Why I Committed to Clean Beauty

Everything had chemicals & fragrance, which I loved!

Call me crunchy or any other thing you want but the proof is in the pudding. When I started cleaning up the products I use in my home and on my body I just felt... better.

I'm thankful to have grown up in a home that defaulted to natural remedies. Sure we had Dayquil & Tylenol but our first line of defense was always echinacea & detox baths.

Although we used natural remedies for illness, nothing else in our house was considered "natural". We are highly processed foods, used Bath & Body Works and bought our shampoo from the grocery store.

Fast forward to my young adult life. I took a deep dive into non toxic living in an effort to treat symptoms that I later learned were mostly hormonal.

These symptoms included

• painful cystic acne

• terrible PMS cramping and back pain

• heavy menstrual cycles I thought were normal

• bumps on the back of my arms or "chicken skin"

• mild depression/anxiety

• headache

• fatigue

Even though a lot of my friends could relate to feeling the same way I knew there had to be a better way. I had to do something. I started seeing a kinesiologist regularly (my chiropractor) and following nutritionists & naturopaths online

Side note: A book I highly recommend if you're struggling with similar symptoms is In the Flo by Alissa Vitti. I've listened to it multiple times for free on Hoopla and eventually bought a hard copy to revisit for different stages of life.

You can grab it here

After getting my own symptoms under control I had to go even deeper into the non-toxic and fragrance free world once I had babies.

Their symptoms included

• severe behavioral outbursts

• tiny bumpy rash

• hives & eczema

Artificial fragrances were the cause of 99% of those issues. Although not beauty product related at their ages we had to switch to a more natural laundry detergent and I doubled down on the body care products in our home.

Non toxic living is not just for women. Men can also benefit tremendously from a healthier lifestyle and clean products. I can't speak on person experience through the symptoms they would have but as far as overall wellbeing, it is universal.

I'm no health expert but I do know what works for me and can't share it enough. Notice I don't claim the products I recommend to be 100% natural. Not only are those types of products hard to find but they're often not as effective. If you do happen to be au naturel than that's amazing! But I found that using mostly natural products with 100% safe ingredients is what works best for my family. They're effective and non toxic. What more could anyone want?!

You can always shop my favorites through my website or just click the link below to see what I use at home.

The Ultimate Non Toxic Product Line Up