Why I'm Here

by L. Ash
Why bother to write a blog? Who will read it, or better yet, who will care? Well, this article on slate.com is what started it all for me - Scrubbing Out Sea Life: Exfoliating plastic beads feel good—unless you live in the ocean. After reading it, I knew I had to pass this along with the sincere hope that you will read this and that you will care. The article explains that the "oh, so, soft" feeling you have after your morning scrub might come at a very high price. This might sound a bit puzzling since you think your Dove scrub is a steal from the drugstore. While your outlay may be next to nothing, the price the planet might pay for the plastic microbeads that exfoliate your skin is immeasurable. You see, after all evidence of your scrub has disappeared down the drain this plastic winds up in our rivers, lakes, and oceans, eventually winding up in the stomachs of marine life. So, the next time you're considering a shrimp cocktail you might have more to worry about than mercury levels or whether or not your potentially not-so-appetizing appetizer was farm raised. Please don't cover up your concern in cocktail sauce and forget about it; think twice and consider finding an alternative to your plastic scrub.

Have a great natural alternative you'd like to recommend? Please share it in the comments!

Check back soon for some homemade scrub recipes!

[Photo courtesy of Holly Clark on Flickr]