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Originally Posted by Cinammonkisses

I'm surprised sodium hydroxide (ie. hair relaxer) isn't on there.

Well, the thing is, not ALL relaxers contain this... only lye based ones, but they are both equal evils, but perhaps this is a topic for an entirely different discussion. The thing is, that lye itself, although it is a caustic chemical, can and IS used as a pH stabilizer in lots of cosmetic products that have nothing to do with hair straightening (some toothpastes, and a favorite shampoo of mine, Creme of Nature), but it's also the main and sometimes sole ingredient in drain cleaners. Lye is also the main component in processing MANY soaps, especially cold process vegetable based soaps.

As much as I try to be as natural as possible, sometimes you just aren't going to be able to get the results you're used to/desire without using products with one or more of these compounds in the aforementioned list. I do pretty well, I have to say, but every now and then I make a concession. Hell, I gotta die from something.