Humans are vain and it is costing us millions of dollars each year and dumping tons of chemicals and their by-products in our environment. So here is the challenge. Don’t buy any more beauty products.
Before you get all upset and think I’m I complete nut, go check out the bathroom cabinet. Okay, you probably have enough stuff in there right now to last at least a year. How did I know? Because me and my 20 something daughter did this same challenge about a year and a half ago. Between us, except for shampoo, we had about one years worth of stuff. And just like you we didn’t buy all of it. A lot of it was well meaning gifts. We made a pack to either use it, or if it was still sealed to give it away. Homeless shelters and military packages are always in need of personal care items.
Now that the cabinets are cleaner we use more “old fashioned” beauty aids. Things like oatmeal, olive oil, baking soda, coffee grounds, sugar, epsom salt, mayonnaise, and lemons. You can give yourself a complete fancy spa treatment using nothing but the items I’ve listed above. Our grandmothers and every generation before them did just that.
There are a lot of natural items on the market now, but the “natural” label is questionable at best and more expensive than other products. We don’t need expensive, chemical laden products. We just need the common sense and know how of our grandmothers.
