I need some advice...

I love Dr. Bronner's Magic soaps... they are good for the environment and smell wonderful. I love the lavender liquid soap and also the bar soap. The mint is refreshing. They also have the Almond, Baby powder scent, Euchalyptus, Rose, etc. They are natural and their bottles have good reading on them... They are made by a family that is carrying on the traditions of Dr. Bronner who made soap and wrote odd religious poetry about people being "All-One". I like that the makers of the soap are motivated by more than just making money and are donating some profits to assist others and that they sold some of their lands to insure that children have a place to play.... makes me feel good using their products.

Hello SkinnyC:))) I am just moving into this direction myself, so I have no real advice however I will be watching your thread here and perhaps asking questions if I see something of great interest. Something is causing my legs and other parts of my body to be way way overly dry. So I think its time to babble in the old kitchen magic and see if there are better more healthy alternatives for skin care.

Hi skinny
Sorry for the late response here but the notifies hit my mailbox like a swarm of bees after having none.
Lets see well as I told you before I like the Body Shop stuff but cant afford it now.
So now I just make my own stuff..all sorts of everything dear..I use oatmeal, lemon, oranges, cucumbers, milk, apples, bananas and the list goes on..olive oil blah blah LOL

I like Aussie Products. Not sure how environmentally friendly they are but they smell good and keep my frizz at bay. I remember about a decade ago I spent like $60 on different kinds of "all natural" hair and skin products but for the life of me I can't remember the name of them. They smelled good and worked well but at the end of the day the cost was too great to make buying them a habit.

You have probably heard of this, but milk baths are the best thing you can do for your skin.

This concept actually has it roots far back into history. It is said Cleopatra bathed in milk to keep her skin young and beautifull.

However, even father back is a pagan tradition where woman would bath in milk for the same reason.

Now, there IS actually a Wiccan Ritaul associated with this technique I am going to tell you about. This is an old spell that is used by witches to cleanse the aura of impurities and relax the muscles.

I like to set the mood first. I will turn off the lights and light a few candles. White, for purity of course. Blue, for relaxation, and maybe even a purpe or two for psychic awareness and higher thought.

Sometimes I will play gentle music... sometimes I'll play one of those "Sounds of the Forest" soundtracks, just to inspire an ambiance of relaxation. However, sometimes I will bath in complete and total silence so my mind can drift freely from one thing to the next, unbridled.

Draw a bath, make the water as warm as you wish. Personally, I like steamy hot. Adding sea salt is always a good idea when bathing. It will help releive your tense muscles at the same time pull any bad residue you have stored in your aura.

Add a cup.. or two.. or four (its up to you - whatever feels right) of milk, and swirl it into the water untill it becomes cloudy and inviting.

Now, my personal favorite touch. Scatter a handfull of fresh rose petals in your bath. You will be amazed by how a few rosepetals can transform an ordinary bath into your own personal spa.

Soak for as long as you need, and peace be with you.

After my bath I sometimes finish with a cold shower rinse. This would be like standing under a cool waterfall after bathing in a hot spring.

The cold water has two purposes. One, it invigorates you. After such a long relaxing bath, the cool water will awaken your senses to a height the surpasses your awarness higher than before the bath. Two, the cold water will actually close your pores, giving your skin a young, fresh glow.

I use this trick after a stressfull day, or a line of stressfull days. It's nice to pamper yourself every once ina while and you dont have to go to a spa to do it. All you need is a bathtub, milk, salt and rose petals.

I am a firm believer that is the mind is happy, the body has no choice but to follow.

i use a brand line called Kiss My Face. their slogan is "obsessively organic" and i loOOoOove their stuff!!

Oh I actually do have a product line you might want to try.

I used to work in a health food store and my manager was this really old leather bag of a wrinkled woman.

Anyway she got fired for stealing.

But a year later she came back into the store to shop and I didnt even recognize her.

She looked AWESOME. Like 3 years younger.

I asked her what she did and she told me about a line called "All My Skin".

That was about 4 years ago so I'm not even sure if they still make it. But seriously the results were incredible. She looked like a totaly new person.