Beauty Chemical Replacements
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Jedi
I've found out a lot about clay recentlyI now use the Rhassoul (Ghassoul) Clay to clean my hair, and seriously guys this is amazing stuff! I feel like I've jumped back over a year and am using actual shampoo again, it's never been so clean.
Never thought of using clay for brushing your teeth! :D
Never thought of using clay for shampooing hair! Cool!
nature
Dagobah Resident
What worked for me: washing hair only 2 or once a week (body shower everyday, without washibg hair) and using Aleppo soap on hair. The first times, Aleppo soap on hair seemed inadequate but then, I saw how natural and soft it was for both hair and skin. The change was dramatic for me, after 6 months of perseverance: zero dandruff, nearly no more hair on my brush.
For me a shower filter that softens and purifies the water from heavy metals, chlorine and other contaminations helped a lot.
I'm still struggling with this as well. I've partially tied it to being triggered from spices, but not all the time. On the Objective:Health podcast about skin heath I think it was Elliot who mentioned that Zinc and maybe Vit E (IIRC) helped with dry skin. Might be worth a listen.
This is interesting. Ideally it would be nice to have the entire house fitted with some sort of water filter where the water comes in directly. Judging from how long the Berkey carbon filters take to filter water I didn't think there would be much point getting a shower filter. Is this a type of shower head or is it fitted onto the water pipe that goes into the shower?
Real Aleppo soap is near impossible to purchase these days due to the destruction of Syria. Some producers have now moved to other countries, such as Lebanon, but the quality seems different. No wonder, proper Aleppo soap has to be matured for a couple of years, the one I used to buy was matured for 6 years. If purchased today, it would make it 2013 when the war was raging over there. I get the impression that some foreign producers decided to use the Aleppo soap label and capitalise on it.
The "Aleppo soap" available is quite expensive, even though it's not really Aleppo soap anymore, so it may be a good idea to just purchase any olive oil and laurel oil soap without the expensive "Aleppo soap" label. If the real thing isn't available then any good quality substitute will do I guess.
Alternatively it may be possible to track down a real Aleppo soap producer who moved their business abroad and purchase from them. That's hard to do though, some Amazon suppliers claim their soap is made by Aleppo producers now working abroad but don't name the producers, so this claim cannot be verified. If anyone has tracked down a Syrian Aleppo soap maker - please share the details - I'm a huge fan of Aleppo soap myself
The filter I use is similar to this one:
15 Stage Shower Filter with Vitamin C For Hard Water - 2 Cartridges Included Shower Filters Removes Chlorine Fluoride and Harmful Substances - Showerhead Filter High Output - - Amazon.com
15 Stage Shower Filter with Vitamin C For Hard Water - 2 Cartridges Included Shower Filters Removes Chlorine Fluoride and Harmful Substances - Showerhead Filter High Output - - Amazon.com
www.amazon.com
it is not exactly the same model but has similar properties, the price isn't high either, so I think it's worth a try.
You could also try eating more liver and or taking riboflavin 300 mg supplement.
This article is quite interesting- Skin Condition Series | Dandruff
And this one- 10 ways to get rid of dandruff naturally
And this study, although I'm not sure it answers your question.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This article is quite interesting- Skin Condition Series | Dandruff
And this one- 10 ways to get rid of dandruff naturally
And this study, although I'm not sure it answers your question.
Comparison of Healthy and Dandruff Scalp Microbiome Reveals the Role of Commensals in Scalp Health - PMC
Several scalp microbiome studies from different populations have revealed the association of dandruff with bacterial and fungal dysbiosis. However, the functional role of scalp microbiota in scalp disorders and health remains scarcely explored. ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A little late in the thread (just see this thread now), but wanted to share:
FACIAL AND NECK CLEANSING/MOISTURIZING
For the last 10 years, mornings and eves I use raw honey, which I get straight from the farm shop on my face and neck, massage it in with a slightly wet hand and then rinse off with water. If my skin gets dry during some periods, i keep the honey on for about 20 mins then rinse off with water, really works wonders. Here an link to an interesting article about the benefits of honey.
What Are the Benefits of Raw Honey?
Learn more about raw honey, its health benefits and nutrition facts that helps enrich your diet.
Then on the cleansed face, i put my homemade oil-mixture, consisting of:
- 1/3 rosehip oil
- 1/3 emu oil
- 1/3 olive or jojoba oil, depends on what i have in the house;
- few drops of vitamin E;
- few drops of frankincense or patchouli oil, whatever i have available.
Seriously, my skin feels amazing, very soft and radiant. I put the mixture in a dark brown glass bottle with a dropper (which you can cheaply purchase online or at health shops). I get my oils online and make sure they are organic, cold pressed and virgin(where applicable).
TEETH
Three years ago, they discovered severe periodontal disease, took a year of laser therapy to recover. Firstly, I used bicarbonate of soda and coconut oil for 3 years, worked great, then switched to neem toothpaste because i read that neem could be used against psoriasis in the mouth (fissures on the tongue). However, after brushing away for 2 months, the tip of my tongue became red and very sensitive, like it was burned so I stopped taking that. After about five days or so the tongue got back to normal. Now i have been brushing for the last 1,5 months alternatively with tea tree oil toothpaste from Dr Organic and bicarbonate of soda/coconut oil (and rinsing during the day with a few drops of teatree oil in water)l, so far so good. Also I noticed that switching to keto/paleo plus intermittant fasting 3 years ago really helped in restoring oral health and strong teeth.
Thank you all for your repliesI'll give the Aleppo soap a try. @Ant22, this Dutch webshop sells Aleppo soap, it looks legit to me: Link, they also ship abroad.
HAIR
Washing once a week with bicarbonate of soda mixed with regular shampoo alleviates psoriasis - itching on scalp enormously. I was looking to find a new "shampoo", so big thank you, will follow this up and try it out.
In the thread Session-10-aug-2019-47549/page-18, United Gnosis says:
) and the clay powder, ready to make your dry toothpowder. Would love to know how many parts of which you use in your mix. The teatree toothpaste i used gets my teeth too sensitive after a few weeks of brushing with it, so ready to try this! Thanks again
Sensational United Gnosis, happy for you, thank you so much for sharing. I went ahead and ordered diatomaceous earth food grade (which i used years ago in a mixture to help my daughter get rid of scabies
) and the clay powder, ready to make your dry toothpowder. Would love to know how many parts of which you use in your mix. The teatree toothpaste i used gets my teeth too sensitive after a few weeks of brushing with it, so ready to try this! Thanks again
