What’s so great about Dead Sea Minerals anyway? The Dead Sea is the lowest point on the planet, and is the deepest saltwater lake in the world. Along with the high sodium content, there is a large concentration of other minerals present. I am not a scientist, so I can’t reliably tell you why they make a difference, I can only tell you that they do. My experience, and that of many other people, is that they have a wonderful healing factor – and klutzy ol’ me always has something that needs healing. …read more

I have written here a few times about shampoos – and the fact that I am not that impressed with a thick, rich lather – this is because I know that the thick rich lather just means that the shampoo is chock full of something called Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES). Look at your shampoo bottle now – go ahead. Get your spectacles out, the writing is tiny. Yes, its that ingredient just after Water, meaning that besides water, Sodium Laureth Sulfate is the next most prominent ingredient in your shampoo. Is that bad? …read more

I am starting a new section today at eBeautyDaily, that will hopefully eventually become a thorough glossary of ingredients in skin, hair and body care products, and I am starting out today with Mineral Oil, just because I have to start somewhere and I am tired of pondering whether I am going to start with “A” or with something new I found today or whatever. Mineral Oil is where it begins.
Mineral Oil has a wretched reputation within the beauty world, with rumors that it is suffocating to the skin, that it is not natural (like olive, avocado, …read more