Goal: reduce dependence on petrochemicals and detergents, use "natural" and/or homemade products where feasible, support local and/or small businesses.

Favorites are in bold.

Face

• Cleansing:  Pure Luxe Essential Cleansing Oil(MAC cleansing oil is also good, but a bit runnier)
• Moisturizing:  Jurassic Secret emu oil facial moisturizer (Why emu oil?  The fatty acids are closest to that of human skin.)
• Eyes:  Jurassic Secret eye cream or 100% emu oil (not listed on site)
• Blemishes:  If inflamed, sulphur cream.  If scabbed, tea tree oil.
• Blemish spritz:  Tea tree oil (in the form of Melafix, a fish treatment) and sea salt
• Witch hazel:  astringent
• Rose water:  calms redness, smells really damn good
• Lips:  Jurassic Secret Emu Oil Lip Care

Makeup

• Bare Minerals vitamin cream
• Bare Minerals foundation in Light Beige
• Bare Minerals blush in Warmth
• Bare Minerals finishing powder
• Smashbox bionic mascara
• Smashbox lipgloss in Iconic
• other drugstore lipsticks
• Stella Smudge Pots in ________copper?
• _____ eyeliner

Mouth

• electric toothbrush
• Waterpik
• Tom's of Maine unsweetened toothpaste
• Tea tree oil mouthwash

Body

• Moisturizer:  Homemade almond okara
• Cleansing:  Dr. Bronner's rose soap
• Sunburn spritz:  apple cider vinegar

Exfoliants (face and body)

• Light:  Baking soda = gentle, with the healing properties of salts
• Stronger:  Soaked asprin = contains alpha hydroxy acids and can reduce inflamation in pores and blemishes
• Strongest (body only):  Dead sea salt

Hair

• Still searching for non-detergent shampoo.  Dr. Bronner's rose soap bar doesn't feel like it rinses clean.

Articles

• Sunscreen and melanoma

  It turns out that UVA rays are more closely associated with melanoma than UVB rays, and typical sunscreen fails to prevent melanoma in laboratory animals. It’s also worth mentioning that sunscreen does prevent more common (and less lethal) types of skin cancer.

• How to cause a (skin) cancer epidemic

  What is the solution to rising melanoma incidence? Sunblock! Slather it on, ladies and gentlemen! No matter that we evolved outdoors! No matter that it may do nothing for melanoma incidence or mortality! No matter that you’ll be vitamin D deficient! No matter that it contains known carcinogens! 30+ SPF, the more the better. Don’t let one single deadly UV photon through.