Skin Free Change in Formulations Effective Immediately

In order to continue to make the absolutely safest and most non-toxic products that we possible can, we are making the following formulation changes:

1) We will remove Sodium Borate from our Liquid Soap and any of the Scrubs that have our Liquid Soap blended in them. We initially began using this chemical to adjust the pH of our Liquid Soap, but it's toxicity rating is too high. We will just be patient and let our soap cure the old fashion way.

2) We will no longer be using Sodium Hydroxymethylglycinate as a preservative.We originally chose this preservative because of it's low rating on the Environmental Working Group's database. It was rated at "1". It's rating has now increased due to possible chemical change into formaldehyde. We will now use a combination
of Polyaminopropyl Biguanide and Potassium Sorbate whenever we need to use a preservative.

Polyaminopropyl Biguanide is a gentle, paraben-free and formaldehyde-free preservative used in baby wipes and contact lens solution. Potassium Sorbate is a food grade preservative used as an anti-fungal.

We hope this makes you feel a little bit safer!

Skin Free Skincare from an Ecological Perspective

It's extremely rewarding to have regular customers who stay with you during the years, but it's even more affirmation when the children of your loyal customers get on board.

Jennifer Grayson contacted me several months ago about reviewing Skin Free Skincare in her eco-conscious blog. Jennifer is the daughter of a long-time client and I was flattered and delighted to have a second generation customer.

Jennifer's mother had found our products on the Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep website, which rates product ingredients for their safety and toxicity. Skin Free Skincare products are currently rated at the lowest toxicity 0-1.

If you don't know anything about the Environmental Working Group, visit their website. They have a lot of interesting information about product ingredients and their effects.

Please visit Jenifer's Red, White, and Green Blog where caring for the environment is considered patriotic!

Babies Gotta Have It Gots To Have Skin Free Skincare Products!

Wendy Stetson over at "Babies Gotta Have it" is a riot!!! Her review of Skin Free Skincare describes how it greatly improved her mange. I just love mangie people who get good results from using my products.

In a private email Wendy said, "Thank you so much! I'm loving your products and have passed along one of the bars of soap to my brother-in-law who is plagued with eczema. I did so reluctantly because I wanted to hoard it all for me. But he's suffering.:-) Thanks again!"

BTW, if your dog is mangie, Skin Free Skincare is non-toxic (just ask the Environmental Working Group). So bathing him/her in our Skin Free Extra Moisturizing Soap and moisturizing the mangie parts with our Super Moisture Body Balm or After Shower Moisture Spritz would be a good thing. And don't forget to tell your vet how well it works!

If you've never heard of the Environmental Working Group, you need to check out their research. You can also review all of the skin care products that you normally use for toxicity in their massive "Skin Deep" database.

I don't think babies should be gulping down a rocket fuel ingredient -- do you? But I just learned from Environmental Working Group that when you mix infant formula that contains perchlorate (a rocket fuel ingredient than can interfere with infant brain development) with water that's also contaminated with perchlorate, you put rocket fuel on baby's menu.

We need the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which regulates the nation's water quality, to set a permanent and stringent safe drinking water standard for perchlorate.

I just sent an email to newly-appointed EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to make that a reality: http://link
Why now?

1) New risk for babies
A new report by scientists at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found perchlorate contamination in 15 brands of powdered infant formula.

2) It is in our drinking water
Perchlorate pollution has also been found in the drinking water of 28 states and territories. (Check out Environmental Working Group's tap water quality database to see if yours is one:www.ewg.org/tapwater/yourwater/index.php

3) This is the moment.
During her Senate confirmation hearing, EPA head Lisa Jackson promised to act "immediately" to reduce perchlorate contamination in drinking water to protect children and pregnant women.

Please join me in calling on EPA Administrator Jackson to make good her pledge. Send her an email today asking to keep perchlorate at safe levels in our drinking water: link