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• All Natural and Organic Skin Care Products #30

  01Dec
  Categories: Natural Skin Care, Natural Skin Care Ingredients Comments: 0

  Tips to help you choose the best natural skin care products

   

  Always read all the ingredients on the label of every natural skin care product before you buy.

   

  Just because an herbal skin care product claims to be natural doesn’t mean it is. It may contain a few herbs along with synthetic ingredients, contaminants that cause cancer or chemicals that cause some type of harmful effects.

   

  Not all plant derived skin care ingredients are natural. If the label says an ingredient was derived from coconut, it may or may not be natural, depending on the extent and type of processing. Many plant-derived ingredients are so heavily processed they don’t come close to resembling the plant from which they were derived.

   

  A manufacturer of skin care products may claim that their products are natural or organic, but that doesn’t mean it’s true. The cosmetic, skin care and personal care products industry is highly unregulated. There’s a lot of misinformation presented by the companies in this industry. You can’t believe the advertising or the product labels. The truth is in the ingredients list.

   

  If you don’t want to read the ingredients list on all the natural and organic skin care products you buy, make sure that you choose skin care products that were certified organic by the USDA National Organic Program. Other organic certifying organizations allow ingredients that should not be in organic products.

   

  The bottom line: Read the ingredients list and make sure all the ingredients in every natural skin care product you buy are healthy. Or buy only USDA certified organic skin care products.

   

  Christine H. Farlow, D.C.

  The Ingredients Investigator

  Protecting You From Harmful Ingredients…

  www.dyingtolookgood.com

  www.dyingtolookgoodbook.com

  
  
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• All Natural and Organic Skin Care Products #29

  28Nov
  Categories: Natural Skin Care, Natural Skin Care Ingredients Comments: 0

  Why your baby really needs REAL natural and organic skin care

   

  In post # 10, I mentioned a number of the harmful ingredients you need to watch out for when shopping for natural skin care for babies. This included the various chemicals like the PEG’s, polyethylene, polyethylene glycol, polyoxyethylene, oxynol and anything ending in “-eth” like ceteareth, myreth, laureth and oleth, which  may contain the cancer-causing contaminant 1,4-dioxane. These ingredients are in many baby skin care products, including those that are said to be natural.

   

  What you also need to know is that infants and children are more susceptible to harm from dangerous ingredients in their skin care products than adults.

   

  “Through its review of 23 peer-reviewed studies of cancer incidence from the past 50 years, EPA has determined that infants up to age two are, on average, ten times more vulnerable to carcinogenic chemicals than adults, and for some cancer-causing agents are up to 65 times more vulnerable. The Agency also found that children from age two to 15 are three times more vulnerable to carcinogens than adults.”

   

  In addition, “…the new risk assessment methods show that children accumulate up to 50 percent of their lifetime cancer risk by their second birthday.” Source: Environmental Working Group.  

   

  With the increasing incidence of childhood cancers, it’s very wise to make sure you’re doing everything possible to protect your young ones from unnecessary exposure to cancer-causing chemicals.

   

  To be sure that you’re using the safest and healthiest products on your child, the best all natural skin care choices you can make are those skin care and body care products that are certified organic by the USDA National Organic Program… and read the ingredients on every product before you buy.

   

  Christine H. Farlow, D.C.

  The Ingredients Investigator

  Protecting You From Harmful Ingredients…

  www.dyingtolookgood.com

  www.dyingtolookgoodbook.com

   

  
  
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• All Natural and Organic Skin Care Products #28

  26Nov
  Categories: Natural Skin Care Comments: 0

  Bogus organic natural skin care products

  The lawsuit filed back in April 2008 by Dr. Bronner’s and the Organic Consumer’s Association against “organic cheaters” has been given the green light to proceed by the San Francisco Superior Court.

  If you use all natural skin care products with organic on the label, make sure you read the ingredients list if the product is not USDA certified organic skin care. A number of natural skin care companies were caught red-handed labeling their products as organic when they contained the cancer-causing contaminant 1,4-dioxane.

  The companies named in this lawsuit are

  • Avalon Organics
  • Jason Pure, Natural & Organic
  • Nature’s Gate Organics
  • Kiss My Face Obsessively Organic
  • Giovanni Organic Cosmetics
  • Head Organics
  • Desert Essence Organics
  • Stella McCartney’s CARE 100% Organic

  Two other natural skin care companies, whose products were found to contain the carcinogen 1,4-dioxane, have agreed to reformulate the problematic products. They are Ikove and Juice Beauty.

  There may be other skin care products on the market labeled as all natural and organic that are not listed above but do also contain the 1,4-dioxane or other harmful ingredients. Not every skin care product on the market labeled as organic and natural was tested for the contaminant.

  For your health and your family’s health, be a wise consumer and read every label of every skin care product before you purchase.

  Christine H. Farlow, D.C.
  The Ingredients Investigator
  Protecting You From Harmful Ingredients…
  www.dyingtolookgood.com
  www.dyingtolookgoodbook.com

  
  
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• All Natural and Organic Skin Care Products #26

  19Nov
  Categories: Natural Skin Care, Natural Skin Care Ingredients Comments: 0

  Organic or natural skin care – which is better?

