And therefore on your face and in the layers of your skin. Yikes! I know. Not another thing to worry about. But ignorance is not bliss my friends. I did this myself a couple of years ago. I checked my cosmetics and toiletries on EWG.COM to see how they scored. EWG's Skin Deep is an online safety guide for cosmetics and personal
care products, launched in 2004 to help people find safer products, with
fewer ingredients that are hazardous or that haven't been thoroughly
tested. Skin Deep combines product ingredient lists with information in
more than 50 standard toxicity and regulatory databases. The database
provides easy-to-navigate safety ratings for thousands of
personal care products. I came up with the sad realization that I had to get rid of some of my favorite things. As a former professional make up artist and licensed esthetician, this was not easy to do. But I know that what we place on our skin travels deep, and if I was going to make a conscious effort to go green, watch what I eat and change my lifestyle. I had to do this too. So go grab some of your and toiletries and head to your computer to check out how your favorite products score. Here's an example of one of the products I currently have. To show you how it works. My shampoo scored a 4. (0 being the safest and 10 being the most hazardous). 4 is considered Moderate Hazard. Hmmmm....not the worst but not the best I could do.
By Organix
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It will go on to give you much more information and break down the ingredients for you and score each one. Please don't get overwhelmed if your products do not fare too well. Change the items you need to as you start run out. Start by switching the highest scored ones. I know this can be costly. If you can't afford to go completely organic and non toxic on all your products. You can change to something with a lower score. Consider how many products you use everyday, any changes you make will be for the better. I hope this was helpful for you as it was for me. I have to go now. Gotta go buy some new shampoo. See you later!
Awesome youtube video that breaks it down for you: YouTube/storyofcosmetics
Awesome youtube video that breaks it down for you: YouTube/storyofcosmetics
More Info: http://safecosmetics.org/
http://www.organicconsumers.org
You can find some great products and cosmetics at the following links too:
http://josiemarancosmetics.com/,
kissmyface.com,
http://www.aubrey-organics.com/,
http://www.physiciansformula.com
http://www.organicconsumers.org
You can find some great products and cosmetics at the following links too:
http://josiemarancosmetics.com/,
kissmyface.com,
http://www.aubrey-organics.com/,
http://www.physiciansformula.com
