Five Great All-Natural Products for 2012

Below you will find five “all-natural”, reasonable products that I absolutely LOVE and must share to my blog followers.  Check them out for 2012!! 

Swell Gal Creme

When I look for a crème I ask myself, “can I eat this product” because 70% of what you lather on your skin will eventually end up in your blood stream.  Scary if you think about it.   Swell Gal products work GREAT, they are super reasonable and can be purchased on Etsy or at any Ventures Unlimited location.  I swear by it!    I had eczema from the age of 29 to 39, and it has vanished since switching to SG Creme.

Even Gus likes Swell Gal Creme

There’s been a lot of research on the correlation between aluminum based deoderants and breast cancer.  Most women shave their pits, leaving behind openings in the skin and then apply an aluminum-based, synthetic chemical (deoderant) to the exposed skin.   Kiss My Face all-natural, organic deoderant is an affordable product that works well for me.  Most organic deoderants are spendy, but this roll on is less than $5 bucks and works very well.  I must admit that when I workout, I will actually sweat under my arms now, but sweating is a good thing though!    On the weekends I skip deoderant all together (gasp, I know) but I can usually go a few days before there's a smell.

Kiss My Face Deoderant





Next, I like to use home-made or all-natural soap.   Goats milk soap is my favorite, BUT the reality is that home-made soap is usually $5 to $6 a bar, and since we have a large family we use a bar about every 5 days.  That adds up!  I found Kiss My Soap organic cucumber soap that I LOVE. 

Regular soap contains crazy chemicals (petroleum based) that not only dry my skin like crazy but can’t be good for you or the environment.  Kiss My Face soap I can find at any organic store (even Marketplace Foods) and it’s only $1.50 per bar.  There's a study out there that I just read that shows a direct correlation between regular chemical bar soap and ezcema and psoraisis.  I sure am glad I found a simple fix for my eczema!

Graham with Cucumber Bar Soap

I am CRAZY for home-made laundry soap.  I buy home-made laundry soap for $2.50 a gallon at any Ventures Unlimited location, Pine Knoll store in Stone Lake, or 20 Mile Organic Store in Barronnett.  I have better luck with stains and I feel better using a product that’s made with ingredients from the earth versus crazy chemical-induced petroleum based poison.  And it's cheaper!

At least 25% of our house has oak hardwood and to clean them I use tea.  I boil water, add a couple of tea bags and get on my hands and knees and scrub.  The tea on the hardwood makes it so shiny, spectacular and no streaks.

Before Greta mops, she takes a sip (for real)

I really don't make my 6 year old clean the floor, but she likes to model for mom's blog

I also wish I could tell you that I make my own crème, deodorant, soap and laundry detergent, but there’s only so many hours in a day, right?  So , I’ve found some great alternative products that anyone can afford.  Anyone have a favorite “all-natural product?”

Happy, Healthy New Year! 

Kristin