Female Personal Hygiene

[zakk]

Before and during pregnancy, avoid:
Smoking
Alcohol (including beer and wine)
Raw and undercooked meat
Radiation (x-rays, video display terminals)
Caffeine (coffee, black tea, colas, chocolate, mate)
DES (diethylstilbesterol)
Aspirin
Antihistamines, including Ephedra (Ma Huang), Osha root
Most laxatives, including flax seed, senna, aloes, castor oil, rhubarb, buckthorn, cascara sagrada
Antacids
Diuretics, including Buchu, Horsetail, Juniper berries
pHisoHex (or anything else containing hexacholorphene)
Hair dyes
Hemorrhoid medications
Chemical stimulatnts and depressants (LSD, psychotropics, phenobarbital, barbituates, tranquilizers)
Motion sickness or anti-nausea drugs (bendectin)
Epinephrine drugs (adrenalin)
Sulfonamide Antibiotics
Vaccines, anesthetics, mercury vapours in the dentist's office
Steroids and herbs containing steroid-like factors, including Agave, Ginseng, Licorice, Hops, Sage (this herb also decreases lactation)
Hormones (birth control, non-organic meats)
Acutane acne medication
Excesses of vitamins A, C, D.
Heavy metals: lead, nickel, cadmium, manganese
Pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides. These are designs to disrupt the reproductive capacities of their target pest!
Fumes from paints, thinners, solvents, wood preservatives, varnishes, glues, spray, adhesives, benzene, dry-cleaning fluids, certain plastics, vinyl cholride, rubber tuolene
Lithium, arsenic
Contact with cat feces
PCB's (polychlorinated biphenyl)
Prolonged exposure to extremely high temperatures

[foozball]

alhumdullilah alhumdullilah, this thread makes me feel soooo grateful and blessed for having clear skin. i'm so lazy, i don't think i could ever go through all of the effort to fix skin. alh.

[sumi]

what is hexacholorphene? and PCB's (polychlorinated biphenyl)? and what's it in?

[sally]

amina9183 said

I just orded a pishwaas-abayah...its like a pishwaas but its longer and the top wouldn't be as fitted. I'm excited alhamdulillah for trends that can be transformed into abayahs


And wow, I didn't know preg women can't use tee trea oil. There is this desi blood purifying stuff called "saafi" and my friend used to drink it for her acne and it made a big difference for her.

link to the abayah, please!!

also, safi is apparently toxic

[foozball]

sumiyia said

what is hexacholorphene? and PCB's (polychlorinated biphenyl)? and what's it in?

all bathroom cleaners

[Timbit]

zakk said

waterbeds

Kyun?

amina9183 said

And wow, I didn't know preg women can't use tee trea oil. There is this desi blood purifying stuff called "saafi" and my friend used to drink it for her acne and it made a big difference for her.

My chachu told me to get some of that stuff 'cause he said that's what made a difference for him when he was a teen. And I would always bug my parents to get me some. I swear we went to pretty much all the desi grocery stores looking for it, but never found any. And my mom was all "Just as well. You wouldn't drink it anyway; that stuff is horrible." She would always be like "Everybody gets acne. It's your age!" And I would always be like Good times.

And what does a pishwaas abaya look like?

[heba]

foozball said

alhumdullilah alhumdullilah, this thread makes me feel soooo grateful and blessed for having clear skin. i'm so lazy, i don't think i could ever go through all of the effort to fix skin. alh.

same here
the only things i ever use on my face are my clean and clear face wash, and my moisturizer. i didnt even know all of this stuff exists!!! i suck at all things girly.

[Timbit]

zakk said

Before and during pregnancy, avoid:

What does that mean? How long before?

[sally]

Timbit said

Kyun?



My chachu told me to get some of that stuff 'cause he said that's what made a difference for him when he was a teen. And I would always bug my parents to get me some. I swear we went to pretty much all the desi grocery stores looking for it, but never found any. And my mom was all "Just as well. You wouldn't drink it anyway; that stuff is horrible." She would always be like "Everybody gets acne. It's your age!" And I would always be like Good times.

And what does a pishwaas abaya look like?

you probably didnt find it cuz at some point it got banned from being sold in the US/canada, i think

[foozball]

heba said

same here
the only things i ever use on my face are my clean and clear face wash, and my moisturizer. i didnt even know all of this stuff exists!!! i suck at all things girly.

yeah ditto. i use Purpose face wash and moisturizer and usually fall asleep with make up on I probably should take better care of it so I don't have to do damage control later..

[heba]

foozball said

yeah ditto. i use Purpose face wash and moisturizer and usually fall asleep with make up on I probably should take better care of it so I don't have to do damage control later..

id say 99% of the time i sleep with my eye makeup on.
but i guess i dont really get breakouts from makeup because id ont wear anything on my face other than my eyes....

beats me

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in other news im all nasty and sweaty cuz i went for a bike ride with my bro. and its really hot out and we did about 15km. and i dont wanna shower I HATE SHOWERING

[Asvi]

Timbit said

Asvi: Attempting to become pregnant?

sii.

......

[Timbit]

heba said

in other news im all nasty and sweaty cuz i went for a bike ride with my bro. and its really hot out and we did about 15km. and i dont wanna shower I HATE SHOWERING

That's 'cause you're disgusting.
And yeah, you guys should remove your make-up before going to bed.

sally said

you probably didnt find it cuz at some point it got banned from being sold in the US/canada, i think

That explains it.
I'm always still on the lookout for it whenever I go to a desi grocery store.

Asvi said

sii.
......

Cool.

[heba]

Timbit said

That's 'cause you're disgusting.
And yeah, you guys should remove your make-up before going to bed.

hater..

[amina9183]

sally said

link to the abayah, please!!

also, safi is apparently toxic

really!??! ok, then..dont drink safi haha

Its not from a website, so can't link to it, but when it comes, I'll put it on my mannequin and take pictures for you There is this maulvi that makes all our clothes for us in Pakistan. Hes awesome, all his workers are employed by HSY, Karma, Mehdi, etc..so they know all the designs like the back of their hands, and all you have to do is show him a picture and he will copy it for you EXACTLY(and sometimes nicer than the deisgners original). So he called my mom just now, and I asked him to make me a pishwas-abayah from this Karma design he has..I am trying to decide on a color combo. My mom told him to make it mint green and lilac becasue we recently saw that on a bride and it looked gorgeous, but Im not sure I want to wear such a bright abayah. I dont know though..cuz its for a wedding, so maybe it wouldnt be bad/hayahless,considering how bright everyone else will be....what do you think? I LOVE the color combo...and I was telling myself that in a room full of women in lehngas and stuff...lilac and mint green wouldnt be too crazy. But maybe thats just my nafs cuz I really want that combo haha. I wear colored hijabs..bright ones, sometimes. But I stick to black or white with abayahs....

PS: I am starting designer abayahs soon insha Allah with my mom. And then I'll make a website and you can buy them from me. I'll give you discounts haha