I hope you find the following review helpful to you on your journey to optimum health. This is my first post and I plan to review many more "natural" goods that purport to enhance our health, vitality, wellbeing, even Soul. It has become a Goliath industry in many ways and there is a huge array of choice when it comes to what we put in /on our bodies. Many products make BIG claims as to what their products can do for you. But do they work ? Are we getting our money's worth when we buy healthy products that promise to be the panacea we have all been waiting for ?
With this in mind I am going to start Healthy Living Reviews with shampoos, namely Morrocco Method Shampoos, a line of holistic haircare developed by Anthony Morrocco . I first came across this line a number of years ago when surfing the web looking for healthy personal care products. I had recently become aware of the
damage that SLS's (sodium laurel sulfates) could wreak on a person's health . Moreover, it seemed to be in many personal care products ...shampoos, conditioners, toothpaste, body washes, mouth washes....
Basically it is a sudsing agent that puts the lather into products. There is a lot of weight behind the thought that SLS is possibly the most dangerous ingredient a consumer can find in most shampoos. So potent is SLS, studies have linked it to serious skin and scalp irritation and disease, hair loss and damage and the ability of the chemical to create nitrate compounds which have been linked to cancer and cell damage. It was originally used as a
degreaser for industrial parts! Seriously would you want to wash your hair/body/teeth with that?
What got me searching for products that were SLS free was a tenacious case of periodontal acne ( that's clusters of small painful bumps around the mouth). I just could not seem to heal from this ailment so I started researching on the internet. That was when I found out my ailment "could" be due to SLS in my toothpaste. Well I was willing to give it a shot so I started using toothpaste without SLS ( that will be another review!) and lo and behold the condition cleared up.
During the course of this research
I came across a most interesting website about healthy haircare that really piqued my interest
To cut a long story short , I ordered four of the travel size shampoos just to check it out. They were a little expensive ,but after due poring over their website I became quite excited about the claims Mr Morrocco made.
"Simply Pure 5 Elements Shampoos detoxify, nourish, stimulate, and cleanse hair and scalp in the most holistic way possible, leaving no harmful chemical residues. Good for the whole body. Nontoxic, gluten free, and non-allergenic. Safe for the whole family.
The safest, most naturally vital shampoo available in the marketplace today."
The exotic sounding ingredients include organic botanicals, trace minerals, and herbs, pure southwestern white healing clays natural, soapbark from Chile, Chinese green tea from Shanghai, cactus from Mexico aloe vera, apple cider vinegar, essential oils of eucalyptus, frankincense, myrrh, rosemary, safflower, sage, sesame, vetiver..... and more....
Sounds good enough to eat doesn't it , which when you think about is a pretty good barometer of how healthy something is when deciding if we should use it or not... food grade or not?
There are four shampoos in the line relating to the different elements. For best results it is recommended that one rotates each shampoo. Sea Essence is for Water, Pine Shale is for Air, Earth Essence is for Earth and Apple Cider Vinegar is for Fire. They smell great and make for a good face wash too!
Well I have been using the products pretty religiously for 4 years now and I love them, I really do. The few times when I have run out and had to resort to using other shampoos my scalp has felt itchy and the life seems to be washed out of my hair.
I have also noticed that my skin has remained pretty clear of acne which I would suffer with from time to time before. Also my asthma does not get triggered by the natural aromas in this product unlike many of the supermarket bought ones. My hair feels shiny and healthy and I feel good that I am not putting chemicals and toxins into my body,thereby taking some control over my health and being responsible about which companies I wish to support.
The hair regime seems quite pricey , but the way I look at it is this - it costs way more to be sick! I believe that by using wholesome products that are organic and thoughtfully prepared that I will remain as healthy as I can be . Also, because the products are super concentrated, you don't use as much, so overall they really don't end up costing too much more than your regular shampoo. Be warned though, there are no big bubbles in this product and it can take a little while to get used to shampooing with a product that has little lather. But it absolutely cleans the hair without stripping the guts from it . You may go through a period of de-tox where your hair looks a bit sorry, but that is just the purge of all the chemicals that have been on your scalp from other products containing SLS's and other toxins. A major plus about this company is that Mr Morrocco answers your hair care concerns via his question and answer forum..I consider that to be excellent customer service.
Stick with it and in my opinion you will be taking a big step towards great hair health!
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Disclosure: I am an affiliate for Morrocco Method products. I only endorse those products I have tried and that have passed my test of using non toxic ingredients, good performance and great customer service. In my opinion and after a number of years testing the products out, Morrocco Method attains this criteria.
