There are many questionable items in many of our beauty and personal products. The names are long and confusing, the ingredient lists are long and confusing.....its so hard to work through it all.
Here's the main problem there are tens of thousands of ingredients in our beauty and personal products but only 20% of them have EVER been tested for safety. I know what your thinking. "What?? Are you kidding me??" Nope I am not kidding. Not at all. The cosmetics industry is completely self-regulated which is why slapping labels like Organic, Natural and Pure mean ABSOLUTELY nothing.
I could go on but instead I am going to give you a general rule guide to go by. Here are the steps.
1| Put ALL of your beauty/personal products into a pile (this includes ANYTHING that touches your skin or hair - e.g. shampoo, conditioner, moisturizer, all makeup etc. etc.)
2| Make sure none of the words below are included on their ingredients lists.
3| READY. SET. GO!
- Paraben (Methyl, Propyl, Butyl and Ethyl and more)
- Formaldehyde
- Phthalates
- PEGs (Propylene Glycol)
- Petroleum
- Synthetic Colors
- Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
- Fragrance (Parfum, Aroma)
- PVP/VA Copolymer
- Stearalkonium Chloride
Most of the ingredients listed above are unsafe because they are either known carcinogens, possible carcinogens or they block the skin from releasing toxins. I want to highlight one of the things on the list: FRAGRANCE
