Bubble & Bee, Bamboo Towels, and Sulfates…

I can’t remember now what I was looking up, but I randomly discovered a new website with organic personal care products today.

It looks like they’ve been around for a couple years now, and it’s apparent they are genuinely interested in organic products and not just the money that can be made from them – they have some informative links and articles. One of which is titled “Top Ten Reasons to Avoid SLS” (sodium lauryl sulfate). Which happens to be one of the (many) products I was wanting to further research… You should go check out the whole article, but I will state the reasons below:

Top Ten Reasons to Avoid SLS

1. It is a known skin irritant.
2. It pollutes our groundwater.
3. It is actually a pesticide and an herbicide.
4. It emits toxic fumes when heated.
5. It has corrosive properties.
6. Long-term permeation of the body’s tissues.
7. It’s an eye irritant.
8. Nitrate and other solvent contamination.
9. Manufacturing process is highly polluting.
10. It helps other chemicals get into your body.

Wow. Reason enough for me. Now I just need to find out if the similar sounding name in my John Masters Organics is really the same thing under a slightly different name. Bubble & Bee also has a chemical database that will come in most handy, and they explain their ingredients here.

Now if only they had a spiky hair styling product 😉

Actually, they do have some 100% bamboo fiber towels on sale – 38.25 (original 45) for a set of three (30×56 bath towel,15×30 hand towel, 13×13 wash cloth). Not a bad deal.