Mommy Goes Green

I’m working on replacing  all of my personal card products with safer products.  Recently, I was looking to replace my face wash. I’ve used the same Aveeno face wash for years but is has parabens in it and a few other fun chemicals.  Fortunately, my search was short lived. 

My first try was with Burt Bee’s Deep Cleansing Cream.  I like creamy facial washes and it’s affordable at $8.   Unfortunately, it just didn’t do it for me.  Something in it made my eyes water and I never felt like my makeup was totally removed.

My second round was with Desert Essence Thoroughly Clean Face Wash and I love, love, love it!  I definitely feel that it ‘thoroughly’ cleans my face, makeup and all. The face wash has a great rating on the Cosmetics Database- 1.  It contains castile soap, olive oil, tea tree oil and many other essential oils and plant extracts. It’s liquid and only takes one pump to wash my face.  I’ve been using it for a month and have used about 1/4 of the bottle.  At $10/bottle, that’s $30/year in facial wash ( or $2.50/month ) and I was spending about 2x that on Aveeno so this is a great win/win – saving my body from toxic junk AND saving money. 

WHERE TO BUY:  Find a store locally or buy it online here.

Do you have a favorite face wash?