Finding Replacements

As I get rid of so many of the different products that I have come to depend on, I have found a gaping hole. In some instances, I just let that hole be and it tends to feel less gaping - as I said in the last post.

The other holes, though, continue to feel gaping until I refill them.  And I am.  ...slowly.

The first one that I filled was mascara. I don't generally wear much make-up because I stay at home with my kiddos most of the time. When I do get out of the house, I will put on some form of make-up.  My go-to, besides chapstick (which some might argue is not actually make-up...), is mascara.  I had been using Covergirl for the longest time, but it actually made my eyes itchy and water. No good. I switched it out for Physicians Formula organic wear black mascara.  I can't even tell the difference between the conventional and the organic one. ...excepting that I don't feel the need to rip out my eyes.

Also in the make-up department, I have gone to a mineral foundation. I was finding that anything conventional would make my rosacea flare up like crazy.  I would wear some on Sunday for church and then I couldn't touch my face for weeks for fear of pain.  I thought I had been using a good mineral foundation from a company that sells things through home parties...but I looked it up on EWG's website, after a huge flare up, and what do I find, but that it is an EIGHT...out of ten!  I stopped using it almost immediately, and started asking other people what they used. Once I got a few different answers, I did my research on them and made a decision.  I now have a foundation from Pure Anada. I love it. They are also a Canadian company...so I'm biased.  : )  But! Seriously, it covers blemishes with very little product.  My only complaint is that if you are not one of their stock colors (which I am borderline not) you have to buy two or three to mix together to get your shade.  That being said, if you do that, you will not have to buy more for almost an eternity!

Just yesterday, I got some mineral eye shadow and blush. I haven't used them yet, but they are pretty and I'm excited to. I'll let you know how it goes.

My favourite replacement to date has been nail polish.  Now, nail polish doesn't exactly become perfect when it goes more natural. It can only go MORE natural instead of natural.  I have always been a polish lover. I even had the water-based peel off kind that came with Barbies back in the day. I really got in to it when I turned 12. I got polish as gifts, I bought it with allowance...I had all the colors I could use.  This love affair briefly stopped when I had my son. I didn't want him sucking on my neatly painted nails for fear he would gnaw off the enamel and ingest it. I had almost stopped altogether until I heard about more natural polish!  I will tell you more in a separate post coming soon, so I won't spoil it here.  But, let me just say, I am full force back on the nail polish bandwagon!

I have replaced a bunch of other personal products, but this post is getting too long, so I will finish my list another day.

Have you replaced anything lately?
XO,
Bliss


ps. none of the companies mentioned have asked me to write this.