A Reaction From a Loreal Product & A Shout Out for Orgins

I have decided that I am going to sample some of the gluten free beauty products and share my results with all of you out there. Just because I can’t have gluten, doesn’t mean I don’t want to have volumous hair, wrinkle free skin, yummy smelling and smooth skin and white teeth. Recently while traveling back to Denver I was looking through a Glamour magazine and came across some coupons for Walgreens followed by ads for the productions featured in the coupons. Loreal had an add for new hair products that contained collagen. The woman in the picture had gorgeous, full hair that had been curled. That’s what I want….I thought to myself and I stopped on my way home from the airport and picked up the root lifter, moose and hairspray. I was so excited, I hadn’t used hairspray in months since going completely natural with my hair products. I had never been sensitive to hair products before so I thought I would be fine. I got up the next day and incorporated my new hair products into my “getting ready routine” and walked out the door with wonderful, volumous hair. I noticed on my drive in that my head kind of ached so I loosened the head band on my head and kept driving in to work. About halfway through my morning I noticed that my head felt worse and my eyes were burning. By 2:00 PM I felt nauseous and told my boss I was leaving to go to the doctor and then home to get some rest.  As I was driving to the doctor it hit me like a ton of bricks (or in this case hairspray)….I was having a reaction to my new collagen infested hair products.  I turned my car around and headed straight home to wash my hair. I couldn’t get undressed fast enough and thought I was going to throw up as I stood in the shower. I washed my hair twice with my burst bees shampoo and condition (if you choose this brand the green tea smells so good) and laid down in bed. About an hour later I felt fine and was able to join my family for Mexican night without any nausea. I guess going completely gluten free caused me to become more sensitive. So basically once you go GF there is no going back.

I have to share a few products I am currently using samples of. On a recent trip to Houston I ventured into an Orgins store trying to use up my last couple of minutes before I had to leave for the airport. I immediately learned that most of their products are all natural and gluten free. I worked with the sales associate to get samples of the products she thought would be best for my skin. That was one week ago and I have to say, I am very happy with the way my skin looks and I am running out of the samples. I have been using a Perfect World Serum and Eye Cream for during the day (under a regular moisturizer) and Dr. Andrew Weil Serum at night with the Perfect World Cream at night under my burst bees night cream with royal jelly. I was just visiting the Orgins website and you can get a free mini facial so I am going to do that tomorrow after work and get my products to try for awhile. I am running low on my bare minerals foundation (which is also gluten free) and I am thinking of grabbing samples or the orgins mineral make up and some lancome makeup (majority of their products are also gluten free) to see if I like either of them better. I am also trying out Garnier Nutritioniste conditioner, hair spray and face wash. I read about the face wash in a natural magazine. It comes with a face messager to use while putting the soap on your face and was voted one of the best new products. Here is a list of GF Garnier Hair products, I have been using mine for a few days and so far so good. All Shampoo & Conditioners, Smoothing Milk, Surf Hair Texture spray, Aerosol Hairspray Flexible Hold and their hair color.  I have read a few places that Pantene is no longer safe but it is my approved GF products book??? After
doing some research it is the color shampoos for brunettes, blondes and redheads that are not safe. The rest are just fine.