also, have you tried baking soda? Just rub that on with a little water. Its kind of amazing. I also really love the dead sea line of face masks and scrubs.

32 years and I somehow missed the memo that I'm supposed to put makeup there.

Um. What is a water line? How do you line it? If I line it will I look as lovely as you?

Yeah, sulfate free soaps have more soap scum. I think that's in this piece somewhere. Idk. Blinded by science.

I think it is a testament to your skill that you could turn this into an essay on loss and regret and I am so sorry about your grandpa. I'm sure he was immensely proud of his lovely, talented granddaughter.

Oh yes. This. I looked into perhaps maybe a Munchausen thing. But in researching and talking to some experts, it doesn't seem to fit. Also, it's very troublesome to just say, "Oh it's Munchausen's by proxy." Because that is more of an explanation than a diagnosis. Although it's all so controversial.

I'm sorry for pushing my controversial opinions down your throat. I've been brainwashed by the "don't hurt kids" lobby.

Thanks! I blame podcasts.

I just reread the fairy tale Donkey Skin. I'm sure Natasha has read it, but I wonder if this telling, though hard, isn't you shedding a tough skin and becoming yourself again. Thanks for your bravery.

I ordered the trader joes face wash bc I live 2hrs from the closest store. I've been using cetaphil and Neutrogena acne scrub. I switched to them this summer and they are okay. I feel like the cetaphil makes my skin oily. I really love tea tree oil wipes. and I'm trying out coconut oil bc I keep reading studies that…

My article never said that it was a good substitution, just that Crest is using stannous floride instead of triclosan. You sound like you have a lot of anger towards toothpaste? Do you want to talk about it? I'm here for you.

I actually didn't see any reports of it being in deodorant. But you know what else is a pesticide, soap and water. Just because something in high concentrations can be a pesticide, shouldn't automatically make it bad. I mean cinnamon oil in high concentrations corrodes metal but it's still a safe and "natural" product…

When I was writing it, I was afraid of being alarmist. Because it is still being investigated. It could turn out that all this "harm" isn't quite having the impact we think. So thanks for this comment. I did see this all on pubmed, but the source I talked to who helped me suss this stuff out said that all that stuff…

Did you read the product diary for Clover Hope posted a few days ago? She had some great products for acne. I just ordered some. I'll let you know how they work. But in sum, she switched to witch hazel and trader joes spa face wash for her acne.

Crest wants to have a talk with you: http://www.crest.com/dental-hygiene…

I read that scientist believe it can be transmitted to the fetus, but they aren't sure what the effects are. Obviously, testing that raises some ethical issues. But it's a bit of a leap to say triclosan definitively causes harm to a fetus.

You are like my baby. I find him just randomly licking the floor. I think he's training for the bacteria olympics.

Well, anti-bacterial gel the kind that has alcohol and evaporates isn't bad, because the alcohol evaporates and your bacteria don't learn to become resistant to it's ingredients. But here is my thing: My baby, infamous for once chewing a cigarette butt at 11 mo and who eats dirt like it's Cheerios, is the healthiest…

What am I going to do with a body chain?

Right. I found that study. But if you look at it the paraben levels they put in the rats are way over the small levels in our cosmetics. And even at those super high levels you aren't even guaranteed to have an effect. I talked about this study with the dermatologist who said, basically, even in this instance of this…