57. A Non-Overwhelming Approach to Low Tox Living

I’m not really going to dive into any controversy, I’m just going to share what my approach is after a few years of debating how to approach it all and hopefully offer some ideas for you if you have a similar view to mine. The topic is low tox living, and how to find good products that are as close to non toxic as possible, like clean beauty, non toxic cleaning products, and dealing with off gassing from things like paint and furniture and mattresses.

So first I’m going to share how I’ve kind of settled into the view that I have on all of this, and then I’m going to share some things I look for to help me make decisions when I’m shopping with this in mind, and some of my favorite products in those three categories: beauty, cleaning products, and home products.

And again, this is an area that you can go so much deeper and it’s interesting because people tend to feel very passionate about anything that has to do with health, so you may disagree with me and I also might change my mind in the future, but I just think that because there is soooo much conflicting and sometimes overwhelming information out there that it might be helpful to hear where I’ve landed which in my mind is kind of a middle ground, or hopefully is a bit more realistic for someone who wants to have a generally low toxin lifestyle but isn’t willing to spend all of their mental energy and time on it either. 

If you’re interested in a deep dive instead of this surfacey podcast, I would recommend talking to three people: a holistic doctor, a traditional medicine doctor, a certified aromatherapist, and a toxicologist. I can link some resources for people I have followed at various times for some of those things. But I think it’s good to hear from lots of different perspectives and then you can decide what you think based on what they all share. I am none of those things and this podcast is primarily for entertainment, so this is obviously not medical advice but glad you are here for a chat!

 

Aromatherapist: @scienceofessentialoils

Toxicologist: @dryvonneburkart

More Holistic Health: @ParsleyHealth

Traditional Doctor: Ask your own doctor

Certifications / Orgs:

EWG

OEKO-TEX

Greenguard Certified

Clean at Sephora

Target Clean

Beauty Products:

⁠Clean Nail Polish Reviews⁠⁠

First Aid Beauty Hyaluronic Acid Serum & Eye Cream

Summer Fridays Vitamin C CC Me Serum

Youth To The People

ILIA Beauty Super Serum Skin Tint

ILIA Beauty Fullest Volume Mascara

rmsBeauty

MERIT

LAWLESS The Little One Palette

Odele Sensitive Shampoo, Conditioner and Body Wash

ZOYA Nail Polish (10-Free)

Olive + June Nail Polish (7-Free)

CND Vinylux Long Lasting Top Coat (7-Free)

Home Products:

Tuft + Needle Mint Mattress

Dyson Formaldehyde Air Purifier

Any OEKO-TEX certified bedding from Target

Nuna

Uppa Baby

Pottery Barn Low Tox Line

Didn't mention in this but I like for EO: Revive Essential Oils or Eden's Garden Essential Oils

Cleaning Products:

Seventh Generation

Branch Basics