Healthy Living

As most of you know, I am a lover of chemical-free, as-natural-as-possible and organic products. When I go out shopping, sometimes marketing does get the better of me and I find myself wanting to look like that sparkly, shiny, flawless girl from the advert. I want an immaculate complexion in 5 days and a wrinkle eraser that will work in as little as 2 weeks (I’m sure you’ve heard of such products). Because I don’t know the name of every chemical that exists, this used to be challenging for me, because I would either have to look it up online or in a book. Not a problem anymore!

Now you can shop according to your values with the click of a button…

I discovered Good Guide which is a free mobile app (for iPhone and Android) that makes it fast and easy to find safe, healthy, green, and ethical products, instantly delivering the information you need, when you need it most. Now you can shop your values whenever you want, by simply scanning the product’s bar code with your phone. The product is rated in terms of 3 categories – Health (alerting you of any harmful ingredients, breaking down each ingredient and why it is considered harmful), Environment (including the company’s environmental practices) and Society (including the company’s social policies). It even gives you the option to view top alternative products if you decide that the product you have scanned isn’t for you. Only if a product is rated ‘bad’ according to their scale, I won’t buy it, but two or thee questionable chemicals don’t really phase me. It is however based for the American market, but does work on most products in S.A.You can go here to check it out. Who cares if you look like a freak running around Dis Chem, pointing your phone at random products, I do! Happy scanning!