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What the Frick’ Is In My Lipstick??
Turn on your TV or open a fashion magazine, and chances are that one of the first ads you’ll see is a gorgeous young model with fabulous pouty red lips. We want those! We know you do too, so let’s take a look at what’s on those pouty lips.
Lead-ing Me On
Most consumers are shocked to find that the majority of lipstick brands, drug store and department store alike, contain lead. The FDA has even released a detailed report…
Is Plastic Not So Fantastic? Beauty Product Packaging; What You Need To Know!
If you’re reading this blog, you already know that not all beauty products are created equal – there are the natural, honest products and the toxic BS that craps up your skin with all kinds of nasty additives. However, it turns out that there are some big disparities in the packaging used to contain beauty products as well. Plastic packaging screws up the products it contains, and can even be hazardous to your health. Glass provides a better option, but…
Tagged with: amber glass packaging, beauty ingredients, beauty products, essential oils, glass packaging, natural beauty, natural cosmetics, non toxic beauty, plastic bpa, plastic packaging, plastic packaing essential oils, skin care ingredients, toxins
Posted in Beauty Products, Earth Friendly, Non Toxic Beauty, Skin care ingredients
Posted in Beauty Products, Earth Friendly, Non Toxic Beauty, Skin care ingredients
Grapefruit Seed Extract, Natural Preservative or Not So Conservative?
Do a quick web search on grapefruit seed extract, or GSE, and you’ll find multiple infomercial-style articles touting its benefits. All natural anti-bacterial and anti-fungal! Natural medicinal properties! What your search might not disclose is the fact that this “all natural” product may not be all that natural.
GSE’s Dirty Little Secret
What your “all natural” GSE may be hiding are some really nasty chemicals, such as diphenol chloride and benzethonium chloride. Look these babies up! You’ll find numerous scholarly…
Tagged with: beauty ingredients, beauty products, Grapefruit Extract, GSE, GSE diphenol hydroxybenzene, Natural Preservatives, natural skin care, non toxic beauty, organic, organic skin care, safe cosmetics, skin care products, toxins
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Beauty Products, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Beauty Products, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
Toxic Beauty Products Keep Funkin’ Things Up Even After They’re Flushed!
We have long known that using natural beauty products isn’t just important for your precious skin, it’s important for the planet too.
What we flush down the drain matters!
The toxic beauty products we wash off our skin and hair don’t cease to exist just because they’re gone from our specific shower, sink, or toilet (yes, toxins from crappy beauty products are absorbed and, thankfully, often secreted in our number 1s and number 2s.). They often have quite a long…
Tagged with: beauty products, earth friendly, microbeads, Mother Jones, natural skin care, non toxic beauty
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Beauty Products, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Beauty Products, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
Private Label Products: Are You Paying for Products Developed by Experts?
Private label beauty products are the choice of many small and emerging companies as the popularity of face and body care products continues to grow.
What that means for you…
It may mean you are really purchasing a product from someone OTHER then the company you think! A private label company means that they didn’t make it, but they put their name on it. In some cases, the company you purchase from is just “scenting it,” meaning they may add…
Tagged with: beauty products, Handcrafted Beauty, organic skin care, skin care
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Beauty Products, private label
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Beauty Products, private label
Beauty Gone Bad – Procedures Gone Awry and Aging Gracefully
Some of the most beautiful women get self-conscious with age. They want to erase the telltale signs of years gone by and go for extreme procedures. Unfortunately, there are several cases of beauty gone bad in Hollywood.
Fillers and related procedures are often used to give women fuller lips and plump out wrinkles. Unfortunately, they frequently wind up giving the woman a false face instead. Examples of down-int-the-dump beauty procedures gone wrong include Priscilla Presley and Meg Ryan.
A face…
Tagged with: beauty procedures, beauty products, natural skin care
Posted in Anti Aging, Beauty Ingredients, Organic Skin Care, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
Posted in Anti Aging, Beauty Ingredients, Organic Skin Care, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
Green Washing: Are You Getting What You Pay For Or A Bunch Of Bull?
Green products used to be just a “hippy” thing. No big corporations were producing truly natural or organic products because the mainstream wasn’t interested; not anymore!
A lot more people are looking for natural products; ones they can be sure are safe for both them and the environment. This has become the trend in part because people are realizing how unnatural and even dangerous conventional products can be.
However, the large companies that make these products don’t necessarily want to…
Tagged with: beauty products, EWG, Green Washing, Leaping Bunny, non toxic beauty, organi skin care, product labeling, skin care ingredients, The Campaign For Safe Cosmetics
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