Fragrance-free products

[Evergreen]

Ingredients: olive oil, bees wax, honey, bee pollen, royal jelly and bee propolis.

Are the bees left with anything?! Some honeycomb maybe?

 

[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!