Is your perfume making you depressed?

Are scents making you feel bad?

Did you know how many synthetic scents and perfumes are out there and how many of these toxic ingredients are finding their way into your favourite scents, not to mention the everyday products you love to use in and around your home?  Do you use perfume to make you feel better about yourself? In fact when I was younger I would never leave the house without my favourite perfume on. Maybe you're the same. Do you have a favourite scent that you wouldn't feel 'dressed' without? Do you get lots of headaches or feel down for no real reason? Have you ever felt rundown with low of mood? A toxic overload from your favourite scents and product may be making you ill without you realising it. The more scent you use on yourself and in and around your home the more likely it is that you are unwittingly exposing yourself to toxic products that are not good for your health and that of your family. Scent isn't just in your perfume or aftershave. It is everywhere. In your day to day beauty products, shampoo, deodorants etc to plug in diffusers, reed diffusers, scented candles or aerosol sprays. All these things are targeting to different triggers in your psyche so you think you feel better and happier about yourself and your home. Even when you go out you will be subjected to scent in some shape or form whether it is on other people or in the environment you are in. Even smoking has got in on the act! You may have stopped normal cigarettes and moved onto try vaping and e-cigarettes instead. These use synthetic flavours to entice you to use them. Throughout your day you will have used scent in some shape or form from what you used to clean yourself with to what is used to keep your clothes clean and fresh smelling, the products to clean your dishes, floors and home. Respiratory and health issues may be irritated by the very products you love and use each day. If the inside of your nose has ever felt sore or itchy for no reason, if you have ever felt excessively tired or run down or if you get headaches, aches and pains for no real reason it may be because of the products you use. A big part of many products involves scent. You love the things you use for yourself and home to smell nice. 

But did you know you can improve your health by ditching the perfume and finding natural alternatives? When did you last look at the ingredients in your perfume? If you didn't catch my previous blogs on perfume then go and find them. You would have learned that ingredients such as Benzaldehyde, benzyl acetate, ethanol, ethyl acetate, and linalool, commonly found in most perfumes can lead to respiratory issues, while Ethyl acetate may put you at risk of kidney or liver damage. It has cancer-causing ingredients, including benzyl acetate, limonene and methylene chloride, while the Acetone and benzyl alcohol are linked to disturbances in the central nervous system. Some perfume chemicals have been linked to Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease. Many chemicals in perfumes are linked to pain. Benzyl aldehyde is linked to abdominal pain while benzyl alcohol and methylene chloride are linked to headache pain. Benzyl alcohol and ethanol are known to cause muscle twitching and lack of coordination. Methylene chloride is documented to cause irritability and benzyl alcohol and methylene chloride are known to cause headaches. Let's see what else may be in there that is affecting your health.

It may be making you feel depressed

Ethanol and linalool are known to disrupt the central nervous system, which may be linked to feelings of depression or anxiety.

Did you ever think about smelling less toxic?

DoTerra oils are totally natural and non toxic and are a great way to express yourself as an individual. You'll have great fun learning about and experimenting with them. If you love to talk and show things to people you could even turn your passion into a business. Don't know where to start? Anything that has citrus in it will be uplifting, while things like Peppermint and Lavender help to lift your mood. You don't have to spend a fortune to start up and you'll know that what you are using supports you, your family and the environment.
Try this lovely trio starter kit and look out for my blogs on DoTerra oils to find out how you can start using them for your health, around your home and in your kitchen! These oils are very high grade and of exceptional quality, which means they can be taken internally and used on your skin also.

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