The Beauty of Nature

I sitting here with honey on my face. I kid you not. Infact when I blink my eyelashes ar getting stuck in it, hahaha. Why am I sweet and sticky? The other day I made a toner from witch hazel and green tea. I don't think my skin liked it. I'm not sure why. Maybe the witch hazel with alchol wasn't a good idea. I don't know. I'm trying it with just green tea today. Oh, there was some grape seed extract as a persevative, maybe my skin doesn't like that? Test, test, test.

So anyway, my skin was itchy, red, tight, horrible all day, enough so that people commented on it. I tried a soothing exfoliant of yogurt and pureed cucumber, but it didn't like that either. Then a mask of banana, honey, and cucumber. A little luck there. So now I'm pulling out the big guns and using just plain honey for 20 minutes. It can't be bad for it. Maybe it will work. I've never tried it before, so why not? (Oh, all of the above was organic.)

I did have one accomplishment this weekend. I made a wonderful sugar scrub. It works well and doesn't get the tub nasty. i'll have to send some out to you folks.

I ran out of conditioner and I wasn't thrilled to find out my Avalon Organics wasn't as organic as it should be, so I hunted for a new shampoo and conditioner. I was caught between salon style John Masters Organics and hippie style Aubrey Organics. JMO was $20 a bottle for 8 oz. AO was $12 for 12 oz. JMO wasn't completely organic. AO is about as natural as you can get other than just using spring water from a mountain deep in the Rockies or Alps. i chose the Aubrey Organics Honeysuckle Rose Moisturizing shampoo and conditioner. The jury is still out on this one, but I can say that it didn't do anything bad to my hair. It only didn't do anything fantastic either. However, it does make my hair shiny and soft, and that is a pretty decent thing. And it does smell pretty nice -- honeysukly, or maybe dish detergent, you decide. I like it so far, I think. Last night I wasn't sure about it. Today it isn't bad.

i also changed my facial care this past week (although didn't have anything bad until this morning). I ditched my Burt's Bees and instead am using plain natural bar soap as a cleanser, witch hazel as a toner, and grapeseed oil as a moisturizer. Well, as mentioned above the toner changed... But still my face has been nice and soft. I don't know what happened today. Anyway, I'm saving a boat load of cash and I'm still being natural, so I'm good for it until my skin decides otherwise.

I also changed my deodorant to Desert Essence Tea Tree. Then while I was massaging, I came up with a recipe I might try later for deodorant. I'm not sure if I like the powerful smell of Tea Tree, so I also use my Tom's of Maine lavender deodorant on top of it to cover the smell. So far so good, but honestly I'm just not sure about these. Tom's works fine as long as i don't shave. But I kind of like shaving. I'll play until I get annoyed.



What did I do to be eco-friendly today?
Slathered in natural beauty...