The Great Outdoors

I hope everyone is doing well and were not affected by the fires (for those in So Cal). There was a haze in the air and strong smoky smell that lingered on for a while. Add that to the 100+ degree weather and it makes time spent outside almost unbearable and probably unsafe. It makes me grateful once again that at least my little castle is safe from harmful elements. Especially now realizing I have no control of what goes on outside. I mean I can’t keep locked up in my “green” house forever right? I always hear how the sun is important and by keeping locked up in our homes we are missing out on the Vitamin D.

Food For Thought:

First let’s look at how the “lack of sun” can be harmful and then how beauty products you apply “after” the sun can be harmful.

DID YOU KNOW?

Who would have thought that certain times of the year people are more prone to depression, body aches and sleep loss?

Ever hear of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) which usually appears in winter months?

EXCERPT: "Most people living in Canada, the UK, and even the United States suffer from a chronic deficiency in natural sunlight, and this lack of sunlight on their skin causes a great number of serious diseases, including depression, osteoporosis, schizophrenia, prostate cancer and even obesity.”

I can clearly understand why the vampires in all those movies are whacked!

Now that I will no longer be a hermit when there’s a beautiful weather day (minus the smoke), I want to know how moisturizer can be toxic to me. I mean after a day in the sun, (in moderation of course) I usually apply a moisturizer to my face and neck to help reduce those icky wrinkles.

EXCERPT: "Consumers receive little guidance from product manufacturers, whose advertising and labeling are too often misleading and not objective sources of information. Indeed, while many local, state, and federal government agencies are entrusted with protection of the public health, most have failed to assure consumers that they are being adequately protected, or that they are being provided with full, if any, label disclosure of Carcinogenic (cancer-causing), neurotoxin (causing damage to the nervous system), or teratogenic (birth defect-causing) chemicals in their household products."

Here are just a few harmful ingredients:
· Propylene Glycol
· Petrolatum, Petroleum
· Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
· Sodium Floride

See more HERE

In checking out the Active and Inactive ingredients of Nicole Miller’s:

Daytime Delivery Lotion
Night Recovery Crème

*None of these harmful ingredients were listed.*

It's such a shame that companies out there are using unsafe ingredients in their products, charging an arm and a leg and care nothing about our well being.

Anyway, as I get older I am certainly trying to keep everything in moderation. As much as I love laying out in the sun, I would bet that baking out there for hours probably isn't the wisest thing.

Let me tell you... there sure is something about the way your skin looks when you have a healthy sunkissed glow.

All About You:
"The bar soap is by far the best I have ever used." ~ Jeremy Pitt


Peace, Love and Fun in the Sun,

Toxless