It’s a new year and we want to get fit and healthy, right! You’ve probably started eating better but what about the toxic Skincare, Makeup, and Body Products you use. Most of us know what “bad food” is. We know to stay away from bad carbs and the sugar, but do you know that what you put on your skin can be just as bad? Well it is!
Skin is our largest organ and we need to take better care of it. When you buy soap, shampoo, and makeup, you don’t want formaldehyde, synthetic fragrances or synthetic preservatives in them. What about products that are tested on poor animals or have animal derived ingredients, do you want to use these products?
Did you know?
- Lipstick can be licked off and swallowed. Most have lead in them.
- Eye makeup is absorbed through mucous membranes, along with the toxins.
- Body lotion is absorbed through our skin and we put the toxic stuff all over our body.
- What about laundry detergent, shampoo, sunscreen, and conditioner, do you know what’s in yours?
Have you heard of Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES), and Ammonium Laurel Sulfate (ALS)? Look at your soap, toothpaste, shampoos, hair color and anything else you use on your body, are these ingredients in any of them? They are used as a foaming agent in lots of products. Go look at your toothpaste right now to see if these ingredients are in it. These ingredients according to the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep, have been linked to:
- Organ toxicity
- Neurotoxicity
- Endocrine disruptor
- Can possible cause mutations and cancer
Check out these posts on the EWG web site:
Mindblowing facts about cosmetics safety
Is cancer causing formaldehyde in your cosmetics?
True horror stories of cosmetic dangers
EWG has a great web site and app. I put the app on my phone about three years ago. You can find the app at Skin Deep. All you have to do is scan the barcode to see what in your products. Check out the top tips and put in your favorites, and best of all its FREE!
To see a bigger list of toxic ingredients go to Organic beauty talk. Make sure you read the labels of all your beauty products or get the “Skin Deep” app.
Are You Using Toxic Skincare, Makeup, and Body Products?
Yikes! I need to do a little research about what I’m ingesting. Thanks for sharing!
Your welcome Alexa. Keep reading my blog to learn more. Thank you!
Good information here! I always check the ingredients before I out anything on my skin.
Marcia, good for you! Stay healthy!
You’re right. We think about what goes in our body, but rarely what goes on it. Great post.
Hi Kelly, I hope the post will make you check your products more often. Thank you for reading.
I have to admit that I am not good at bothering to check such things! On the plus side, I use FAR less products since having children! 😀
Silly Mummy, maybe now you will check more often. It is more important because you have kids. Stay healthy!
This is something I’ve been thinking about lately. Who knows what harm we are doing to our bodies with these foreign substances? Same goes for chemically-treated food. I think there is so much we don’t know about the dangers.
You are right! All we can do is keep learning.
These products sound amazing! I might have to try them.
Thank you for reading Liz. Let me know if you try any and what you think of them.