Recently, since taking the VIP nasal spray from Your Solutions Pharmacy, I've been feeling a lot more like my usual self; so much so that my creative tendencies are whipping about in full flight. Below is a recipe for a surface cleaner that has a lovely natural smell to it. I'll see how this batch goes, mould-wise, and maybe add 20% isopropyl alcohol to the mix. I also used … [Read more...] about Homemade and Frugal: CITRUS VINEGAR CLEANER
Fragrance allergy
Fragrance Free Products: Australia
I've not been around or blogging as much because I've been busy completing my assignments after applying for special consideration at Victoria University (VU) so that I could have more time to complete them. It was either that or quit. And I'm not quitting! I have until the 10th of December to do this, so I'm pushing it, but just may actually do it. It's not easy not being able … [Read more...] about Fragrance Free Products: Australia
Perfume and Histamine
I used to use a lot of perfume; it was one of my most favourite things. Ever. Before I became sensitised to the chemical ingredients in fragrances, I liked nothing better than to not only spritz on my darling L'Air du Temps (a fragrance by Nina Ricci), but also bathe in it, using the matching scented soap, then finish off with the L'Air du Temps talcum powder, and then, in the … [Read more...] about Perfume and Histamine
How to Outgas Toilet Paper
Toilet paper can be a massive pain in the butt sinuses! You see, there are toilet papers sold as hypoallergenic, fragrance free, and allergy free; then there are the unscented versions… Finding a brand that doesn’t have fragrance chemicals in it is a game of pin the tail on the donkey. Often, the hypoallergenic ones are scented with artificial rose, or some such shit irritant. … [Read more...] about How to Outgas Toilet Paper
A Short Story About Dirty Fucking Balls
In Melbourne's, the Age, newspaper, today, the article: Sexism Dovetails with Hypocrisy, by Nina Funnell and Dannielle Miller, attempts to shed light on more than just Unilever's moronic sexist advertising: "Remember that Dove campaign featuring women of all different shapes, colours and sizes standing around in their knickers supposedly taking on beauty stereotypes? Well, … [Read more...] about A Short Story About Dirty Fucking Balls