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:
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