I watched this the other night because he was going to cover thyroid .
When he mentioned SLS I decided to look at my toiletries to check .
Both my shampoo and toothpaste contain this . Is there any way to check which toiletries do not contain this ?
TIA Pp
Pinkpeony I think it's safe to say that most products contain SLS and you have to make a real effort to find those that do not. I do use some SLS free and paraben free products. It's a case of searching, and bear in mind they will be more expensive.
Here's one site to get you started although it's all their own brand
greenpeople.co.uk/beauty-hu...
I get some products from this website but you have to check items individually to see what they're free from
beautynaturals.com/category...
and I particularly like this shower gel which is free from Paraben, SLS/SLES and Mineral Oil. It's very reasonably priced and lasts for a very long time as you don't need to use very much
beautynaturals.com/product....
Other than that, time spent googling will bring up other alternatives.
Thanks Susie .
My scalp itches and now I know why .
I thought some enterprising soul may have put a list together .
Thank you for the quick reply , I will take a look at those links 😄
There is a US list but I can't find a UK one.
Cosmopolitan did a shampoo list:
cosmopolitan.co.uk/beauty-h...
Then there's Neal's Yard, Body Shop Rainforest, Faith in Nature, and I believe this website has some but you'd need to check individually
Also check out
And I believe Lush do some SLS free stuff
I've found some Faith in Nature things have it on their ingredients list. I was shocked!
Yes, we certainly need to read labels carefully, and sometimes need a magnifying glass! And why it has to be in French is beyond me! Aqua, Parfum I can understand, but most is beyond me 
SLS in toothpaste gave me a sore throat and headache. These brands are ok with the benefit of not containing fluoride too. hollandandbarrett.com/shop/...
hollandandbarrett.com/shop/...
blog.honest.com/sodium-laur...
For bodywash and shampoo
I got interested in this recently when I started to get the idea that using junk toiletries might be as bad for you as eating junk food! I've found almost all shower gels and bubble bath have it
But one thing that will always be fine is pure soap. Interestingly soap isn't a mixture of things, it is the result of a particular chemical reaction with oils, called saponification. Anyway, as far as I understand it has no nasties. So getting a really good quality solid soap, or liquids like Dr Bronner's means no worries.
Even better, most soap creates glycerol as part of the chemical change. This is really good for your skin, but is usually harvested from nastier soap products to be used in shower gels etc, but if you can buy a good quality soap that has all or most of it left in, soap itself is very moisturising. My best hypo friend has horribly dry hands. Once I set her up with a nice soap (I believe the brand is Soma, but that is from my rubbish memory. It comes in a cardboard box,the bar looks hand cut from a larger piece, and there are several essential oil flavours. So far I've tried rose and geranium), her hands became very soft within a week or so!
The only downside is that high glycerol soaps leave globby bits of themselves all over the sink, which seems a small price to pay 
Thanks SA .
Sounds good , but what about for your hair ?
Pp
I use the L'Oreal Everpure shampoo which is SLS free. It foams up nicely and doesn't dry my scalp.
Apparently, all Holland & Barratt products are SLS free according to their website.
My last one (logona brand) came from suvarna.co.uk and has nothing nasty in it. They do a lot of brands - some better than others
Haha, afraid I don't know as I haven't washed my hair in over 20 years! First I just stopped washing, but now I have dreadlocks.
Giving up washing it is always an option, and just rinse with water. For the first few weeks I think it's a bit of a hassle, but it's like giving up caffeine or other things, your body soon sorts itself out.
I use Aveda hair products and go to an aveda salon.
I make my own home cleaning products from clothes washing to carpet freshener - everything. Toothpaste is one I've not found an alternative for as ones I've tried just don't give me the same fresh feel.
I'm just using up my deodorants & then I'll be making my own of that too.
By summer I expect & hope I'll have everything chemical free.
Kateefc very interested in your home cleaning products, how do they compare to shop bought? Also how do you make them and what with?
Thanks!
