Five Things I’m Totally Obsessed with Right Now

things I'm obsessed with for spring 2018

Happy spring everyone! As the weather begins to slowly change (I am still waiting for the weather to warm up here in coastal Connecticut—I know it’s coming soon), so does my appetite for trying new things.

From food to fashion, here are five things I am totally obsessed with right now. Here they are in no particular order:

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Use This, Not That: Shampoo

Do you know what’s in your shampoo?

Most shampoos you find on the store shelves contain potentially harmful chemicals like surfactants that can cause skin irritations and allergies. They can also be contaminated with 1,4 dioxane, which is a known carcinogen. But it doesn’t stop there. Back in 2014, the Center for Environmental Health conducted a study and found 98 shampoos and soaps that were made with a carcinogen called cocamide diethanolamine (cocamide DEA), which was banned in California. Although manufacturers faced a huge lawsuit, only a handful have made changes to remove it from their products.

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