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Personal Hygiene

Air-dry your hair: A 1500 watt hair dryer uses about 375 watt-hours of power every 15 minutes. Just think about the energy you can consume in a month by blow-drying your hair at least 15 minutes daily? Cut down your hair drying energy cost by letter your hair dry naturally.
Chemical-Free Sanitary Napkins: Some feminine hygiene products contain dioxins, which are known to be carcinogenic agents. Some also have artificial fragrances and non-biodegradable applicators and adhesives that can be harmful to a woman's body. Always choose natural and chemical-free sanitary napkins.

Green Cleaning Products: When sanitizing your bathroom and kitchen counters, use organic cleaning products. Look for those with little to no fewer chemicals. Standard cleaning agents contain allergens that can cause headaches, eyes burn, and skin and lungs toxicity.
Natural Hygiene Products: Some beauty and bath products contain substances that harm not only your skin but also the environment. Make it a habit to read the label and see if the product contains toxic chemicals that aren't good for your body. Doing this prevents toxins from getting in contact with your body and at the same time, you are also avoiding companies that produce excessive greenhouse gas emission.


Organic Towels and Shower Curtains: Go natural with your bathroom accessories by using non-toxic towels and eco-friendly shower curtain. Towels that are made from 100% organic cotton are free of herbicides, pesticides and other synthetic materials that won’t emit toxic fumes over time.



Plug Sink Drain: Did you know that you can actually save one gallon of hot water washing your face or shaving if you close the water drain? When washing up or shaving, plug up the sink drain to save water. Empty the basin when you're done soaping and refill it for rinsing. Doing this daily can help you save about 50 gallons of water every month.
Recycle Product Packaging: About 90% of bath products have recyclable packaging. You can recycle empty shampoo bottles by cutting them in half and use them as containers for your tiny trinkets. Also, the next time you shop for hygiene products, watch our for items made with recyclable materials.
Recycled Toilet Paper: Using recycled, unscented facial tissues and toilet paper mean using products that are free from chemical fragrances that can irritate your nose. Also, going green with your toilet paper enables you to help save trees.
Personal Grooming: Some personal hygiene and beauty products contain harmful substances to both you and environment. Choose natural products proven to be free from skin irritants, poisonous or toxic chemical and contain known carcinogens.
Energy Efficient Appliances: Don't stop at your kitchen when purchasing energy efficient products and appliances. Having a 2,000 watt blow dryer may get your hair dry faster but you'll use more energy and risk damaging your hair. Find a happy medium or change your life in ways that conserve energy such as choosing hairstyles that you can towel dry hair.
Green Cleaning Alternatives: Each time you wipe down the bathroom counter or clean the mirror, opt for products with fewer harsh chemicals. Standard cleaning products can irritate allergies, cause headaches and make your eyes burn. Replacing them with green alternatives will not only improve your home’s air quality, but it could also improve your quality of life.
Towel Hooks: Be sure to add towel hooks behind all bathroom and bedroom doors. Unless you suffer from skin problems, try to get 2 or 3 extra uses out of your bath and beach towels.
Organic Towels: Opt for organic towels, bath mats and shower curtains for your bathroom. They are free from herbicides, pesticides, fertilizers, formaldehyde and other synthetic materials.
Feminine Hygiene: You might be alarmed to find that many personal hygiene products being placed in some of your more sensitive areas use bleached cottons and can contain harmful substances such as dioxins which the EPA has banned for most other uses. Worse yet are the artificial fragrances that can contain other unsafe chemicals including phthalates.
Green Washing: When shopping, be on the lookout for products claiming to be environmentally friendly and made from sustainable products when they're actually not. Read your labels and get to know the types of chemicals that should be avoided at all costs.
Animal Testing: Avoid any products that require animal testing as a condition of being approved for sale. Opt for cruelty free brands that safeguard animals that might otherwise live out their lives in the wild, or might never have been cloned in large batches for testing purposes.
Home Made Treatments: Learn to make you own soaps and facial treatments. You'll save tons of money and you'll always know exactly what ingredients go into your products.
Unregulated Chemicals: Read your labels. If you don't know what a particular chemical is used for, avoid buying anything containing it. Unfortunately, some companies care even less about your long term health than they do about the environment. Don't wait to find out months or years later that your favorite product has been detrimental to you all the time you've been using it.
Certified Organic: Anyone can make up a certification seal, put it on products and make unsubstantiated claims about the product. Learn the limits of your certification seals and seek out products containing certifications that truly represent the safety of the contents.
Make Scents: Antiperspirants work by preventing the body from eliminating toxins through perspiration which reduces the body's ability to regulate it's temperature. Instead, experiment using natural products without aluminum such as a crystal stick which uses mineral salts.
Natural Toothpaste: There's a reason the US FDA requires all toothpaste tubes containing flouride to carry a poison label. Fortunately, there are natural alternatives you can make up using ingredients such as baking soda to do the job.
Healthy Hair Care: Hair like your skin is very absorbent. Avoiding products containing petroleum distillates, hair dyes, coal tar, formeldehyde, phthalates and synthetic fragrances are much better for both you and the environment.
Petroleum Free Products: There are a surprising number of petroleum derivatives not only found in cosmetics but also in other personal care products such as the plastics used in sanitary pads. Everything you put on and in your bodies is deserving of a bit of research before you buy it a second time.
Sun Block: Investigate your sunblock and tanning lotions thoroughly to determine the number of potentially irritating ingredients are destined to being absorbed into your skin. The same chemicals that are used to prevent sun damage can create other types of damage their manufactures don't want you to think about.
Label Investigation: Fortunately the US Government requires manufacturers to list the ingredients on their products. Find the time to investigate the use and affects of every ingredient of every item coming into your household. You'll be surprised at the number of things you either consume or allow to be absorbed into your bodies.
Bleached Products: Products that are otherwise perfectly fine for you are sometimes otherwise left a dull color after manufacturing. So to make them more appealing, they're subjected to harsh chemical bleaching designed solely for the purpose of having them appear pure white. This bleaching process can create dioxin which is highly toxic and known to stay in the environment. It can accumulate in the fat cells of our bodies sufficiently over time where it can cause any number of medical problems.