Ideas for Healthier Beauty Products

Why Should We Care?

According to the Environmental Working Group, only 11% of 10,500 ingredients in our beauty products have been tested for safety.  Most of the ingredients are known or probable carcinogens and reproductive toxins.  Your skin is the largest organ!  It absorbs EVERYTHING..and then those chemicals go into your bloodstream. 

Tips for Buying Beauty Products:

1.  Look for Fragrance Free products.

2.  Lemon scents usually have a low toxicity score.

3.  Look up the product on http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/ before purchasing the item.

Watch Out For:.
1.  Products that claim to say "natural"...means NOTHING.
2.  Products that claim to say "unscented" or "fragrance-free"...means NOTHING.
3.  Products that claim to say "hypoallergenic"...means NOTHING.

Try products that aren't familiar with you. Most products that are heavily marketed score higher on the toxicity scale.

These Companies make Healthier Beauty Products:

Aubrey Organics

Colorganics

Dr. Hauschka

Erbaviva

John Masters

Juice Beauty

Jules and Jane

Kuumba Made

Lavera
Pangea Organics

Suki

Terressentials

Trillium Herbal

Weleda

Others include (not all these products are safe, but the majority of them are safe)

Burt's Bees

Bare Escentuals

La Roche-Posay Skincare