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Primal Chic Beauty: Making The Switch To A Less Intensive, More Earth Based Hygiene and Beauty Ritual

Before we begin, let's talk about the basic tennants before I explain the swaps I made and the products I love:

Less is More: The biggest part of the Primal Chic beauty routine is it's simplicity and minimalism. I don't want you to read this post, dump all of your current skincare and makeup into the garbage just to go out and buy the things I talk about here. Use up what you already have and make the switch gradual.

Clean Clean Clean: We want to be utilizing products without harsh chemicals & unethically sourced components. The easiest way to tell if something is on or off the list is their ingredient transparency. Especially with cosmetics. Avoid unneccessary fragrances, dyes, colorants, and preservatives, and aim for things like Cruelty Free, Paraben Free, Sulfate Free, and Triclosan free. Aim for companies that are transparent about their supply chains, both for the labor in creating them, and in their ingredient sourcing. I also prefer women owned and family owned brands rather than the "clean" lines of bigger companies.

Be Smart About Animal Products: Personally, as someone with a soy allergy, I'm a big fan of certain animal products in my skin and beauty rituals, Goat's Milk Soaps, Beef Tallow hair masks, Honey & Yogurt face masks, etc. However, while I am a proponent of using the entire animal, make sure you're checking the sourcing of these products as some companies are more ethical than others. I'm lucky in that I live fairly close to the Amish and therefore have access to a certain amount of local agriculture that others may not have access to. If you're buying from an unknown company or farm, drop them a line to see where they're sourcing their animal products from. The more ethical companies rarely have an issue explaining (and bragging) about the welfare of their source animals. Things we definately want to avoid though are things like Shark Liver Oil (certain Squalene), Ambergis (whale stomach lining), and Castoreum (artificial vanilla flavor/scent produced from the castor sacs of beavers located near the anal glands). If you want to save yourself the hassle, Vegan skincare is an option, just be sure to keep an eye out for allergens like Soy or Mushroom Enzymes.

Now, let's talk about some of the Primal Chic changes in my own beauty routine:

Old Face Routine:

Oil Cleanser

Regular Cleanser

Scrub

Toner

Oil

Eye Cream

Targeted Treatments

retnoids

Moisturizer

Neck and Chest Cream

Sunscreen

Foundation

Concealer

Blush

Highlight

Contour

Bronzer

Eyeshadow

Eyebrow Gel

Eyeliner Pen & Pencil

Mascara

finishing powder

finishing spray

New Face Routine:

Castile Soap

Miracle Balm

Almond Oil as needed for dry-flaky patches

Sunscreen

Pink Color Balm/ Multistick (Eyes, Cheeks, Lips)

Mascara

Eyeliner Pencil if I'm feeling fancy

That's it. The really crazy thing about it too? I had more acne, dryness, irritation, and inflamation with the old routine. I did have about 2 weeks of acne after making the switch as my skin adjusted but I haven't struggled with major skin issues since. Part of it was cutting back on the amount of makeup I was wearing, as a full beat vs a little blush and eyemakeup with a lip is a lot less product on the skin. Part of it was not creating new issues for myself by trying to treat the old issues with harsh chemicals. I also cut out a lot of fragrances from my skincare, with my only scented skincare product left being my sunscreen since I don't seem to have any reactions to Sun Bum's products. My used up makeup containers I take to my local health foods store to be recycled by Terracycle.

Old Shower Routine:

Pre-wash oil

Shampoo

Scalp Scrub

Conditioning Mask

Conditioner

Soap on the body

Body Gel

Body Scrub

Body Oil

Shaving cream

Lotion

Body Mist

Perfume

Deoderant

New Shower Routine:

Castile Soap for hair, body, & shaving

Occassional Home Made Sugar Scrub

Almond Oil (2 drops worked through the ends of my hair, then worked across the body)

Occassional use of cocoa butter on knees, hands, feet, & ankles

Deoderant (I still use a conventional Dove deoderant)

I save so much time, my showers are maybe 10 minutes long if I'm not shaving that day, and 20 minutes tops when I do a little trimming. I also switched from disposable heads to an old-school single blade safety razor. Also, rather than investing in chemical exfoliants I switched to dry brushing and body scrapers/ gua shas to exfoliate and massage.

Most of the products I use I can buy in bulk from my local low/zero waste store and simply store in mason jars rather than continually add to plastic production and disposal which is hard on the environment. Dr Bronner's soaps come in paper refill cartons as well for your original plastic bottle, or, if you have a dry shelf in your shower, you can simply buy the paper carton and skip most of the plastic all together.

We're also in an era where there are more resources than ever on creating your own, at home, grooming and hygiene products where you have complete control over the ingredients that go into them. I used to be super into soap making however as I went back into school and started my full time job, I found I didn't have time for all of my hobbies and it became one of the ones on the chopping block. You could also use shampoo & conditioner bars packaged in paper. A growing number of regular grocery stores such as Giant, Wegmans, or Shoprite have a natural hygiene care section near their pharmacies or other hygiene sections, and there's usually atleast one soap maker at arts fairs and farmers markets in more metropolitian areas.

