Comments on: Dear Mark: Primal Personal Products?

By: Nellie

Nellie — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:06:43 +0000

Don’t use soap on your skin unless it’s actually ‘dirty’! (and by that, I mean visibly soiled/smelly)

Your skin is covered in all kinds of wonderful acidic bacteria which is also called your ‘acid mantle’. These little buggers protect you from potentially harmful other little buggers. The problem is, soap is very alkaline. If you remember chemistry, you know that bases neutralize acids. In other words, soap strips your skin of it’s natural defenses, leaving you susceptible to all kinds of badness… Not to mention, giving you dry skin.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:20:47 +0000

Baking soda is also a great deodorant and an awesome shampoo too (and … it’s fabulous for so many other things as well)! – use vinegar or lemon juice as a conditioner to untangle long hair. I’m freaked out to read all the stuff in personal products. Maybe I’m just afraid of what I don’t know

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By: Karin

Karin — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:34:04 +0000

Tom’s of Maine has some nice stuff that’s a bit more natural. The licorice flavored toothpaste is awesome!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:05:55 +0000

It’s post like these that get me thinking and rethinking about this issue. I feel the same way, that all these products we use are HORRIBLE for us! From lotions, hair products, face products, etc. I just dunno about all of those chemicals…

By: camille

camille — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:58:08 +0000

i have to add to this that i stopped ushing shampoo and conditioner a year ago and my hair looks better than ever. sodium laureth-sulfate (found in most soaps and shampoos) strips your skin and hair of natural moisture and then conditioners with silicone and other “one” products covers it in “moisturizing” film. what’s the point? i now use a natural bar soap (from health food store) followed by a rinse of a rosemary-infused (just float the rosemary in there for a while then strain out) apple cider vinegar and water mixture, and then rinse again with water. sometimes if i am down to my last nub of soap, i wash my hair with a paste of baking soap, rinse thoroughly, and then do the ACV rinse. i wish someone had told me all this earlier. my hair is fantastic now!

By: Ronald

Ronald — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:00:34 +0000

I used to shave with shaving cream. But once I had read about an article on shaving cream being a racket I had to find out the truth for myself. It turns out shaving is better without the cream. Get out of shower, position one’s self in front of mirror and then shave the facial hair in less than 15 secs. The first week, I was afraid to hurt my skin so I put on soap on my face. After about 1 or 2 week, I stopped with the soap and went raw with wet skin/razor blade. Results in faster and better shaves.

Here’s the article:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker65.html

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:32:38 +0000

Scientists have listed a number of reasons to explain the huge differences between breast cancer rates among Western women and Asian women, among them diet, weight, and genes. Reading about the anti-perspirant link, I was reminded that Koreans, Chinese, and Japanese traditionally don’t wear deodorant because their underarm perspiration is relatively odorless.

By: markus

markus — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:17:18 +0000

shaving foam is a con

i have fairly sensitive skin and used to get only slight reddening with “sensitive” shaving gels – however, i get no reactions whatsoever if i just use warm water

all gels or foams strip the skin of its natural oils, even if it replaces them with other oils – there contain some alien agents

it is a complete myth that you need to use any application shave – in may experience – just make sure you use warm water on your skin first and rinse the shaver in warm water before using it.

Also, many people need not use any shampoo to wash their hair – many can have lovely soft hair without smell if they just use warm water daily. UK Telegraph journalist Matthew Parris is a prominent advocate – challenging anyone to sniff his hair and not find it practically fragrant – note – it takes several weeks for your hair to adjust itself to non shampoo washing.
note the daily mail’s “soapless experiment too -
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-477378/Six-weeks-wash-The-soapless-experiment.html

I had to give up the non hair washing lark because, though my hair was healthy, the smell was a bit too earthy for my wife – maybe more of a modern perception but you have to accept your partner’s viewpoint sometimes)

don’t believe all the hype, though