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How to Choose Chemical Free Skincare Products
Like a lot of moms, I’m pretty neurotic about keeping my family safe and healthy.  For example I buy and cook the healthiest food I can (okay you might have seen my son with a bag of Cheetos but it’s rare!).  I keep the house clean and as free of allergens as I possibly can (except for Oliver, our crazy border collie/retriever who is King Allergen). And I do my best to minimize the toxic chemicals in the plastics, cleaning products and soaps we use. I feel like it’s almost a full time job keeping up with emerging research on products that I used to think were perfectly safe, but lately have been found to contain toxic chemicals. Now, it seems, I need to swap out even the skincare products my family uses. Though I’ve never spent much time worrying about the chemicals in the skincare products we use (I’ve worried more about cleaning products because those seem so obviously dangerous), I’m currently in the process of finding chemical free skincare products to take the place of conventional products. My chief concern comes down to the toxic fragrances that can cause skin reactions, respiratory problems, asthma and cancer.