100% natural, chemical-free, detergent-free hair cleanser.
Miss Molly, who blogs at I learned something today, wrote on April 29 about this interesting hair wash she’s using. “I’ve been washing my hair with salt, baking soda, or this funky super-organic clay-based wash,” she writes. “Salt is good for not-too-stinky hair, baking soda is pretty good for grocery-store hair and minor greasiness, and the clay stuff is really good for everything.”
The product is called Pure Earth Hair Wash by Terressentials.
Many scientists are concerned about the toxic chemicals in shampoos, such as dyes and detergents, being absorbed through the skin and scrambling hormone signals. The US EPA concluded in 1997 that hormone-disrupting chemicals like these can lead to disturbing health effects, including cancer, sterility and developmental problems. What can you do?
Let us introduce you to a whole new concept in hair washing: 100% natural, chemical-free hair cleansing.
TERRESSENTIALS Pure Earth Hair Washes are most definitely not shampoos – most shampoos are made from the same detergents used for washing dishes!
According to the dictionary, natural; means existing in or formed by nature without human intervention. That means ingredients like naturally-occurring minerals and organic plant extracts – not ammonium laureth sulfate, decyl polyglucose and cyclopolymethicone. And yet, some companies will tell you that natural means anything that originated somewhere on earth – no matter what they did to it afterwards.
TERRESSENTIALS Pure Earth Hair Washes are made from gentle, detergent-free, naturally-occurring clay minerals with organic botanical extracts and organic essential oils. Our special hair wash is made from an exotic clay that has been used for many centuries as a treasured hair and body cleanser. Our clay is found in only one place in the world – Morocco. It is a unique non-lathering colloidal clay which, when mixed with water, forms a gel that attracts impurities, dirt and oil, washing them down the drain!
A truly natural hair cleanser does not contain the suspected carcinogen cocamide DEA, lauramide DEA, sodium lauryl or laureth sulfate, cocoamidopropyl betaine, olefin sulfonate, disodium cocoamphodi- acetate, PVP copolymer (polyVINYLpyrrolidone, a petrochemical liquid plastic known to cause kidney damage and thesaurosis – damaging foreign bodies in the lungs), EDTA, soy, wheat or oat (hydrolyzed) proteins, MSG, methyl, propyl or butyl parabens, diazolidinyl urea, triclosan, quaternarium 15, sodium benzoate, FD&C colors or synthetic fragrance.
Be sure to drop in on Miss Molly frequently: she’s smart, observant, brutally honest and wicked hilarious about her Environmental Illness and other life adventures.
Thanks, Miss Molly!
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