In my efforts to go totally healthy and organic in my home and body products I decided to test four leading natural shampoo brands here in Australia to see which is best on my hair. I’ve never really been a fan of natural shampoo’s because they never seem to clean my hair as well as regular brands and often leave my hair in a dry messy straw like mess at the end.

But determined I was so over the course of two weeks I tried the following shampoo’s: Endota Spa Organic Shamperfect Mint Shampoo, Alchemy Mandarin Shampoo, Miessence Organics Desert Flower Shampoo and Organic Instinct Natural Shampoo. Here are the results in order of best to worst:

BEST – Alchemy Mandarin Shampoo. I like that this shampoo has no parabens, sulfates or other nasties. While I did need to follow with a conditioner to settle my hair down afterwards, I’m not saying it’s perfect but out of all the shampoo’s I tried this one got the most ticks.

RUNNER UP – Organic Instinct Natural Shampoo. I absolutely love this shampoo. It actually made my hair look and feel (and smell) the nicest of the bunch but alas I had to take some points off because it contains sodium laureth sulphate. Now I know laureth isn’t as bad as lauryl but it is still a chemical I’m trying to avoid. But ohh how I love this shampoo .. Sigh.

THIRD PLACE – Miessence Organics Desert Flower Shampoo. I really wanted this shampoo to do better than it did. I’m in love with the Miessence range but am very disappointed with how this cleaned my hair. Granted this shampoo is the healthiest and most natural of the bunch but I was left with a messy mop at the end that didn’t seem to improve as I tried it again.Â

LAST – Endota Spa Organic Mint Shamperfect. The only thing I like about this shampoo was the packaging (very cute) and the smell (the mint is divine). Everything else was horrid (didn’t lather, didn’t wash out, left my hair greasy) and even worse the mint made my head itch. Avoid!

I was just watching ACA and they featured the miessence baby range. I love these baby products and have just purchased most of them for my friend who is about to give birth any day.

Choosing an organic baby product is probably one of the best things that you can do for your child as today’s chemical cocktail of ingredients can be toxic.

More and more research is showing links between chemicals and behavioural problems, diseases and even cancer. While some people might say that the risk is minimal why risk it when there are pure 100% certified organic baby products on the market that do the same thing?

If you want to try the organic range featured on ACA – Click Here To See The Baby Range.

Choosing organic skincare is probably one of the best decisions you can make for your health and your skin.

More and more frightening statistics are now emerging about the chemicals in our cosmetics and what it can do to our bodies, which is why many companies our now turning to organic ingredients.

And with good reason.

It not only can protect your health but also the earth.

You need to become an ingredient detective and choose only products that will be beneficial to you.

If it is certified organic it will display the appropriate symbol on the packaging such as the USDA organic seal in the USA and the Australian Certified Organic seal in Australia.

Organic skin care is priced higher than regular skincare because of the quality of ingredients used, so budget can be a concern for some people, but I for one have officially joined the organic movement and have binned any cosmetic that doesn’t conform with my high standards.

Too drastic?

Maybe, but I already know that I have health issues and now that I know my products could be the culprit. I’m not turning back.

Now if I can only get my food in check …

Paraben is a commonly used ingredient in many beauty products. It’s cheap and effective as a preservative so that’s the reason that so many companies use it. But it isn’t quite as innocent as many companies would have you believe.

Parabens such as methyl-paraben, propyl-paraben, butyl-paraben, ethyl-paraben have caused a stir in the last few years because it has been found in 90% of breast cancer tumours.

Studies so far have been inconclusive as to whether paraben actually caused the tumor or not, but while the jury is still out, so will any cream in my cupboard that contains this little nasty.

You see paraben has an estrogenic effect on the body and excess estrogen has been linked not only to breast cancer but also to weight gain, depression and even infertility. This really could be a case that your moisturiser might just be preventing you falling pregnant!

It was because of this that I have decided to now use only totally organic natural cosmetics and skincare and will only be recommending such products in this blog from here on.