Your Skin, You only get one
What are you putting on your skin?
Did you know > “your skin absorbs 60% of what you put on it,” and “anything you put on your skin is absorbed into your bloodstream within 26 seconds,”.
Did you know > The US FDA only bans 9 chemicals from use in personal care products and does not require pre-market testing for safety.
Did you know > The Average Woman Puts 515 Synthetic Chemicals On Her Body Every Day Without even knowing it
I’m sharing these facts to bring your awareness to what you are putting on your skin/body because it matters greatly for our health and wellbeing. How the buildup of potentially hazardous compounds could be an underlying cause of inflammation, metabolic disfunction, disease and cancer. If your body ingests a chemical that's it doesn't have an ability to metabolize is then it's a toxin. These toxins are the precursors for damage inside the body. It comes not just from the food we eat but the "food" our skin eats
For me, I was always cautious of what I put onto my body but I didn't exactly know the names of the chemicals I wanted to avoid, formaldehyde rings a bell, but what did that look like on an ingredient label.... I had no clue. So what did I do, I would shop products that were marketed as "Natural." You know the ones like Aveno, Neutrogena, Dove, those all seem natural and safe to me. Am I right?
What I have learned is that "natural" is merely a marketing campaign. There is no definition of the term natural in the eyes of manufacturing law. And when I started to take a closer look, the what I found was quite shocking. Let's dive deeper!
The following are the top personal care brands available across the globe.
L'Oreal Paris
Colgate
Gillette
Lancome
Nivea
Garnier
Clinique
Dove
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L'Oreal Paris has an annual sale of various colour cosmetics, hair care, sun care, skin care and fragrance products of about $27.2 billion dollars and is regarded as one of the most ethical companies in the world.
Doing a quick search in the EW.org database provided over 511 L'Oreal Paris Products and of those;
only 13% were given scores in the 1-2 green/low exposure range
the remaining 87% received scores of moderate to high toxicity risk!!!
Looking at one random product:
Foundation, 104 Golden Beige The ingredients of concern are:
• Allergies/immunotoxicity (low)
• Use restrictions (moderate)
• Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate)
• Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (high)
• Occupational hazards (high)
• Use restrictions (moderate)
• Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate)
• Ecotoxicology (low)
• Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low)
• Contamination concerns (ETHYLENE OXIDE and 1,4-DIOXANE)
BIS-PEG/ PPG-14/ 14 DIMETHICONE
• Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low)
• Contamination concerns (ETHYLENE OXIDE and 1,4-DIOXANE)
So why? Knowing that something, an ingredient, might cause a potential for harm, why would they use it?
The unfortunate answer is because they can.
They can use these harsh and toxic ingredients because the FDA and our government don't stop them. They can use the crappiest cheapest most toxic ingredients possible and no one would be the wiser.... unless the public starts reporting after effects and makes the FDA look into it.
These companies care about their bottom line, not about our populations safety. They care about revenues, not about your aunts breast cancer. Not about your infertility, not about your thinning hair, mood swings, adrenal insufficiency, not about you at all.
You are a blip on the screen to them. Not even 1-1000th of cent.
And despite this, people still choose to shop and buy these products. Cuz it was "on sale" or cuz their friend had good results so why not try it.
Not me. Not anymore and defiantly not for my family.
I deserve better
My family deserves better.
YOU deserve better.
I hope you know it's because I love you that I am sharing this with you. We have me, I know you, you are in my heart like family and please with loving kindness, I want better for you.
I also know you are going to do as you please, but maybe next time you make a purchase, run the product ingredients thought https://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ to see if its worth it.
You only get one set of skin.