Fragrance-free products

Evergreen said:
La Roche Posay's Toleriane range is fragrance-free (and made for sensitive skin).
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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.
 
Evergreen said:
My lips need balm all the time, and react to everything.
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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.
 
Evergreen said:
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.)
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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!
 
Verity said:
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!
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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!
 
wabi-sabi said:
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.
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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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Does anyone in UK or EU know a soap bar that is both strong and perfume-free? No essential oils either, or other "natural" or herbal scents.

I can find soap bars/cleansing bars that are gentle and perfume-free, but I need powerful but perfume-free.

Simple soap used to be perfect, but they changed it. Boo hiss.

I'm unlikely to tolerate something "'natural". So, mainstream but no smell is the safest bet.
 
Products I use, likely to be available in most of central Europe:

Balea natural beauty coconut milk and peony (comes as both body wash and shampoo)
Rexona 72 hour antiperspirant stick (not the 48h one!)
Odol perlička toothpaste (strawberry flavor, with a beaver on the cover it's made for kids but works well for me)

They are not necessarily scent free but the scents are subtle enough to not make me feel worse and I am plenty sensitive.
 
Evergreen said:
Does anyone in UK or EU know a soap bar that is both strong and perfume-free? No essential oils either, or other "natural" or herbal scents.

I can find soap bars/cleansing bars that are gentle and perfume-free, but I need powerful but perfume-free.

Simple soap used to be perfect, but they changed it. Boo hiss.

I'm unlikely to tolerate something "'natural". So, mainstream but no smell is the safest bet.
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This is the soap I have been using for years:

www.tastefromthemed.co.uk

OLIVA Pure Olive Oil Soap | 125g - Olive Oil Soaps

Experience the natural goodness of OLIVA Olive Oil Soap. Our pure, natural Olive Oil Soap gently nourishes your skin. Discover its benefits today
www.tastefromthemed.co.uk www.tastefromthemed.co.uk

Ingredients:

Sodium Olivate (saponified olive oil), water, Sodium Chloride

I get it on ebay.

It's
  • Free from paraben
  • No artificial colours
  • No synthetic perfumes
  • No propylene glycerol
  • No animal ingredients
  • No animal testing
  • Hypoallergenic
 
MeSci said:
This is the soap I have been using for years:
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Mm, I had seen a few olive oil soaps in my search. Sounds like it wouldn't work for my skin - olive oil not good for sensitive skin - but great to have it on the thread. I love when things have just a few ingredients.

I was able to use a very gentle body wash and no deodorant for years. Then suddenly I became smelly. Hormones maybe? Anyway, it means I need a rare combo of industrial-strength but perfume-free.
 
I have to use Dermol 500 due to dry skin and contact dermatitis, but didn't always feel I was getting the smelly bits clean. So I started using a bit of Pears soap (my favourite since childhood) on my armpits and undercarriage, then rinsing it off thoroughly. It seemed to work well, specially as those areas had never really got itchy and flaky like my legs and back, or red raw, like my hands.

Maybe selective washing with a stronger soap might be worth trying? Not sure; my skin sensitivity is due to being the 'allergic' type rather than related to ME/CFS.
 
Kitty said:
I have to use Dermol 500 due to dry skin and contact dermatitis, but didn't always feel I was getting the smelly bits clean. So I started using a bit of Pears soap (my favourite since childhood) on my armpits and undercarriage, then rinsing it off thoroughly. It seemed to work well, specially as those areas had never really got itchy and flaky like my legs and back, or red raw, like my hands.

Maybe selective washing with a stronger soap might be worth trying? Not sure; my skin sensitivity is due to being the 'allergic' type rather than related to ME/CFS.
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Yep that's exactly what I do - I just use soap on armpits, nowhere else, and I now only have to use it once or twice a week. I put it on with a flannel, usually using gloves, so my hands don't react.

I'm atopic too, my skin sensitivity has nothing to do with ME/CFS. My skin was always sensitive to perfume, but the rest of me was not until ME/CFS came along.

The only Pears I can find has perfume.
 
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