Originally Posted by
atomic sagebrush
Personally, I would worry even about "natural" things. People have had bad reactions to henna and even ODed on it (now that was from eating it, but who knows how much could be absorbed thru the scalp - even if not enough to harm you, could it harm a baby? No one seems to know)
Everyone assumes natural = safe but that is very far from true. Botulism is natural. Strichnine is natural. Lots of things that are natural are very harmful to babies and oftentimes natural beauty products and remedies are way, way less tested than man-made things are so just proceed with caution!