I’m sure by now you are either deep into your New Year’s resolution or you read that and thought, “Oh right, my resolution.” Well, if you’re anything like me then you started to do something to better yourself for the year and then you slowly started to drop the ball. Well I am here to tell you that I have got the best change that you can make in your life! Once you start you will never want to go back! It’s called living clean! Getting rid of toxic products in your home! Trust me, once you see how bad they are you will never want to go back.
A few years ago my husband started to have a really bad reaction to our laundry detergent. I’m not talking about a little rash here and there. I’m talking burning skin just by putting a shirt on. It really made me stop and ask myself, what on earth is in this detergent that could make him feel this way. I could have easily said oh he’s probably having an allergic reaction to an ingredient but what if it was more than that. What if his skin wasn’t just sensitive, what if there was some awful chemical that no one should allow on their body in this product. This was when I started to question a lot of the products in my home.
Soon after changing our detergent to a free and clear one I discovered the Think Dirty app. This app will change your life. It pretty much allows you to scan or search most products in your home and rates them on a scale of 0-10. 0-3 being considered clean, 4-7 being half-n-half, and 8-10 being dirty. It breaks down every ingredient and rates it and also gives you alternatives that are clean. I went crazy scanning everything in my house. Unfortunately, I learned that a lot and I mean a lot of my products are crazy toxic and so I slowly started to switch over to safer ones.
One of the best things I ever did was basically throw out every cleaning product I had under my kitchen sink and bought myself an empty spray bottle filled it with white distilled vinegar and water and that has been my cleaning product for everything!
Now I know that throwing everything out can be a bit dramatic and it definitely wasn’t the case for everything in my house right away but slowly I have been making the switch. When it came to my body my biggest concern was replacing products that I use every single day. If I put this product on me daily I want to make sure that it’s free of toxins. That meant my deodorant, body wash, face wash, body lotion, and moisturizer all needed an upgrade. I had already made the body lotion switch to Beauty Counter which I loved so it was a no brainer to look at their other products and place my order. Beauty Counter is a company dedicated to creating safe non-toxic beauty products. Below are some of the products I use everyday!
Of course, it doesn’t stop with me! I definitely make sure that my daughter is also using safe products as well.
Something else I have been dabbling with are essential oils. Now, I don’t know too much but I love the Kid Scents line from Young Living! I have been using the Gentle Baby in her bathtub and just recently ordered the SniffleEase to diffuse in her humidifier at night for when she has a stuffy nose/cough. While on the website, I started looking into the Thieves line and ended up ordering the starter kit. I won’t lie, the smell is something I really need to get used to but knowing how amazing it is makes it a bit easier to use.
The way I look at it is now that I have all these products how can I go back to what I know is unsafe for my family. You don’t have to toss everything and start all over but you can certainly start small like changing up your deodorant or your dish soap. Trust me, you will be so happy you did!