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You Are What You Eat….and What You WEAR 🤯




As part of my healing journey I’ve learned that we are what we eat, but also what we wear.  


Since our skin is our largest organ, it makes sense that anything we put on our body that is filled with harmful toxic chemicals would be absorbed deep down inside of us and contributes to sickness and disease.  


When I first started my Chris Beat Cancer: Heal With Nutrition & Natural Therapies journey I learned about a group called the Environmental Working Group (EWG).  This group tests thousands and thousands of household products, body care products and food for toxic unhealthy chemicals. You can learn more about this group, their mission, and even look up products that you currently use to see how they rate!  Their website is  https://www.ewg.org


So my life saving transformation has not only been my diet but also products that I use in our house and on our body. Some changes that we’ve made so far, include shampoo and conditioner, toothpaste and mouthwash, hand soap, dish soap, laundry detergent, body lotion, and makeup.


For shampoo and conditioner we’ve been using Super Leaves by Attitude. For toothpaste and mouthwash, we switched to Dr. Bonner’s.  For hand soap and dish soap we’re also using Dr. Bonners’s, the Castile soap, we love the peppermint scent.  For body lotion I switched to Everyone brand.  For laundry detergent/fabric softener we’re using detergent sheets and dryer sheets by Clean People. And finally, for makeup I switched to BeautyCounter. 


Today I want to focus on my newest obsession, my BeautyCounter makeup.  I learned about BeautyCounter a few years ago but never made the switch.  I really didn’t give it much thought at the time because I thought I was using decent stuff (Bare Minerals).  At the beginning of natural cancer healing journey I started deep diving into everything and found out that so many of our daily products contributed to my unhealthy body which in turn caused my cancer.  BeautyCounter has  their “The Never List” which is 2800 questionable ingredients that they never use in their formulations….but most other beauty brands do….sadly the entire industry isn’t very well regulated so it’s up to us to know what we’re putting on our largest organ.  BeautyCounter also has 12 strict safety standards that all of their manufacturers must adhere to.  You can find all  of this and more on the website.  


Yes, of course there are other beauty brands that are also clean, non-toxic and safe to use, so why did I choose BeautyCounter?   I chose them because my amazing bonus sister, April just happens to be a brand advocate for them.  April is also a RN, BSN and 100% supports holistic medicine, and natural healing over allopathic medicine (I just love her so much), she has been such a blessing to me!  Since I embarked on my holistic cancer healing journey, she has shared so many natural cures with me as well as BeautyCounter and their products.  


I did some research and loved everything I was learning about Beauty Counter and wanted to make the switch.  One day April texted me and asked if she could gift me the makeup I would need to replace what I was currently using, to help me in my healing journey (did I mention how amazing she is 🫶🏼)?!!! Ladies let’s not kid ourselves, we know how expensive makeup is and replacing it ALL at the same time can be costly….so to say I felt her generosity deep down inside of me is an understatement (yes, some tears flowed)!! 


The makeup is amazing.  It goes on evenly, smoothly, lasts all day and feels light and airy, like my skin is naked!  I love it so much and wish I would have made the switch a long time ago……hindsight 🙄🙃😂

That’s about all for today.  If you have questions about any of the new products we’re using please reach out to one of us.  I’d like to close this post out with a Bible verse that God put on my heart today! 


Galatians 6:9 (NKJV) ~ 

“And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart”


Until next time…keep joy in your mind and in your heart!


Much love and many blessings,

Ali



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