Micki's favorite links

Some of Micki's favorite links:
Cats	The Tiger on Your Couch by Bill and Judy Peterson A great book for training a cat not to use its claws on people. Very helpful! How to Think Like a Cat by Pam Johnson-Bennett The suggestion of hiding pills in hair-ball remedy was enough to make me (and Muffy) glad I bought the book!
Multiple Chemical Sensitivities	We are called canaries by some. Why? Miners took canaries underground with them as their first warning system. If the canaries started acting sick, they knew there was poison gas and they ran. We are the first warning “canaries” for a society that creates 1,000 new chemicals each year. Chemical Injury Information Network A Canary’s Eye View MCS for beginners MCS Survivors MCS (a Christian’s site) Housing and MCS Colorado Health Site Resources for Multiple Chemical Sensitivities Those with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity or Environmental Illness Product Suggestions Healthy alternatives to using loads of chemicals: The TipKing Products: All Allergy The American Environmental Health Foundation Better Basics for nontoxic living Information Packet on Fragrances N.E.E.D.S Resources for the Chemically Sensitive Resources for Multiple Chemical Sensitivities Less Toxic Living (safer products) AlerG has AllerAir air filters and lots more NonScents (salon quality hair care without fragrance) The products I use: Allens Naturally (dishwasher detergent, laundry detergent and veggie wash.) Their products are also available at Shop Organic. Healthy Home (a lot of products in one place and information, too) I Can Breathe! (masks with replacement carbon filters) Emu Oil (odorless) Smells Be Gone (an odor eraser that works on any odor. The unscented spray version is non-toxic, non-staining, non-allergenic. The tub version has an odor.) Canary Cosmetics has no odor, but it made my dry skin even dryer. I use ColoreScience Mineral Makeup. They are both made from ground minerals.
	Cosmetic Recipes I use: Apple Cider and Aspirin Toner (exfoliates) Yield: Approximately one month of daily applications Ingredients: • 1/2 ounce organic apple cider vinegar 1 Tb • 3 ounces mineral water 6 Tb (3/8 c.) • 4-5 plain aspirin tablets, uncoated 1/2 tsp Instructions: 1. Dilute 1/2 ounce organic apple cider vinegar with 4 oz of mineral water. 2. Use pestle and mortar to crush aspirin tablets. 3. Add aspirin tablet mixture to water and vinegar mix. 4. Apply toner sparingly to areas with acne, rough skin or enlarged pores. The solution will stay fresh for one month in the refrigerator. (I put a week's worth in a small container in the bathroom and the rest stays in the frig.) NOTE: 2 aspirin = 1/4 tsp. crushed Dandruff "Shampoo" Add 2 crushed aspirin to the shampoo in your hand. Leave the shampoo on your head for 2 minutes. Rinse and shampoo again - to be sure that the aspirin is out of your hair. I use the NonScents shampoo mentioned above. I crush a whole bottle of 325mg aspirin at once and then I have it ready for both of these recipes.