I make 3 different clothes washing, 2 tabs,1 liquid - tabs are everyday & Bedding (different essential oils only difference) the liquid is for whites. Fabric conditioner is liquid. Tumble dryer freshener sheets are cotton soaked in ingredients then rewashed & reused. Dishwasher tablets. I make liquid toilet cleaner & bathroom cleaning liquid, kitchen cleaning liquid, furniture polish (does glass & mirrors too) & carpet freshener.
All environmentally friendly & cruelty free.
Sounds time consuming but it isn't & takes me a few hours to make everything that last for around 6 weeks. I store in glass jars with lids & glass bottles with spray & glass bottles with lids for the clothes washing liquids. Glass pump bottles for hand soap. Carpet freshener I use a jam jar, I put holes in the lid & it works great with harsh shakes. Air fresheners are essential oils in burner (I'm looking into making my own aromotherapy non parafin candles as I do miss my candles)
Ingredients are; Epsom salts, white vinegar, borax substitute, rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, bicarbonate of soda, dr bronners liquid & bar Castile soap, citrus peels, water, essential oils, bay leaves, aloe Vera juice, grapefruit seed extract, cornstarch, soda crystals, lemon juice, citric acid & cloves.
I hand mix & use the food processor & ice cube trays for setting the tablets (leave overnight to harden)
They are for everything & I buy in bulk, it's a selection of ingredients for each product that I got from the Internet & all have been brilliant (though if you find one for dishwasher tablets that uses water don't do it, it was rubbish didn't clean & left a film on everything, so I substituted the water with vinegar & less of it & it was perfect)
I will be typing up my lists neatly (currently a mix of scribbles & iPhone notes) with amendments I've made & I'd be happy to send you that once it's done if you would like me to.
Thank you so much Kateefc , that's very impressive. A while ago I bought a selection of essential oils to make a cleaning product and really need to give myself a push to get it done.
Yes please, would appreciate a copy of your list.
Had a quick look at the above links and the cost of the products was silly money even taking into account that you'd need to use less. The essential oils I bought didn't cost much and once they've been diluted should work out very reasonable.
The products for this I buy in bulk and when I first laid out for everything including 10 essential oils, the jars, bottles etc I spent around £180. I have had to replenish vinegar but found a company with a good deal for 4 5L bottles and that will last at least half a year, hydrogen peroxide I also found a company to get much bigger bottles for the price I'd paid for small, same with soda crystals and few other bits.
I will now only need to replace about twice a year a few ingredients and some will last over a year. The Dr bronners soap is expensive and I've just ordered kirks as an alternative but haven't made my washing powder yet to compare it but I'm hopeful as that was much cheaper and if I can get it from the states even cheaper!
Kateefc I guess you need plenty of cupboard space too!! Replenishing twice yearly sounds good and yearly even better, quite a production line you've got going.
Thanks again, your posts have been really interesting and informative.
Well you'd be surprised .. my single double shelved original cleaning cupboard holds everything bar the spare vinegars (they go in the shed & hubby fetches me a new 1 when I need it)
I have the big tubs at the back of each shelf then the smaller items are split into small baskets depending on their size/container type. I also have each rooms cleaning equipment in individual handled baskets then stacked on top of each other. Cupboard is actually easier to get things out of now.
The clothes washing & dish washer stuff once made sit in their jars/bottles on a ledge behind the washer/Dishwasher, everything is so much easier to get to & use.
Coconut oil mixed with bicarbonate of soda make a good toothpaste
Coconut oil mixed with bicarbonate of soda makes a good toothpaste
I do coconut oil pulling but the toothpaste didn't give me a fresh feeling mouth, my toothpaste is my 1 downfall.
Using alloe vera juice afterwards as a mouth wash helps
Thanks I'll give that a go.
Nearly everything contains it unless you buy from sites that specialise in organic products. Even some pills from the doctor (and food supplements that conform to the EU regulations often do, too) contain it - and why you neeed detergent in a pill is a mystery to me.
Check the Mouth Ulcer Shop for good SLS-free toothpastes. mouthulcers.co.uk/ I use the Squigle tooth builder one.
One other thing though, much as I don't like sodium laureth sulphate either, it isn't the same as sodium lauryl sulphate . The laureth version is usually the version you find in shampoos, shower gels etc and is milder.
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