Favorite Natural Products for Home, Mom, & Baby

I'm on a natural products kick now too thanks to you! I'm really trying to limit the number of chemicals in our house so we aren't living in a space constantly being bombarded by things that could be bad for us. You're right about branding making all the difference on those natural products. Way to go Honest and Bert's Bees for making natural cool! I've found I love Method brand natural cleaning products too!

I've been using the honest company since the company started . My son and I have really bad skin problems as well . Have psoriasis and he has eczema . He has had a rash on his legs for the longest time that just never goes away . I would say it started between the time we moved into our house but now has hard water in the time we started using the honest company. Right before we moved I noticed a change in the cleaning power of their laundry detergent . This is while we were still living in a soft water area . I had told them I wasn't really happy with the way their detergent was working anymore . They kept sending me samples to try of their laundry pods which they said had asked for a softening and cleaning power. I am still a member of theirs and really like the fresh smell of their products and I use their multi surface spray all the time . My sons rash never goes away and my sister-in-law told me to start looking into something in the products I was using that may be irritating his skin even more . At the same time I had come across an article about preservatives in cleaning/household products. There was a photo of a young girl with a very similar rash and it was due to an allergy to a preservative . Lo and behold I looked and the honest company's multi surface spray in there detergent contained this preservative called methylisothiazolinone. I called my allergist and he said there really is no test for this. It's just more aid process of not using these things and seeing if your skin clears up. While I was in Canada recently I bought a jug of detergent and was surprised when I saw it did not contain this preservative. In just the couple days that I have only been using the Canadian detergent my sons skin is almost clear. I am amazed. A friend of mine told me to check out the company called Shaklee. You can join as a member to get a discount or sell these products. Their ingredients are hard to find unless you call them up but I called them to see if they contained this preservative I was looking for. Only two of the items contained it . Their multi surface spray and their hand soap. Nothing else contains it. I'm not really sure how in other ways, Shaklee compares to the honest company. I can't use the honest company detergent anymore or any other detergent that I found except the Canadian one or Shaklee.

I'm not sure how true this is but I found this online and I am going to call them to confirm . Just Some of Shaklee’s NO List:

NO Parabens
NO Triclosan
NO Phthalates
NO Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS)
NO Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate (SLES)
NO 1,4-Dioxane
NO Propylene Glycol
NO Volatile Organic Cleaning Compounds (VOCs)
NO Hydrochloric Acid
NO Ammonia
NO Sodium Hydroxide
NO Butyl Cellosolve
NO Formaldehyde
NO Bisphenol-A
NO Petroleum Distillates
NO Toulene
NO Chlorine Bleach
NO MSG
NO Dyes
NO Trans Fats
NO Artificial Sweeteners
NO Toxic Inks
NO Banned Substances

wow! thanks for the great information! Allergies are so crazy, aren't they... you never really know what could be irritating their skin! Thanks for the tip!