Fragrance-free products

[Mij]

venom maybe? I've read that is used for anti-aging products.

 

[perchance dreamer]

Snail slime is also a trendy ingredient in anti-aging products. I'll pass!

 

[Sly Saint]

My lips need balm all the time, and react to everything.

what do you do for toothpaste?
Do you have a problem with SLS?

 

[wabi-sabi]

La Roche Posay's Toleriane range is fragrance-free (and made for sensitive skin).

I've had mixed luck with them. I often use their Toleriane Gentle Hydrating Cleanser, which is almost like washing just with water, so nice! But the moisturizer from the same line gives me a rash! It's so illogical. And as I get further into menopause and my skin gets greasier I feel like I need a brisker cleanse.

 

[Verity]

My lips need balm all the time, and react to everything.

In case they ever stop making the one you like, I thought you might want to know that it’s very easy to make lip balm as long as you stick to oil-soluble materials! (Water-soluble ingredients introduce the need for a preservative, which is more effort and expense, and it’s not safe if you happen to mess it up.)

It just takes some tinkering to get the ratios of oil to wax right and some experimentation to see what oils and waxes work best for you. Can also add lanolin if you don’t react to it. Humblebee & Me is a blog that has some tutorials on this. She uses some fancy ingredients sometimes, but all you really need is an oil and a wax to harden it.

My lips are incredibly picky, and I’m going to be making some balms soon myself.

 

[Wits_End]

For period products/feminine hygiene I like Natracare. (I still cannot believe that the big companies all started putting perfume in their pads. Why? I wish gynaecologists had risen up and insisted they removed it.)

Ugh, I know, it was disgusting (probably still is, but I don't need to bother any more). The smell used to attach itself to my trousers!

 

[Evergreen]

In case they ever stop making the one you like, I thought you might want to know that it’s very easy to make lip balm as long as you stick to oil-soluble materials!

Not possible for me (severe ME/CFS), but someone else on the thread might like that. I have a big enough store that I could keep going for decades after they stopped making it!

 

[Verity]

Not possible for me (severe ME/CFS), but someone else on the thread might like that. I have a big enough store that I could keep going for decades after they stopped making it!

Very smart to stock up!

 

[Evergreen]

what do you do for toothpaste?
Do you have a problem with SLS?

Sorry I missed this! Yes, I use an SLS-free toothpaste because of dry mouth. But toothpaste has never affected my lips. I rinse well.

 

[Evergreen]

I've had mixed luck with them. I often use their Toleriane Gentle Hydrating Cleanser, which is almost like washing just with water, so nice! But the moisturizer from the same line gives me a rash! It's so illogical. And as I get further into menopause and my skin gets greasier I feel like I need a brisker cleanse.

Yes, I know what you mean. I've tried a few of the Toleriane moisturisers and the only ones I like are the eye cream and the "Fluide" one. My skin is changing with age too.

 

[MeSci]

For toothpaste I use Truthpaste, which comes in a small glass jar with a metal lid, so easy to recycle. I use the Original Botanical Toothpaste with Peppermint & Wintergreen - it's not my favourite taste but it's OK.

Ingredients:
*Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Calcium Carbonate, Bentonite, Xylitol, Sorbitol, *Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil, *Melia Azadirachta Seed (Neem) Oil, *Gaultheria Procumbens (Wintergreen) Leaf Oil, Tocopherol (Vitamin E), [°Limonene], *Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Oil, *Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil, *Eugenia Caryophyllus (Clove) Bud Oil, Commiphora Myrrha (Myrrh) Oil, [°Eugenol], Cinnamomum Zeylanicum (Cinnamon) Bark Oil, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, [°Linalol].

*Certified Organic, [°Naturally Occurring in Essential Oils]

from https://truthpaste.co.uk/collection...peppermint-wintergreen?variant=40150986358871

There are other products and flavours.

You can get it on ebay and other places.

WARNING : xylitol is poisonous to dogs.

 

[Evergreen]

The Ordinary (North America, UK, Ireland and beyond) is a fragrance-free and inexpensive brand for skincare, if you’re looking for things like acids (salicylic, glycolic etc). I have found some of their stuff helpful when I’m getting spots but am not at the need-a-dermatologist stage.

I have also discovered that while most brands’ creams contain perfume, most serums do not. I started looking a bit haggard a while ago and tried to find something with hyaluronic acid that I could tolerate. I found a hyaluronic acid serum by Avene (Europe, Ireland, probably UK) on sale, and I like it. I can put it on the bits of my face/neck that need moisture, but object to moisturiser.

Then I discovered that The Ordinary does a hyaluronic acid serum too, that costs less. So I will try that next.