Personal care products that I'm using right now

Well, I'm about a month into these allergies and I finding that I'm triple-checking the labels on all my products as I keep finding out about more allergens.

These are the products that I found are 'safe' for me right now:

Body
Simple Pure Soap (50p a bar)- I bought this the day after I was diagnosed and I use it for washing (almost) everything in the shower.

Sainsburys Pure Bar Soap (50p a bar)- This I use to wash my hands with. I bought it at the same time as the Simple one, thinking that if one didn't work, hopefully the other one would. Also as a test, I thought if my whole body reacted then the simple bar was out and if only my hands reacted then this one would be out. So far, both are fine.

Dove Pure Roll-On Deoderant - There are only about five or so ingredients in this. I've been using it since day two and so far so good. Alas, because its fragrance-free, if I have a busy day, I do end up a little stinky. So I just dab a little peppermint oil on my sleeves and that seems to sort out that problem :)

Neutrogena Deep Moisture Body Lotion for Sensitive Skin (£3.82) - I love this body cream and it's one of the only products that carried over from the 'Before-Diagnosis' days. It's a great moisturiser, had is fragrance-free and soothes any mild itches that you might get. It seems to calm the skin a bit too. It won't work on the big angry rashes that we get, that's what our medicated creams are for, but small, just starting rashes it can soothe.

Cocoa Butter Lotion Bar - I make these myself and they also moisturise and soothe my skin. They contain cocoa butter, coconut oil and beeswax. I also use this if I want to use a mild fragrance as it smells slightly chocolate-y which is nice :)

Sensodyne Total Care F Toothpaste - I just changed to this as I realised that my current toothpaste had limonine in it, so I just switched. I've never really had any oral symptoms before, but it's best to cut it all out at first to see which products really are bad for you.

Face

Sainsburys Pure Bar Soap (50p a bar) - is what I use to wash my face. I was using Elemis Sensitive Face wash up until last week, when I saw that it had Parfum in the ingredients. Not good. I figured that I'd try this as I had a sencond bar lying around. And I've found that it works great, I've not had any reactions to it, I've not had any spots and it cleans my face.

Clinique Dramatically Different + Lotion (£17-£29) - I used to use Clinique all the time, but eventually wandered away because they keep discontinueing the lines that I like to use. However, since I was diagnosed,  I've gone through 5 moisturisers before I decided to go back to Clinique. I went to one of their counters and the lady there let me read pretty much all of their labels until I decided on this one. I've been using it since Friday and I've had no problems with it so far. Plus their claims of it being more moisturising than their previous Dramatically Different Lotion, seem to be true with me.

Hair

Neal's Yard Create Your Own Hair & Body Wash - I bought this specifically for shampoo use as the Simple one I'd been using had geramium oil in it. This was the only one I could find that was BoP and Fragrance-free. I've used it twice now, and so far so good. I don't get the red lumps come up on my hairline that I always got with my old shampoos & conditioners. So I'll take it as a win :)

Fractionated Coconut Oil - I've been using this as a hair conditioner. I was using the solid coconut oil, but I kept getting water into my jar making it go mouldy. Luckily I had a bottle of this lying around. This seems to work quite well as well. I have thick, curly hair and have always needed a Frizz serum, but I haven't needed to since I started using this fractionated coconut oil. Thank goodness I thought to use this because so far, I've not found a conditioner that I can use.

Clothes Washing
 
Simply Sensitive Laundry Powder Tablets (£3.60)

Surcare Fabric Conditioner (£1.50)



Well, these are all the products I'm using right now. It's been a constantly changing list. I usually keep a health journal, but since the diagnosis, I've also been keeping track of all the products that I've not gotten along with.

If you like, I'll do a post shortly about those items and why they didn't work for me.