organic makeup?

A friend's father has skin cancer of the lip, which reminded me that we're supposed to be using sunscreen on our kissers.  As luck would have it, the new lip tint I've been using has sunscreen. It's Alba Botanical Terra Tint 70% organic. Active ingredient is zinc oxide 5.1% SPF 8. So not an SPF powerhouse but...a good excuse to reapply during the day? I've been happy with this. I'm not a makeup expert, but I personally like this better than the fancier lipsticks I had been using; it's not so thick and gooey, so I kind of forget it's there. Seem like the color stays on your lips longer ("tints" them?). Cheaper than the fancy lipsticks. I found it at Whole Foods.

Btw, I have to post on hair color, as I have found something that makes my life 10x easier. I have been using a mixture of henna, amla, and indigo, to color my dark brown, now graying hair since it started growing back after chemo. I liked the results, but found the application process messy and had a very difficult time applying it to my roots, would end up missing sections, and it is not a process one can easily repeat. I started researching ways to make the henna recipe into a gel, which I had come across before, but found a really easy method. The website is called renaissancehenna and it's in the discussion forum (sorry, don't know how to post a link). You basically prepare a mixture of water and arrowroot powder and use that to prepare the herbs. It applied like regular hair color. The directions say to prepare the henna and use right away, but I found that thte dye release was poor and my color was not as rich as I liked, so I plan to let it sit next time for 8 hrs, which is what I usually do. Anyhow, was really close to going back to regular hair color because it was so hard to do, couldn't imagine doing it with longer hair, which I hope to have someday, but this was so much like using regular hair color (except non-toxic and my hair looks so much healthier) that I think I will never go back now. I still haven't figured out how to stop the drips, which drive me bananas since I have to leave it on for 8 hrs to get decent gray coverage...forgot to mention, after preparing the mixture, I poured it into an old plastic water bottle (with a squeeze cap) and it was super easy to apply.

This made such a difference for me, just had to share!

thanks everyone for this thread, i recently had a bc "scare" ...thankfully results were b9...but those few weeks while i was waiting for biopsy/results were very scary and got me thinking and doing research on nutrition and skin care products. I hope to stay b9 and want to make some positive changes in what i put in and on my body! i have switched to organic/natural skin care and makeup (trying to find products still) as well as skin care for my young daughters including sunscreen. 

have a wonderful weekend all, thanks for the GREAT info!

pinkbutterfly- I have not figured out what the forms of formaldehyde are called. I am sure it is like MSG, when people started avoiding it, they just come up with some other name to hide it. I guess we will have to do some research. I wonder how all those docs who work with it stay alive.  I bet they have high rates of cancer. There are so many toxins in medicine. No wonder why doctors and nurses have shorter lifespans than average. As for the hair dye, this is just one thing that I cannot give up. I have change most everything else so I figure a little hair dye every couple of months will not kill me. Besides it is going on the one thing that is dead already, hair. I guess we do get some absorbtion from the scalp so I just hope that all the antioxidants I take are countering it. That 8 hour thing is more than my patience could bear, and I am not ready to be gray yet. I want to at least wait til someone is calling grandma before I look like one. lol

4minnie-I am so happy that you are not joining this club, and I am just thrilled that you have taken this scare to be proactive. Breast cancer is preventable if you learn to understand the causes and minimize them. One thing that will really help is to keep your vitamin D level about 60. I try to  stay in the 80's. Also, look at the iodine forum and read Dr. Brownsteins book, Iodine, why you need it and why you can't live without it. I cannot tell you how his iodine protocol has not only changed the way I feel, but has changed the physiology of my breasts. And finally, if you have any root canals or mercury amalgams, do the research on how these are linked to breast health.

AWESOME post, Vivre!!!!!! 

xxoo

Melissa

Any good anti wrinkle creams out there that don't have estrogen in them. I am not even really sure if the creams work LOL, but in my mind my skin seems tighter. I know it sounds vain but I hate my droopy cheeks.

And where does one buy Usana, Vivre?  Does coconut oil leave a residue on your eyes?  I don't like oily residue around my eyes as it can interfere with my contacts.  Alba (I think) has a nice eye makeup remover.  It's the sunscreen brand, I get it at Whole Foods.

Yes to blueberries has very nice makeup remover towelettes, rated 1by EWG. Also, came across a website called minimalistbeauty.com. There are some really good DIY tips on there. I found a recipe for makeup primer, there is also one for tinted moisturizer, liquid foundation, lots of other stuff using simple ingredients from your kitchen. I had read about using honey to wash your face, but it didn't sound very appealing. My face has been flaky and breaking out lately, and after reading about honey again, decided to try it. Well, I absolutely loved how it made my face feel! Not dry, not oily, very soft and comfortable. Target has raw organic honey in a mess-proof container, which is perfect to keep in the bathroom. I also made toner from a recipe in this blog using green tea, ACV, aloe gel and glycerin ( I changed it up a bit). Hopefully, this will balance out and calm my skin. It felt very nice, and just about all of it was edible.

pinkbutterfly and Belinda thanks for the links.

I have found Lavera to be really great!

Wanted to share about organic cold pressed coconut oil.  I know that we have discussed this on this thread before and it't benefits.  Anyway my DS and DIL were visiting from Seattle.  It has been two years since we have seen them.  My DIL commented on how great my skin was looking and wanted to know what I had been doing.  It is the coconut oil.  I started using it on my face around January and I knew that it was helping me but did not realize how much. 

I have not heard anything about Japanese honeysuckle.  I did read that the lavender and tree tea oil have estrogenic properties.  I do not buy any products containing those as I am ER+.

I have a few products (eyeshadow, maybe blush?) that contain lavender flower powder. I wonder how much is in there and how much it really takes to cause these estrogenic effects. I will say that I no longer slather myself in anything, natural or not, but oil (coconut, jojoba, almond). Can't beat a single ingredient product, and the skin is the largest organ in the body.

bump for Ceezetheday!!!