   

  If a skin care product states that it is natural on the label, it may contain natural ingredients. However, the quantity and the quality of the natural ingredients are unknown. It may also have other synthetic ingredients that can be harmful, cause cancer or be tainted with cancer-causing contaminants.

   

  If the skin care product is certified natural by the Natural Products Association (NPA), it is required to be comprised of “at least 95% all natural ingredients.” The NPA defines natural as “Ingredients that come or are made from a renewable resource found in nature (Flora, Fauna, Mineral), with absolutely no petroleum compounds.”

   

  The NPA Standard for natural skin care products allows some synthetic ingredients only when “there is not a readily available natural alternative ingredient” and “there are no suspected human health risks as indicated by peer-reviewed third-party scientific literature.”

   

  The natural skin care ingredients as defined by the NPA may have been grown with synthetic fertilizers and sprayed with chemical pesticides and herbicides. In this case, there may be unknown harmful chemicals and contaminants in the product which are not listed on the label.

   

  Skin care products that claim to be natural and organic, without any certification, are similar to products that claim to be natural without certification. These products will contain some organic ingredients, but the same questions that lurk for the uncertified natural products still remain for uncertified natural and organic products. Although some of these companies may have top quality products with impeccably pure ingredients, many do not. 

   

  So, what is the best natural skin care? It is a skin care product that is USDA certified organic to food standards.

   

  The problems with the OASIS and EcoCert Organic certifications have been previously discussed in this blog.

   

  Christine H. Farlow, D.C.

  The Ingredients Investigator

  Protecting You From Harmful Ingredients…

  www.dyingtolookgood.com

  www.dyingtolookgoodbook.com

   

  
  
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• All Natural and Organic Skin Care Products #15

  24Oct
  Categories: Natural Skin Care, Natural Skin Care Ingredients Comments: 0

  Certified organic skin care product reviews

  Miessence is the Australian certified organic skin care line that set the standard for certified organic skin care and cosmetics. Years of research and development went into developing their extensive skin care, personal care and cosmetic product line, certified organic to international food standards, including the USDA National Organic Program. Highly recommended.

   

  Sensatia Botanicals all natural and organic skin care products are made by hand on the island of Bali from the finest raw botanical ingredients. They’re always fresh, 100% natural ingredients that you might find in your mother’s kitchen. Highly recommended.

   

  Dr. Bronner’s has recently come out with a new USDA certified organic skin care line which includes body balms, lotions, shaving gels and lip balms. Although it is not a complete skin care line, it does offer some basic organic natural skin care products at an affordable price. Highly recommended.

   

  Origins is Estee Lauder’s organic natural skin care line. Some of their products are USDA certified organic, most are not, though they may contain some organic ingredients. Origins does not list the ingredients in their products on their website, so if you’re going to buy this brand, your best bet is to go to the mall and look at the ingredients list on the package. Make sure you take a good reference with you so you know which ingredients are safe & which are not.

   

  I did find Origins Bath Matcha Tea Body Lotion on another website with a complete ingredients list. Some of the objectionable ingredients in this product include: Butylene Glycol, PEG-100 Stearate, Yeast Extract, Pentylene Glycol, Hexylene Glycol, Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol.

   

  The bottom line here is that Origins is a product line produced by a mainstream cosmetics company that uses synthetic and petroleum derived ingredients, some of which are harmful. Caution advised, read ingredients list carefully.

   

  The Origins products are priced similarly to those of Miessence and Sensatia Botanicals, which are produced by companies that are committed to producing truly healthy products from the best natural and organic ingredients. If you’re going to invest in organic natural skin care, why not get it from a company that is genuinely committed to exceptionally healthy organic and natural skin care products.

   

  Shop for top quality organic and natural skin care and personal care lines here.

   

  Christine H. Farlow, D.C.

  The Ingredients Investigator

  Protecting You From Harmful Ingredients…

  www.dyingtolookgood.com

  www.dyingtolookgoodbook.com 

    

  
  
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• All Natural and Organic Skin Care Products #3

  26Sep
  Categories: Natural Skin Care, Natural Skin Care Ingredients Comments: 0

  Why use certified organic skin care?

  100% certified organic skin care gives you peace of mind knowing that you are using only the best, safest and healthiest products on your skin.

  Just being labeled organic is not good enough. Recently, some organic natural skin care products came under fire because the cancer-causing contaminant 1,4-dioxane was detected, in a study commissioned by the Organic Consumer’s Association. No contaminants were found in USDA certified organic skin care products.

  “Your skin is not an impenetrable barrier as was thought years ago. We now know that all chemicals that come in contact with the skin can penetrate the skin in varying degrees. Many of the chemicals that can be absorbed through the skin have been detected in the bloodstream.” (Excerpt from Dying To Look Good)

  Certified organic natural skin care ingredients are pure and healthy. They’re frequently the same as foods you eat.

  Organic all natural skin care is important for all members of your family, especially babies, whose delicate bodies are just developing and are more sensitive to harm from chemicals of questionable safety.

  We live in a toxic world. Using certified organic natural skin care eliminates one major source of toxic exposure to your body and will help you stay healthier.

  Christine H. Farlow, D.C.

  The Ingredients Investigator

  Protecting You From Harmful Ingredients…

  www.dyingtolookgood.com

  www.dyingtolookgoodbook.com

   

  
  
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