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Flowerlady · Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 3333 Location: Herts

wardy wrote:

I am, I am, honest. I'm ironing and making soup oh and washing. I can multi task Very Happy

must get stronger glasses ... just read this as making soap!! Shocked

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Delilah · Site drunken fairy Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 3917

reedos wrote:

These things surely aren't as straight forward as this is bad or this is good. For example

Methylparaben is found naturally in plants, in blueberries and probably others where it inhibits the growth of bacteria, fungus parasites etc etc. Now we are encouraged to eat blueberries as being a superfood which helps our immune system.

I think all parabens can be found naturally within plant sources, it is a preservative...............but the worry comes from the repeated exposure to parabens combined with other estrogenic materials that cause the concern with regard to breast cancer Confused

So bombarding our systems with these parabens, as opposed to digesting them as part of a balanced diet is where the cause for concern arises, atleast for us ladies anyway Laughing

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Juliet · Joined: 17 Aug 2006 Posts: 181 Location: Cambridge

Welsh Girls Allotment wrote:

if you begin to disect the ingrediants label on most toiletries it is an alarming mixture of chemicals, the sanitary towel one is something which got me thinking a few months ago ...
I have read of people making their own sanitary protection but at the moment that is a step to far for me Laughing

No need - Natracare ones from Natural Collection are free from chemical additives, chlorine bleach, and synthetic materials.

The WWF site has some good basic info. about which chemicals are the worst and how to avoid them in your home:

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(click on a room for info. about things found there which may have harmful chemicals in them).

Think I'm going to start a shampoo thread as this one's gone off in that direction ...

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SeedQueen · Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 583

Well after learning about parabens yesterday I decided I needed to have a clear out and was surprised to find that I have some Avon products (they were a gift) that contain parabens and I have just ordered some products from a Body Shop party and after checking the ingredients on their website they also contain them Twisted Evil

You'd think that the Body Shop would be paraben free! Worst bit it, I don't even know if I can return them.

I don't even really like Body Shop products but my best friend invited me to her party so I felt I had to go and then I felt I had to but something Rolling Eyes

frenchchique · Joined: 22 Sep 2006 Posts: 3463 Location: Kent

Body shop was sold to l'Oreal or sumfink similar Evil or Very Mad

It's not just the paraben that are nasties, t'is also the lauryl sulphate thingy Del mentioned earlier..... Dead cheap to produce which is why it's into everything Rolling Eyes

but an industrial strength detergent Shocked

There are 2 types, one worse than the other, but t'is a long time I read all this and I've forgotten the details Embarassed

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SeedQueen · Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 583

Yeah it is L'Oreal, but the lady doing the party did a huge spiel(?) that Body Shop products were still the same as before, effectively all L'Oreal had bought was the name. and if anything it had encouraged L'Oreal not to use products or ingredients that had been tested on animals.

frenchchique · Joined: 22 Sep 2006 Posts: 3463 Location: Kent

I just don't believe them SQ Shocked

but I'm a bit of a nutter Embarassed

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SeedQueen · Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 583

Well, to be honest, I wasn't really taken in ether but like I say, when you go to these things you feel you just have to buy something, but now I;m wishing I'd stuck to my instincts and not bothered

Delilah · Site drunken fairy Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 3917

SeedQueen wrote:

Well after learning about parabens yesterday I decided I needed to have a clear out and was surprised to find that I have some Avon products (they were a gift) that contain parabens and I have just ordered some products from a Body Shop party and after checking the ingredients on their website they also contain them Twisted Evil

You'd think that the Body Shop would be paraben free! Worst bit it, I don't even know if I can return them.

I don't even really like Body Shop products but my best friend invited me to her party so I felt I had to go and then I felt I had to but something Rolling Eyes

its always a bit of a nightmare going to these things coz you do feel obliged to buy Confused

.................the fact is L'Oreal have no policy with regard to animal testing therefore I consider body Shop in the same bracket Confused

maybe you know someone who might like the products you bought Confused

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Icyberjunkie · Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:04 am Post subject:

JAGS wrote:

Icy with 2 young gals in my house few times I had to go get Tampax or towels.............no taboo with me mate...... pay....... Laughing

NO problem with that either Jags - I was joking! I reckon I've been to buy them for this household more often than the womenfolks!!! Don't know why people get embarrassed about buying things half the population use!

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JAGS · Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:49 am Post subject:

Icyberjunkie wrote:

JAGS wrote:

Icy with 2 young gals in my house few times I had to go get Tampax or towels.............no taboo with me mate...... pay....... Laughing

NO problem with that either Jags - I was joking! I reckon I've been to buy them for this household more often than the womenfolks!!! Don't know why people get embarrassed about buying things half the population use!

Are you now gonna tell me you use them Icy Shocked

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