Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Natural Baby Bubble Bath and Fluoride Free Toothpaste




I was buying the regualar big bottle brand of kids mild formula bubble bath and you know how it is, they always want more bubbles right? Then I started remembering the research I did several years back on the kinds of chemicals that are in personal care items and cosmetics.

Sodium Laurel (and Laureth) Sulphate and Parabens are just to name a few things I'm not too crazy about exposing my kids to or sending down the drain into the ocean. The problem is I've never seen a natural bubble bath and since a lot of the natural shampoos I've used before didn't have too a thick a lather, I kinda thought there couldn't be many bubbles without SLSs. But luckily, I was wrong.

I went to Price Smart though and looked at their natural and environmentally friendly selection of products and found a Tree House endorsed Kids Bubble bath going under the name of Max and Ruby.

It was just $7 something so I took the chance to get it and see how it did. It was clear and smelled like strawberries. It didn't have that strong blue tint those silly spiderman bubbles had. And best of all, even though I like to fill the tub nearly to the top when I take a bath with my kids, the small amount of 2 capfuls recommended for use actually bubbled up pretty well.

I have to admit though, I decided to use double the amount lately because that way the bubbles do last longer then.

Now I don't have to worry about about exposing my kids to those SLSs, did you know that it's not only a chemical by-product (waste product) it can also be contaminated with the chemical in agent orange (that defoliant they used in Vietnam) that was linked to the soldiers high cancer rate from that time? It's interesting to note too, that these SLSs are the bubbling agent used in shampoos, soaps, cleansers, dish soaps and yes, bubble bath.

Kiss My Face Kids fluoride free "Berry Smart" Toothpaste has been another little natural and environmentally friendly product I've been able to buy at Price Smart and a health food store called the Happy Nut House.

Any way, my little three year old needed to start brushing or at least getting used to it and I didn't want to have him using fluoride because it's actually an insecticide chemical that causes cancer, apparently children can be more susceptible to it.

This Kiss My Face Product is great too because unlike the other natural toothpastes it doesn't have either that ugly taste or burn kids don't like.

There were some other options at the store that I tried, Oral B's got a fluoride free starter toothpaste/gel but it's got so much glycerin in it, it's kind of gross you know? My little guy was acting like he wanted to throw it up when he used it, so I tried it and it made me want to gag too.

I strongly suggest, when ever you get your kids something they'll be putting in their mouth try it yourself too. There was another brand of similar product, but no dice, it was the same problem with that even though the flavor was better this time.

The only problem with the Kiss My Face Kids toothpastes (it is berry flavored) is that your little kids will like to eat it, so you may want to keep it up a little higher so they can't get it.

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