of laundry products also…scent free does not mean I can use it
Hope this helps in your search for what is right for you.
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By: Patricia

Patricia — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:07:06 +0000

Jannie,
I am so intense I scare people away! I need to add a more public sense of humor to my DIY healthcare.
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By: Patricia

Patricia — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:04:31 +0000

Dave,
Thank you for coming on by and for your great comments….this might help….I am now 60 and remember I met you on Blog to Fit…40 years later I am no longer 5′ 9″ tall and 143 pounds!
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By: Patricia

Patricia — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:01:19 +0000

Davina,
Yes! I know about the under the bed life forms roaming around! I had a ear full of water and was hanging down over and and….I had to get up and clean it was too awful to describe! Oh what fun this life is!!!
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By: Patricia

Patricia — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:59:17 +0000

Barbara,
Thank you. Basically the homemade make up was mineral based – I think it is a great advertizing ploy today…and another way to say they have tested it on animals and it is based on an oil.
The companies must keep coming up with new things or corrections to their human made chemicals. My skin type is better suited to plant based materials.
Ask yourself are the minerals from true materials or synthetic?
Does it allow the skin to breath and receive oxygen and Vit. D.
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By: Jannie Funster

Jannie Funster — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:04:56 +0000

@ Talon: I LOVED those Bonnie Bell lip smackers!! Remember the big fat round tubes — maybe an inch in diameter. Cam smell the strawberry too now.

@ Patricia. Hi! You are a very very nice person, tempered with a roaring good sense of humor, and more than a dash of stick-to-it-ive-ness.
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