If you are looking for ways to avoid chemicals in your personal environment, Baking Soda may provide some alternatives.

Baking soda is inexpensive and available at most every grocery, drug and convenience store. Price does not break the bank, either.

Olivia Kuhn-Lloyd came up with 13 uses for this non-polluting, non-toxic substance. Let me know other ways you use baking soda.
 
For days when you have oily hair and no time to shampoo, sprinkle some soda on your hair, comb it out, then fluff with the dryer.

About a teaspoon of soda mixed with your shampoo removes buildup.

Half a teaspoon of baking soda in 2 cups of warm water minimizes chlorine damage.

Get rid of that ugly build-up on combs and brushes by soaking them in a mixture of 3 tablespoons of baking soda and about 3 cups of warm water.

Once we reach the age of 30 we need to begin exfoliating our skin. Mixing baking soda with face cleanser, then rubbing in circles, produces soft skin.

Rough skin on feet and elbows respond well to a scrubbing with a thick past of soda and water.

For men with sensitive skin, one cup of water with one tablespoon of baking soda can serve as pre-shave and aftershave rinse.

Before tooth paste some people used baking soda for brushing teeth and freshening breath.

Baking soda also works for cleaning tooth brushes. Soak brush in water mixture over night.

Instead of paying for a manicure/pedicure to get your cuticles under control, exfoliate by brushing nails and cuticles with baking soda.

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