An Omnivore Avoiding Shampoo?

[chasingtides]

I seem to be having a sensitivity reaction to the SLS/SDS in my shampoo and soaps. I've had reactions before, but at the moment, it's unbearable, so I'm eliminating it from my beauty regimen. I've been thinking of eliminating shampoo from my life for a while and this could be push in the right direction.

I've got straight hair, so I skipped over curlygirls and went over to no_poo. However, I'm an omnivore who dreams of one day owning her own farm and who may someday in the near future have a service animal, so I'm not totally comfortable with the atmosphere there (with the "commodification" of animals being viewed as a moral absolute). Is there another shampoo-free community or do any of you have direct experience with no_poo?

Comments

[sgrio.livejournal.com]

I tried no_poo, and I basically just took the advice and skimmed past the politics. Can you do that?

[chasingtides.livejournal.com]

I can try.

However, I'm the first to admit that calling all farmers/meat eaters/whatevers bad and painting them with the animal cruelty brush is something that really, really gets to me. When I was younger, I knew the animals whose milk I was drinking and was friends with the girl who milk them. Even now, most of my milk comes in-county and so do my eggs. The idea that I'm morally bad because I consume milk and meat - or because I wear fur - gets me. I don't and wouldn't force a veg* to eat meat and I hate it when I'm told I'm a bad person because I don't behave exactly like something else.

[sgrio.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I get that. It looks like they went aggressively vegan since I was a member. When I used the comm, there were occasional debates/wanks over using animal products, but it sounds like it's escalated.

Good luck finding another comm! Maybe ask at naturalliving.