The Story Of Cosmetics
Ever wondered what’s in your shampoo? In The Story Of Cosmetics Annie Leonard explores the toxins in our bathrooms, and what to do about them.
Major loopholes in the law allow the $50 billion beauty industry to put unlimited amounts of chemicals into personal care products with no required testing, no monitoring of health effects and inadequate labeling requirements, making cosmetics among the least-regulated consumer products on the market
The average American woman uses 12 health and beauty products each day and the average man uses six. But are they safe?
In The Story Of Cosmetics Annie Leonard asks why do we allow unregulated, untested chemicals, many of which have been linked to cancer, birth defects, or brain damage, into the products we rub into our skin every day?
The average American bathroom is a minefield of toxic chemicals.Sunscreens, lipstick, moisturizer, shaving cream. Many cosmetics and personal care products for babies, kids and their parents, contain chemicals linked to cancer or other health problems, like learning disabilities, asthma and even damaged sperm.
It’s your health. It’s your choice.
Our view here at New Self Sufficient Living is that it’s unneccesary to buy any personal care products that contain chemicals.
There are plenty of products to choose from that are made with safe, gentle, natural ingredients. Your skin is the biggest organ in your body, it’s crazy to slap toxic gloop onto it.
Why not start to transition away from these mass produced toxic soups?
Think how nice it would be to lather up with a bar of handmade soap, full of luxurious, moisturizing nut butters, goats milk and heavenly smelling essential oils. You can even make your own soap and shampoo bars at home, see making homemade soap.
A great how to video for soap making beginners by master soapmaker Alex Collier, shows you the entire process step by step.
If you found the story of cosmetics interesting you might want to check out another of Annie Leonards videos The Story Of Stuff
And if toxins in shampoo worry you, then learning what’s going on with the food you eat will terrify you The World According To Monsanto
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