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[QUOTE=Cierra;1088541]But what about for acne? I feel a lot better after starting (trying) to go Primal, however, I've been getting a lot of zits. I wash my hands plenty and try not to touch my face, ever. It's started back up on my back and shoulders, too, like when I was a pubescent teenager! My hair has also gotten noticeably greaser and have always only washed my hair 2x a week at most. I've never needed to wash it more often than that. I scared to use coconut oil on my skin because I simply just done want to look like a pizza! Any ideas, ladies? Maybe I have increased hormones?[/QUOTE]
What's your diet like Cierra? Are you HFLC?
Coconut oil is fine on your body but not recommended for the face as it's comedogenic and can block your pores.
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I don't think you're supposed to join MDA to post links to your retail site here. I could be wrong tho..... :confused:
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[QUOTE=little vase;1088567]I don't think you're supposed to join MDA to post links to your retail site here. I could be wrong tho..... :confused:[/QUOTE]
Spammers! Cant live with them, cant kill them :P
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I have gone no'poo and my hair looks good. It really needs a cut so I can't say great but it is thicker and I swear less gray but maybe that is just being hopeful. I just can't give up makeup completely. I have felt really bad this week and not worn it just because I would sleep until I didn't have time to put it on. I look horrible. I do use mineral makeup but not sure how much better that is.
Question on the soap thing: I use a honey/goats milk soap I got at the farmers market and I don't think it has lye in it but now I wonder? I also have Dr. Bonners castille soap. Does that have lye too???
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Little vase, I buy handmade goats milk soap, and I have asked before and they said there was no lye.
I have just sent an email to check again, but damn I don't want to use soap at all if that is true. I don't on my children anyway.
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[QUOTE=YogaBare;1088565]What's your diet like Cierra? Are you HFLC?
Coconut oil is fine on your body but not recommended for the face as it's comedogenic and can block your pores.[/QUOTE]
I am increasing my fat intake drastically from a meager 15% a few months ago to about 40-60% nowadays. On the days that I don't work out, I am generally more low carb, but I don't restrict my fruit/veggie intake by any means. I eat bacon and eggs, coconut oil, plenty of avocado... But now that I think about it, I have been slipping up and dipping my finger into the peanut butter jar. Maybe I'm allergic!
I did notice the other day that my stupid, organic body lotion had "exfoliating cereal grains" in it, so I had to toss that. Now I use Black African Mango soap with almond shells, but haven't gotten a new lotion yet. On my face, I unfortunately still use cetaphil daily facial moisturizer, just because its been my go-to since I was about 12.
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check out the link I posted earlier to the CaveGirlEats blog about oil cleansing.
Honestly your skin will thank you, and its soooo cheap to use too.
I used to moisturise daily, now only use jojoba oil every couple of days after I cleanse with the oil.
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[QUOTE=Cierra;1088630]I am increasing my fat intake drastically from a meager 15% a few months ago to about 40-60% nowadays. On the days that I don't work out, I am generally more low carb, but I don't restrict my fruit/veggie intake by any means. I eat bacon and eggs, coconut oil, plenty of avocado... But now that I think about it, I have been slipping up and dipping my finger into the peanut butter jar. Maybe I'm allergic!
I did notice the other day that my stupid, organic body lotion had "exfoliating cereal grains" in it, so I had to toss that. Now I use Black African Mango soap with almond shells, but haven't gotten a new lotion yet. On my face, I unfortunately still use cetaphil daily facial moisturizer, just because its been my go-to since I was about 12.[/QUOTE]
Ah, I had a similar experience with my hair getting more oily initially, and I believe that was the higher fat. It balanced out within a few weeks.
The peanut butter could defo be the culprit for your skin - and not because of the peanuts. Is it mixed with veg oil? A lot of peanut butters are. I breakout when I eat veg oils... they're lethal.
If you do the oil cleansing do a lot of research into it. I'm enjoying it, but I prefer the yogurt :)
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Why did you cut out tap water? Just curious.
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[QUOTE=ulnauy;1088645]Why did you cut out tap water? Just curious.[/QUOTE]
When I first moved to London I developed adult acne... which was pretty distressing as I'd always had pretty good skin before. I had just taken up Bikram yoga (yoga in a sauna) and kept attributing the acne to this, or the smog etc. I was, at that time, drinking about 10 litres of tap water a day (because of the sweat box yoga). It was this article that made me realise the acne I had could be from the water I was drinking: [url=http://www.celluliteinvestigation.com/fluoride-acne]Fluoroderma: Acne Caused by Fluoride Exposure[/url]
In many countries tap water has fluoride in it and there's a lot of evidence now that this element is pretty detrimental to health. [url=http://www.naturalnews.com/030123_fluoride_babies.html]ADA study confirms dangers of fluoridated water, especially for babies[/url]
In the U.K they know the dangers of fluoride and don't actually add it anymore but I live in London where the water is rumoured to go through 10 people before it gets to you so... :eek:
I've literally had one spot since giving up wheat, soy, veg oils and tap water... and that was over Christmas when I was indulging in everything.
