Eve Organics offers a full line of natural skin care products and mineral makeup.
Many of the ingredients in their skin care line are organic. However, they are not certified organic. The majority of the ingredients are plant based, herbal extracts and essential oils. Their focus appears to be to feed, rejuvenate and repair the skin.
Some of the products are preserved with essential oils. However many use phenoxyethanol, a synthetic preservative, which is an irritant and may adversely affect the sense organs, as well as other harmful effects.
Their Mineral Makeup line uses mostly zinc oxide, titanium dioxide, mica, serecite, kaolin clay and iron oxides. It avoids the major objectionable ingredients found in a lot of the other mineral makeups that claim to be healthy, but really are not.
However, titanium dioxide, which is used in a lot of mineral makeup products, has been rated Group 2B - possible carcinogen - by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
Product Rating: 4 stars out of 5.
Get recommendations for the safest and healthiest cosmetics, skin care and personal care products on the market at Dying To Look Good “Best Brands.”
Yours in health,
Christine H. Farlow, D.C.
The Ingredients Investigator
Protecting you from harmful ingredients www.dyingtolookgood.com
Don’t Buy Any Skin Care Products Until You Read These Facts
Did you know that cancer-causing chemicals have been found in the skin care products you use every day? In fact, they’ve even been found in those labeled as natural and organic! Cancer has been the second leading cause of death in the U.S. for many years … and it still is. Even children are getting cancer, and their rate is increasing. It’s time to find out how to protect yourself and your family.
Now, you may be wondering …
Are you kidding me? How is that possible? There are so many rules and regulations in this country, surely there are some laws to protect the consumer from cancer-causing ingredients in skin care products, especially those that claim to be natural and organic!
Well, the truth of the matter is there are NOT!
The cosmetics and skin care industry is unregulated. The FDA cannot tell them what chemicals they can use and which they cannot. The ingredients used, even in skin care products labeled as natural and organic aren’t even required to be tested for safety. In fact, a study on the safety of 7,500 personal care products, done by the Environmental Working Group in 2004 found that 99.6% of the products tested contained one or more ingredients that had never been tested for safety by the Cosmetic Ingredient Review, the industry’s self proclaimed watchdog!
So, how do you find products that are safe and healthy?
Why it’s important to choose your natural cosmetics and skin care products carefully
I’ve been researching the safety of ingredients in food, cosmetics and skin care products since 1991. My research turned to identifying healthy, natural and organic cosmetics and skin care brands in about 1999.
While some of my research has been done in stores, copying ingredients from product labels, most has been done online. The reason, frankly, is because most of the best products are available only online and some products that are potentially good are not available in stores in my area.
That said, another factor to take into consideration, which I’ve mentioned many times before, but which was just blatantly demonstrated to me yesterday, is to make sure you buy from companies committed to producing safe and healthy products.
There are a number of companies on the market who are committed to the ultimate in purity and safety. A great many of them are USDA certified organic. There are some who are just as committed who don’t have the certification. These are the companies I search out.
There are other companies, probably most of them, who are in it for the profit. They claim to be natural and organic and some even get marginal organic certifications even though they don’t really qualify to be certified organic by “true” organic standards.
So, what happened yesterday?
I got an e-mail from a DyingToLookGood.com member who had just purchased Zuzu Luxe mascara, which is a brand I recommended in Dying To Look Good. I just finished researching mascara for the new Dying To Look Good Best Brands project that I’m working on right now. I checked the Zuzu Luxe ingredients online just the other day. They were perfectly fine, so it was my intention to include them in the new program.
However, I was asked by this member about the ingredients in this product because the ingredients label on the product she bought contained titanium dioxide, which I do not recommend.
I asked her to send me the list of ingredients on the label for the Zuzu Luxe mascara she bought…
It looked like two totally different products.
Here’s the list of ingredients that were on the actual label:
Whether you know what these ingredients mean or not, I’m sure you’ll agree that these two sets of ingredients don’t look like they are for the same product.
