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Old 09-18-2007, 10:03 PM   #1
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I have been slowly switching over to the green lifestyle- didn't know what ya'll have been using for hand soap. I really love my B&BW hand soap but know it is not good for you.

Also, any good skin care and/or makeup lines out there that are not bad for you?

Let me know.
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Old 09-18-2007, 10:27 PM   #2
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I have been slowly switching over to the green lifestyle- didn't know what ya'll have been using for hand soap. I really love my B&BW hand soap but know it is not good for you.

Also, any good skin care and/or makeup lines out there that are not bad for you?

Let me know.
why isnt B&BW not good for you? I love that stuff!!!
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Old 09-18-2007, 11:38 PM   #3
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Sorry to burst your bubble - I felt the same way until I googled SLS or Sodium Lauryl Sulfates, parabens, phtalates. If you don't want to switch, don't google the ingredients or you'll go completely the other way like me. I go out of my way, way, way out of my way to avoid those ingredients.

I've had a really hard time finding liquid hand soap that doesn't cost a fortune. My boys have a bar soap now and in my liquid soap dispensers, I use the Seventh Generation lavender dish soap. It is very gentle on my hands and worlds better than what we were using. I tried liquid castile soap in the dispensers and it is so runny that it squirted us in the eyes when we pumped the dispenser!!
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i make my own soap. i don't use liquid hand soap, i just use the bars of soap that i make myself. its incredibly easy to make. and i love the soap. it keeps me nice and soft and you can scent it however much you like or not scent it at all.
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Old 09-19-2007, 11:30 PM   #5
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Ditto what Rosemary posted. We use bar soap (you really don't need anti-bacterial soaps as we've all come to believe...) In the kitchen I bought some softsoap from Trader Joe's. I refill it, sometimes with Castille soap.

In the shower I use TJ's oatmeal honey soap.
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I use Jason natural products hand soap. It doesn't have sodium laureth/laurel sulfate or parabens and comes in different scents. You can find it at Walgreens or I get it for like 1/2 price at Buy Discount Vitamins, Supplements, Low Carb and More at www.Vitacost.com where I also order my vitamins and other natural products. The shipping is $4.99 not matter what your order and if you do a search for coupon codes for vitacost you can find a 5 or 10 percent off your order.
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Thanks for the ideas! Candy
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I've had to switch all the soaps in the whole house because my B&BW stuff was burning my hands. I have very sensitive skin and in the winter it dries out something fierce. So the only thing I put now in my hand soap containers (liquid dispenser) is either Burts Bees Baby shampoo and wash or California Baby shampoo and wash for extremely sensitive skin. I tend to like the Burt's bees better because #1 it has the heavenly scent, #2 it is less expensive #3 it lathers better. BUT the California Baby truly is unscented and I feel it's more gentle on my hands when they are sore.

I loved my B&BW stuff but you right, it is Not good for you.
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Old 01-05-2008, 09:44 PM   #9
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Castille soap is great, not just for hands but you can pretty much clean anything with it. I get th Trader Joe's brand and even use it in cloth baby wipes solution.
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