I think, as part of our respect for Earth & our environment it's worth asking what we can do to limit our harm to the planet in pursuit of vanity.

Hooooolllly fucking shit

The Atlantic

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then t

This is possibly the most insane national security story in the last 50 years. Includes a massive text chain between senior members of the Trump admin gaming out foreign policy and war plans on Signal, and they accidentally added a reporter to the group chat.

My first degree is in cabinetmaking, and I was featured in our alumni magazine, college advertising, and an article for the paper of the city the school was in for my work as president of the Women In Trades and Technology Club on campus. This is what I wore for a professional photoshoot as a cabinetmaker:

Cargo pants, polished leather boots, and a fishing shirt. There's still makeup there. You could *still* advertise makeup, have a feminine look, and yet be dressed appropriately for the task at hand. To that point, I was offered multiple modeling jobs because of this feature.

One of the most common bits of feedback I got from the college's public relations and marketing teams when they wanted me to do women's interests events, interviews, q&a panels, and outreach was the fact that I was always chic, appropriate, and safe while doing my work, while also being tactful, professional, and realistic about the challenges women face in the trades workforce.

Every time I see these women on Tiktok dressed in peasant dresses with their hair down and earrings that aren't studs to do DIY I shudder. You can do a pretty up-do, still be performing femininity, and then be safe while utilizing power tools. You can wear stud earrings, then still be wearing earrings and be safe. You can wear your rings around your neck on a short chain (16" or so, falling just at the clavical, not drooping down into a dangerous territory) or wear a silicone ring in a feminine style (vine engraved, blush plain, whatever) while doing this kind of work, and still have a wedding ring on your person with significantly lower risk.

When I was working in the shop, my rings would be in my right coin pocket at all times, I'd wear my safety glasses for all power tool work (I admittedly don't tend to wear them when doing finishing work or manual hand tool work) and there are some super cute safety glasses designs these days!

There are women's cut fishing shirts these days, or pocket tees with cute sayings on the Pockets and backs, you can wear fashionable jeans that look good and be safe as long as they aren't the kind with fashion rips in them. There are so many great women's workwear brands out there now, and if you're building your brand off of DIY stuff and you market yourself as fashionable and safe, you can then get brand deals with these companies.

I genuinely cannot think of any kind of reason that you would need to dress like this for DIY to obtain brand deals, even with makeup companies. You can be chic, fashionable, & feminine while still keeping safety a priority. I promise you, you do not need to be wearing a sundress and flip-flops to do DIY content that is successful.

For anyone reading this: If you aren't ready to give up makeup, or sacrifice style for functionality, I'm more than happy to discuss how to incorporate both form and function into your DIY outfits. If you're interested in what to do or wear to be safe around power tools or you have an interest in the trades as a woman I am also more than happy to answer questions on it.

This is an actual Maybelline ad trying to disguise itself as an empowering International Women's Day post. This person wants you to think makeup is empowering and it's actually super cool and feminist of you to wear it. Even at times when it's flat out ridiculous to wear it, like when doing manual labor (you're not convincing me Maybelline, I'd sweat that right off).

Makeup is a waste of women's money, time, and energy. It does nothing to build self-confidence. It is anything but empowering.

Useful Notion Templates

Use a beauty and skincare tracker.

Write down a weekly plan date.

Keep track of your life and habit goals.

Use a gratitude journal to boost your positivity.

Start planning your trips in advance.

Create an online wish list.

Stay physically active and work out.

Write an effective resume.

Create a list of books to read.

- Mimi ♡

The day he came home vs 2 weeks later is crazy!

He's gained 2 lbs (5.18 lbs to 7.25 lbs)

Outgrew his kitten collar (6"-8" size) and moved to his big boy collar (8"-12" Collar)

Is now sensitive to catnip (He's a total stoner)

His canines are starting to wiggle and grow out to make room for his big boy canines

X turned against him, the daddy Musk cybertruck tesla boys are realizing his cars can't do shit, and no woman will touch him anymore, and he's the most blatantly bitter divorced loser in pop culture. While also being terminally online and trying to buy the country. Of course he's hanging with incels and edgelords.

why is musk back on 4chan. Even *I’m* not back on 4chan.

Anyways, BoyToy and I are now planning a renfaire weekend.

Actual Conversation Today Between BoyToy and I:

Me: 😷 I wanna snuggle

BoyToy: Not happening.

Me: I know 🥺

BoyToy: You got ADv and I got strep. What kinda bioweapon you trying to create?? 😂

Me: With you? The kind USAMRID would lock up. 🥹👉👈

Him: 🤣🤣🤣 Go back to sleep, I'll see you when we're both healthy.

“A Cat and a lowercase cat”

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