Bottom line. Know the companies that you purchase products from. Make sure they are truly committed to producing safe and healthy products AND they operate with honesty and integrity. The mainstream companies starting to create organic lines to get a piece of the organic pie are NOT going to give you the quality of product that the truly committed companies will.
I’ve been chastised by some for being too strict about the way I check ingredients and evaluate products. However, not only does this experience confirm my committment to the best, safest and healthiest natural skin care products and ingredients, I may just tighten the reigns a bit more here.
Zuzu Luxe, you are OUT!
Yours in health,
Christine H. Farlow, D.C.
The Ingredients Investigator
Protecting you from harmful ingredients www.dyingtolookgood.com
From what I could find, MAC does not claim to be a natural skin care line. They do claim to be cruelty free. However, since I received a call asking me about the ingredients in the MAC Cosmetics, I will review one product here and provide the link to the ingredients for the rest of their products.
Finding the ingredients for this product line was not easy. Below I have listed the ingredients for one of their skin care items. The ingredients in red are the objectionable ingredients and the reason why I do not recommend MAC Cosmetics.
What you put on your skin is absorbed into your bloodstream. So you want to make sure that your skin care products are truly natural, preferably organic. The skin care products you use should feed and and nourish your skin with the same kind of healthy ingredients you would find in your kitchen. The best natural skin care products are made from food-grade organic ingredients and are certified by the USDA National Organic Program.
Earth Day is a great time to remind ourselves that we need to take of our earth if we want it to be inhabitable for future generations. What are you doing to help protect Mother Earth? Here are five things you can do to make a difference.
Use baking soda and vinegar for household cleaning or choose products that are made from safe, non-toxic ingredients and are biodegradable. Don’t fall for the “green” ads by companies promoting environmentally friendly packaging for their chemical-rich toxic products.
Read ingredient labels on all the food, personal care and household products you purchase for your family and your home. Not all products that say natural or organic on the label really meet true natural and organic standards.
Reuse or recycle your containers and packaging. Don’t throw away materials that can be put to another use. Take your own reusable bags when you shop.
When we each do our part, it will make a huge difference for the environment and the world our children, our children’s children and all future generations to come will live in.
Are your hands or feet dry? Does it seem that no matter how often you put on lotions or creams, they’re still dry?
Here are some natural skin care products that really work to help you eliminate stubborn dryness.
Rejuvenessence Facial Serum – Even though this organic, natural skin care product is intended for your facial area, it works really great on other parts of your body. I use it on the backs of my hands when they get that dry look that just won’t go away, even after using lotion.
Place just a drop or two on the back of your hands. Rub the backs of your hands together. Wait a minute or two and the oils are completely absorbed into your skin. Your skin looks and feels soft and smooth, without feeling greasy. Use at night before retiring.
Use your favorite lotion, or try one of these certified organic natural skin care products during the day:
If using Rejuvenessence once a day isn’t enough. Use it again in the morning. Once or twice a day will make a huge difference.
Sensatia Botanicals Anti-Wrinkle Therapy – like Rejuvenessence, this organic natural skin care product is intended for the face area, but I have found that it works wonders on dry hands as well. Use it the same as you would use the Rejuvenessence on your hands. The difference with the Sensatia products is that they come in four different varieties to suit your skin’s age, from 20+ to 50+.
If you don’t have a favorite cream or lotion for daytime use, try one of Sensatia Botanicals creams or butters:
Get a 5% discount on any of these Sensatia Botanicals natural skin care therapies when youuse thepromotion code: DYTLGin your shopping cart before you complete your check out.
Two more natural skin care tips for dry hands and feet coming next time…
Do you know how to tell if your natural skin care products contain genetically engineered (GE) ingredients?
Technically, the question should be if they “potentially” contain GE ingredients. The reason is that in the U.S. GE ingredients are not required to be identified on the label of organic, natural or any skin care products. In fact, they’re not required to be identified on any label of any product, whether skin care, body care, cosmetics or food.
