 Hey Gems, welcome back to my channel. So in this video, we're just touching a little bit on feminine care. What do you use on your lady part? Is it really safe to be using or should you just omit it all and just use water? As you know, I am the creator and owner of Gems Holistic, where I make handcrafted natural skincare products using natural and organic ingredients as well as providing wound wellness services, herbal teas and more. So what I really want to touch on in this video is our use of feminine washes, yoni washes. Should we really be using them? Do we really need them? And what's in your feminine wash? So as you know, I do offer a feminine wash, a yoni wash on my website. I will insert a picture somewhere on the screen. But the reason why I created a yoni wash is because I used to get a lot of questions from women asking what feminine wash they should use, what do I recommend, whatever the case may be. And to be honest, I've never used a feminine wash other than my own. Back in the day, I know a lot of women used to use Summer Eve. I think that's the name of it. And I think there's this, there's another one that was really popular. I can't remember. But I've never used it because I was raised to know that the vagina is self-cleaning and you should only really use water down there. And you should not insert anything up there, especially not soap. Because it can throw off your flora, your natural flora and your pH balance and all of that. So I never really thought about initially even making a feminine wash. But as I continued to get questions about it, I was like, you know what? Let me dig into this a little bit more and do some research. So I started doing research years ago about feminine wash. I started reading the ingredients of popular feminine washes that's out there. And I was like, oh my goodness, I can't believe people are really putting this on their lady parts, on their yoni, on their sacred space. It sounds like let me make my own and offer it so that since people feel they need it anyways and it does something for them, whatever that may be, at least they're using a safer version of it or the safest version they can find. So I did my research and of course, your girl, being an aspiring herbalist, had to infuse hers with herbs that's good for your yoni area, that's safe to use and all of that. That has the antibacterial properties, antiviral properties. I do offer a yoni wash, but I am here to tell y'all that you shouldn't even need one. Okay, if that makes sense, we should only really be using water down there. Now, don't get me wrong, I make a yoni wash so I use my yoni wash because as you bathe, soap runs down and it can still interfere with that area. So the yoni wash is still pretty good for washing your lower parts anyways. But I was reading, I was in the pharmacy the other day and I was, I just, something just told me, let me pick up this yoni wash and read the ingredients because it's a very popular yoni wash. It's made by a black owned company, that's pretty big. I'm not going to say the name because ain't nobody going to tell me I throwing shade at no company because I'm not, I'm not going there. I'm just here to inform my ladies, okay, that's it. But something told me, let me read the ingredients because I was just curious and I saw propylene glycol in there and I was like, oh my gosh, why would they put propylene glycol in a feminine wash? So if you're not familiar with what propylene glycol is, it's a synthetic humectant that's used in a lot of cosmetics. If you don't know what's a humectant, it's a substance that draws moisture to the skin. However, the problem with propylene glycol is that I don't want to say it's toxic, but it's toxic, okay? Yes, the FDA consider it as generally safe, but the USA approves a lot of chemicals that's really not safe. Although it's not considered toxic according to the FDA, propylene glycol has been linked to damage to the nervous, the central nervous system and found as at least a little toxic. In short, it is an alcohol and even if it's considered generally safe, I really think that it's just one of those ingredients that you should not put in a feminine wash. In a product for the most sacred part of your body, propylene glycol should not be one of the ingredients. So I'm saying not to say this, ladies, please read the ingredients of your feminine care products and make sure you research those ingredients if you don't know what it is. Always, always, always do your own research and educate yourself because it is your body, it is your temple and you should know what you're putting on it. So I know a lot of women use feminine washes because of odor issues, because of irritation. If you are having those issues as a woman, you need to take a look at what you're putting in your body and stop trying to mask it with a feminine wash. That is not going to solve the problem. Always start from internal and then move to the external. Whatever it is that's coming out of your sacred area, whatever smells or unpleasant feelings that's coming out of there, it's because of what you're putting in your body. So let's get to the root of the problem and stop using these feminine products trying to solve the issue when it's like putting a bandaid on a broken foot. It doesn't work that way. So if you do use a feminine wash right now, please go in your bathroom and look at the label and read the ingredients. If there's anything in there that you're not sure what it is or you look it up and you see any controversial information on it, don't put it on your most sacred spot. Don't use it, not on your vagina, not on your yoni, okay? And if you do have a good feminine wash, share it with other ladies so that they know what to get. And if you don't want to look any further, go to gemselistic.com and order yours today, okay? Because it is very important that you know what's in your products, especially when it's touching the most sacred part of your body. So let's do better. Let's be better. And let's take care of our body and our womb. Anyways, that's about it for this video. I hope you all found it informative. And to all of my melanated women out there watching, protect your womb by any means necessary. And to everyone watching, protect your peace by any means necessary. I wish you all love, light, and prosperity, and you'll see me in my next video. Peace.