Community Question: Where Do You Draw the Line at Natural?
Saddle up, cowboys and cowgirls.
I’m about to swiftly bonk you over the head with some information, and then you’re going to provide your input, thoughts, and opinions on the matter. It’ll be quick, but it might not be wholly painless. It depends on how you look at it.
Isn’t that true of all of life, though? How you look at it determines what you get out of it.
While I do some bonking, keep today’s Community Question in mind:
Where Do YOU Draw the Line at Natural?
Deciding where you’re going to put your foot down – with the products you use both on your skin and in your household – is a step you’re going to take sooner or later, as you delve further into living more naturally. Many of you already have a firmly-planted foot.
My line is drawn, my foot is down, when it comes to things like synthetic fragrances, preservatives like pthalates or synthetic parabens, pretty much anything that’s a petroleum byproduct.
Smooth ‘n Silky Banana Milkshake Hair Mask
Bananas are mystical fruits designed by a higher power to be the exact shape and size to fit perfectly, snugly, miraculously on your counter top for two weeks, while you forget about them and instead eat the granola.
They also have a built-in color-coded system: Banana day one is green, banana day three is green, banana day four is yellow, banana day five is as black as the heart of Genghis Khan.
All over the wild of India, there are families of monkeys, bickering about who didn’t eat the last two bananas and now what are they going to do with them? They’re too dark and mushy. The kids won’t touch them, George. What a waste. Fine, go ahead. Just go outside and throw your poop with the guys. I’m sick of discussing this, anyway.
Well, here’s a way you can avoid that conversation. You’ll also avoid spending six hours debating whether you should throw the bananas away or bake banana bread, during which time the bananas grow legs, get up, and just walk away, sick of your indecision.
Smooth ‘n Silky Banana Hair Mask.
Tuesdays Outside the Box: Borax? And Taming Wild Hair
Shoot. Running behind today – bit off more than I can chew. So, without further ado, the third of four Tuesdays Outside the Box: Today featuring things to do with Borax and handy ways to fix oily, unruly, or otherwise unsavory hair. Yay!
You know the drill by now, right?
If you have a blog post that fits into these categories (using borax or taking care of your hair), you can add them at the end – so EVERYONE can enjoy your genius. If you don’t have a blog, leave a handy-dandy comment at the bottom with your favorite ways to handle either of these things.
I’m going to start backward today, because I’m jazzed about the first “outside” the box idea and I’ve been waiting to share this with you guys for months. It just never seemed to be the right time.
SO.
Reflections On the Grand Experiment: By a Crunchy Betty
If you’ve ever felt frustrated with finding natural solutions to your beauty problems …
If you’ve ever thought about throwing in the towel …
If you’ve ever contemplated how much you wish you weren’t the way you are ..
I want you to read this.
Kylieonwheels has been a member of Crunchy Betty for as long as I can recall, and she consistently has insightful, supportive thoughts to share. But she outdid herself last Monday.
Her comment is so inspiring that it deserves its own post. I will not dilute her wisdom with more of my nattering, so …
Your Natural Hair Questions … Answered
Confession: We didn’t even scratch the surface of what I wanted to cover about different hair care methods, so be looking for more hair stuff on the blog very soon. Specifically: A natural hairspray method and unconventional ways to wash your hair using … well … I won’t tell you that yet. ;)
But for now, let’s conclude this week with the 5 most prevalent questions about natural ways to care for your hair issues. For the record, by far, the problem of frizziness was the number one complaint. I didn’t mention it below, but if you have issues with frizziness, check out the Long Hair Community suggestions or pick up the book Curly Girl (which I haven’t read, but five people a day recommend in comments here on the site … so it must be good!)
If you have a question that wasn’t covered here, DO ask it again in the comments! There are so many helpful people around here (LOVE YOU) ready to share their experiences with you.
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