But there are ways to identify ingredients that may be potentially genetically engineered.
The most common GE crops grown are soy, cotton, canola, corn and Hawaiian papaya. If the products you use contain any ingredients that are derived from these items, they can possibly be genetically engineered.
Ingredients like soy oil, soybean oil, canola oil, corn oil, corn starch are just a few of the ingredients that you might find in a natural skin care product that could be derived from GE crops. However, not all ingredients from these crops are GE.
So how can you tell the difference?
Besides calling the manufacturer, the only real way to be sure that the ingredients in your natural and organic skin and body care products are NOT GE is to make certain that those ingredients are organic. The best organic and natural skin care products are those certified by the USDA Organic Program.
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There are two free certified organic skin care products this month, Tropicana Body Milk and Reflect Outdoor Balm. To qualify to receive both of these products, worth over $50, all you do is order a three-pack of In-Liven, a probiotic product rich in enzymes, amino acids and a broad spectrum of essential nutrients.
You will receive free, the full size of both Tropicana Body Milk and Reflect Outdoor Balm when you order this three-pack.
Remember to enter the special promotional code - marpromo - when you check out if you want to receive the free products.
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Update on cancer-causing ingredients found in organic skin care products
You may remember, in the news last year, about the organic skin care and body care products that were found to have the cancer-causing chemical 1,4-dioxane and the law suit brought against the companies that refused to change their ingredients.
A follow-up study was done and it showed improved results. However, it also tested some conventional products that were not tested in the original study and found the 1,4-dioxane contaminant present in some of these products.
What’s important to note is that there are now several different natural and organic standards for skin care and body care products, where in the not so distant past, there were essentially none. Not all of these standards are in agreement about what ingredients should be allowed in skin care products labeled as organic. Many of these standards were written to accommodate companies that were interested in having an organic label without going the distance to provide truly healthy products with only safe and healthy organic ingredients.
Watch a video about the organic products found with cancer-causing ingredients.
The only really safe way to be sure you’re getting truly organic skin care and personal care products is to make sure that the organic label is a true organic label. That would be the USDA Certified Organic label. Any other skin care product label that says certified organic may contain ingredients that are synthetic and derived from petroleum. If you buy a product that does not have the USDA Certified organic label, you must read every ingredient on the ingredients list.
Can you feel secure about the safety of the ingredients in the natural skin care products you buy from companies that sign the Compact for Safe Cosmetics?
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is a good idea. It creates an awareness of the lack of regulation of cosmetic, personal care and skin care products in the U.S. However, it’s not perfect. Companies may sign the “Compact” and still produce organic and natural skin care products that contain harmful ingredients.
For example, if you take a look at the list of companies named in the lawsuit by Dr. Bronners and the Organic Consumer’s Association for the presence of the carcinogenic contaminant, 1,4-dioxane, you’ll find that six of the eight companies have actually signed the “Compact for Safe Cosmetics.” They are:
* Avalon Organics
* Jason Pure, Natural & Organic
* Nature’s Gate Organics
* Kiss My Face Obsessively Organic
* Giovanni Organic Cosmetics
* Head Organics
Some notable companies proclaiming to produce natural skin care products that are missing from the list of signers include:
Most of these companies do manufacture their products with ingredients that are better left out of products we feed our skin, in spite of the fact that they claim to be natural, organic and healthy. Pink Body makes it so difficult to find a list of their ingredients that I can only assume that they are hiding something. I’ll check them out the next time I go to the mall.
Now, not signing the Compact for Safe Cosmetics does not absolutely mean that the products are unsafe. In many cases, it is an indication that some companies are not willing to go the mile to produce healthy skin care products, even though they proclaim that they do so, but that is not always the case.
So, the bottom line, as always, is to read the ingredients list for every natural skin care product you buy, every time you buy.
Christine H. Farlow, D.C.
The Ingredients Investigator
Protecting You From Harmful Ingredients…
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