Would You Wash Your Face with Gasoline?

Look at the ingredients on all those skin products out there, from moisturizers to sunscreens to shampoos, you’ll find health-threatening chemicals–propylene glycol, parabens, PABA, PEG, and mineral oil everywhere.

These chemicals pose real dangers to your health, including cancer. And, sadly they are FDA approved and labeled as healthy.

Did you know that mineral oil is a “by-product in the distillation of petroleum to produce gasoline”? And, did you know that baby oil is just mineral oil with fragrance?

Johnson’s Baby Shampoo “No More Tears” formula contains cocamidopropyl betaine, PEG-80 sorbitan laurate, sodium trideceth sulfate, PEG-150 distearate, polyquaternium-10, polyquaternium-10, tTetrasodikum EDTA, quaternium-15, and others.

Does this sound like something you want to use on your baby?
Not sure what any of these ingredients are....just google them and be prepared to be shocked!!
For instance,Cocamidopropyl betaine was voted 2004 Allergen of the Year by the American Contact Dermatitis Society.

PEG-80 sorbitan laurate.....Not safe for use on injured or damaged skin....What!!??? ...are they kidding??..babies always have a rash of some kind not to mention getting the soap in their eyes and so in to the body it goes....unbelievable!! I laugh when I hear Johnson's..."A family Company" and than I shudder because it is not funny in the least but these companies can afford the commercials to hoodwink everyone into believing their products are safe!!


Even many of the so-called “natural” cosmetics and skin creams are loaded with potentially harmful chemicals.

I feel that I need to inform and educate everyone on the dangers lurking in our health care products. I am not doing this to promote my business but it IS why I started my own soap and skin care business in the first place!!

New adventure!!!

Well, Ted and I are giving up our place in "paradise" and will soon be settled in a little town called Little Rapids with a great 1/2 acre lot.Nestled on the shores of Lake Huron is a little town called Thessalon...apparently the name was taken from the bible...I am well aware of the story of the Thessalonians in the bible although I never thought I'd actually be one but than God had a plan for us and the fact that he sent us to a little town with a biblical name confirms his hand in this.
As far as leaving paradise....well, I have a feeling that this new adventure is going to an amazing chapter in our lives. Closer to our children and grandsons is exactly what we needed....we have missed them!!
A river runs off Lake Huron and right through the center of town....very small, quaint and friendly.We have a dam with great bass and pickerel fishing just up the road from our house and an old trading post busting at the seams with Amish sausages and homemade cheese.....
We have 3 outer buildings...one has electricity and will make a great soap making room and a little play house we will convert to house our chickens!!
The property boasts large apple trees dripping with fruit, red currant and raspberry bushes....lots of shade trees and a great spot for our organic garden.

The sunsets are fantastic as you can see!!

The most dreaded part of this new adventure in packing in this stifling heat but even in that I try to be cheerful because every box I pack brings me closer to our little country house!!

We are packed!!! I still have the last minute stuff we are still using but for the most part we are PACKED!! It was very grueling that is for sure. We are planning on packing up and rolling by next week August 26 or 27th....the sooner the better!! We want to get settled and get Ziggy our dog...we have missed him so much!!

Our house is cute and quaint and looking forward to putting our mark on it. Needs updating from the 80's colors and styles but that is my specialty since I used to be an interior decorator before I moved to the West Coast and took up soap making! One of the best things I have ever done!!.
Well, continue to up date and post pics as we go.....