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
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Chemicals in Banana Boat Sunscreen Burns Consumers
Australian authorities are desperately trying to contact Banana Boat Sunscreens distributers after a batch of over 500,000 products of UltraMist sunscreen in the US were recalled after a handful of people caught on fire after using the product and coming in contact with an open flame. More from the Brisbane Times: “Energizer Holdings said on Friday that it was pulling 23 … [Read more...] about Chemicals in Banana Boat Sunscreen Burns Consumers
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
Take off your bra!
Okay, I'm having a terrible day, all because I drove my daughter to school this morning. (We usually leave at 8.00 am to avoid the traffic but today we were running late and left at 8.20 am, and had to crawl our way through the backstreets, and noxious traffic fumes that stung my eyes and nostrils like the fumes from caustic soda.) And now I'm sitting, writing this, with a … [Read more...] about Take off your bra!