Thursday, September 20, 2012

Might as well look good

Remember a couple of years ago when my postpartum anxiety got the best of me, and I freaked out about chemicals in beauty products?  Well, I have relaxed my stance because my aging face needs more help than this natural bullshit can offer.  Seriously, I have been observing classes this week, and I feel-- with my SPF a million all over my craggy face and neck-- like the evil stepmother drowning in a sea of Snow Whites.

For the record, the kids and I still only use California Baby body wash and lotions (Ben, too, I think, but he pretends not to).  I still use a non toxic tinted moisturizer (Tarte Smooth Operator-- it's freaking awesome), but the rest of my products are trending toward hazardous.

 A couple months ago, I started using Ben's Degree deodorant because the Toms of Maine was just not cutting it.  The other day, I actually bought my own Degree stick.  But I am still keeping it in Ben's drawer because it makes me feel better that way.

I am not washing my hair as often (2 or maybe 3 times a week), so I don't feel as terrible about the toxicity of my Kerastase product regiment or my Aveda shampoos (that stuff pretends to be natural, but read the label-- chemical city, lovely hair-smoothing, shine-boosting chemical city).  I was using some Dr. Somebody's mascara from Whole Foods, but it was smeary and awful (because it lacked coal!  and heavy metal!  near my eyes!), so I switched to a --gasp-- drug store brand that was supposed to not kill me.  It, too, was dreadful.  I spent the summer in Sephora brand waterproof because I lived at the pool, but everyone knows that waterproof mascaras are hideous.  Long story short, I am back in Laura Mercier, and I look about 65 times more awake.  I also added back in my Benefit Eye Bright stick, Laura Mercier poison lipstick, and a bunch of other chemical goodies.  Because I am 34 and not fucking around anymore.

The whole point of this ramble is this:  Rice is killing us and plastics are disrupting our hormones and making us fat.  So, don't worry too much about your makeup because poison is all around us.  Duh.  I mean, OF COURSE obesity is not about bad choices.  OF COURSE horrible behavior disorders plaguing our kids are not caused by a one-shot vaccine.  OF COURSE of course of course plastics are bad for us; GMO foods are bad for us; conventional farming techniques are killing us.

WE MIGHT AS WELL LOOK GOOD.

And we should probably exercise.

4 comments:

  1. Tripod8:35 AM

    Jack looks good on the elliptical!

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  2. Kim S9:23 AM

    Because I am 34 and not fucking around anymore.

    Heard that! :) This line made me laugh out loud. I am right there with you - yet I am staring at 35 in a couple short months.

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  3. Exactly! And WTF? brown rice being more toxic than white? We seriously just can't win. I'm going to McDonalds.

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  4. I've been living on Starbucks and wine primarily, so I just don't worry about what's in the food. And I will vouch for 34 not fucking around- I swear I look older than Brett and he just turned 40. So not fair! By my under eye concealer application has reached expert level.

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