Rosa, pleaase look up all of your products. You will be shocked what you find.
Check out Ava Anderson's products... hers is the first line, ever, where every ingredient in every product is a "0" on the cosmetics database.com. She has great information on her site.
For instance, look out for the word "fragrance" on your ingredient label. Manufacturers can legally hid up to 600 chemicals in that one word. It is called trade secret. Accoridng to EWG (Environmental Working Group) who tested products with the word "fragrance" on the label, 83% are hiding phthalates. Look up phthalates on Ava's toxic page.... this is not anything that you want ot be slathering on your skin (and into your blood stream...) or your children's.
Also, Europe has 1,324 banned ingredients, the USA has 9. So, manufacturers must clean up their products to distribute overseas, but leave the toxic chemicals in for us!
The word "natural" menas nothing. I guarantee you that your lipstick is at least a 5, and probably more like a 7-9 on the database. Remember, that it is not about the overall score, you must click on the product and scroll down to the disease implications of your ingredients..... you are going to be shocked.
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Rosa, pleaase look up all of your products. You will be shocked what you find.
Check out Ava Anderson's products... hers is the first line, ever, where every ingredient in every product is a "0" on the cosmetics database.com. She has great information on her site.
For instance, look out for the word "fragrance" on your ingredient label. Manufacturers can legally hid up to 600 chemicals in that one word. It is called trade secret. Accoridng to EWG (Environmental Working Group) who tested products with the word "fragrance" on the label, 83% are hiding phthalates. Look up phthalates on Ava's toxic page.... this is not anything that you want ot be slathering on your skin (and into your blood stream...) or your children's.
Also, Europe has 1,324 banned ingredients, the USA has 9. So, manufacturers must clean up their products to distribute overseas, but leave the toxic chemicals in for us!
The word "natural" menas nothing. I guarantee you that your lipstick is at least a 5, and probably more like a 7-9 on the database. Remember, that it is not about the overall score, you must click on the product and scroll down to the disease implications of your ingredients..... you are going to be shocked.
BTW, Ava just turned 16.
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