i have stopped buying any shampoos with PARABENS in them (cheap preservative, that creates skin irritations in many people). Once i threw all hair products, in my bathroom, that had PARABENS in the ingredient list, in the bin - and read the ingredient list of any other hair product i considered buying, so screened out PARABENS, things have improved dramatically.

i'm okay with Moo Goo, Sukin, the baby ones of Ecostore, Gaia, Avado, still searching for one that is less exxy and i can tolerate. i think Sukin is the least exxy of the ones i've mentioned (you can buy it in a one litre bottle). There is one supermarket shampoo i can tolerate, and has no parabens, but cna't tolerate the matching conditioner, it has so much fragrance in it - irritates me as much as insect spray does.

Parabens are also widely used by manufacturers (of low end AND high end) beauty and skin care products like
- sunscreen
- makeup
- moisturiser
- liquid soap
- bubblebath
SO many things lurking in bathroom cabinets and dressing table drawers, (containing parabens) that we put on ourselves all the time. I had no idea what parabens were before.

When i went on my "purge my home of stuff with parabens in it", the pile to throw out was BIG!

but my skin and my hair has calmed down alot, as a result.