Shout-Out: Check for Toxic Makeup
Back in Skinny Jeans posted a great link to a site where you can enter in your make up products and see how toxic they are. Right away I checked out the website and entered in Bare Escentuals, my brand of choice because everything else my skin go crazy. Luckily, they rated about 2 or 3 on their hazard scale, the highest being a 10. I would take the time to check the website out and see if your beauty products may be causing you harm. I try to examine all the ingredients in products I use before I buy them, but often it requires a magnifying glass or a dictionary. Knowing about this site makes things a lot easier for us who have sensitive skin or want to maintain healthy lifestyles.
After doing a quick Google search, I found some other resources for those who want to look into these matters:
- Go Cruelty Free - List of American companies that carry cruelty free cosmetics
- FDA Failing to Remove Toxic Chemicals from Cosmetics (Organic Consumers Association)
- How to Find Non-Toxic Makeup (eHow)
- Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
As always, knowledge is power and all that. I personally discourage using products with any fragrance in them or irritating agents that heat or tighten skin. But do your own research! Especially if you are going to shell out tons of money for a cosmetics line, make sure you aren’t doing it for the packaging or advertising.
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