Does your insect repellant work?
Here's an article on what works and what doesn't: Text As expected DEET works and most "natural products" don't. There are a couple of newer synthetics that also work. And Lemon Eucalyptus oil i...
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agesilaus wrote:
Do you plan to drink any of those skin cremes that people put on their skin? How about sun block, do you apply that to your radicchio sandwich? Do you eat eye liner, lipstick or hand sanitizer? How about shampoo or rinse, body soap? The statement is just plain wrong.
BK
I use coconut oil for skin cream, I also cook with it.
When in the sun I often wear long sleeves and a broad brim hat. Occasionally I use a sunscreen which contains titanium and zinc oxide (natural minerals), sunflower, coconut, and jojoba oils, and yes, you could eat it with no ill effects.
I don't use hand sanitizer because it is poison and have never had need of makeup although there are safer versions of them also.
Dr. Bronner's Castile soap is also safe but tastes terrible, I have on occasion brushed my teeth with it in a pinch.
