In my previous post, H2-Oh-No: Hard Water Irritates Skin!, I discussed how hard-water had affected my skin. After noticing and hypothesizing over patches of inflamed flushed areas all over my body, doing some research, and self-diagnosing, I concluded I did not have a sudden bout of eczema, but rather hard-water dermatitis.
In a Vogue.com article, Lottie Winter’s quote of a Dr. Gross took me back to this issue:
Dr Dennis Gross – who has just launched a range of vitamin C products – believes hard water causes complaints. “It’s high in minerals such as calcium and heavy metals, which provoke inflammation of the skin,” he says. The solution? “I have started to put chelators in my products, which are basically water softeners.”
Brita filtered Shower-head: $19.97
Just because I have been able to counteract the effects of hard water on my skin and hair, doesn’t mean that it isn’t still affecting my body and or health. Hard-water contains a range of substances in it that can affect your hair and skin- from the acidity to chlorine, heavy metals to chemicals. I also recall reading about shower-head filters- an easy and affordable solution I would not have considered. An added bonus is the removal of chlorine, which is marketed as giving you softer skin.
Perry Uwanawich is an American fashion designer and illustrator- AuricWear.com; fashion, beauty, and lifestyle blogger at Subversive.Style; and Spirituality Lifestyle Blogger at TheGypsyMystic.com. Perry has a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from The Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, two certifications in Fashion Design and Industrial Sewing, and has a background in graphic design, marketing, journalism, and fashion design.
Perry Uwanawich launched two fashion collections, the first called Deity Greek Wear, while enrolled full-time in college, and the second in 2020 called Auric Wear available at AuricWear.com and on Etsy. While pursuing a Certification in Fashion Design, Marketing, Public Relations, and Photography, he became the Parsons Teen Vogue Ambassador and created multimedia content which was included in the course. He completed another Certification in Industrial Sewing and was placed as an Industrial Sewing Machine Operator in a Rhode Island mill, working in production sewing for Military, Bags, and Medical Health industries.
Perry Uwanawich has worked in retail, acted as a graphic designer for multiple brands creating graphic prints for screenprinted garments. His marketing experience spans several industries from Fashion to Media, Medical Billing to the Medical Field- he's created graphics, logos, digital and print media assets, designed and managed websites (HTML, XHTML, CSS, WordPress…), managed social media accounts, and created marketing campaigns and ad campaigns which drove significant traffic in the local and national markets for respective industries. He has experience with photo and video editing, re-touching, motion graphics, and also worked as a freelance makeup artist working in Beauty as well as SFX makeup.
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