Yesterday, my post focused on chemicals in beauty products. Chemicals that I have now entered into my phone so that when I am at the store and looking for a product, I can easily check to make sure that the ingredients are not on the list of harmful chemicals (I did the same thing with the fruits and vegetables that are high in pesticides).
The point is, this is yet another instance where consumers can vote with their money and buy products that are safer for their bodies. I remember being at a Mary Kay event and the woman next to me asked about the chemicals in the various face and skin products (her father had cancer and she tried to stay away from chemicals). The women assured us that Mary Kay only uses “natural” and “safe” ingredients and I took their word. Except I probably should have paid attention to the fact that they didn’t know quite how to answer that question without looking uncomfortable. Recently, I tried to look at the ingredient list on the various MK bottles I have at home, but the list is on the packaging, not on the actual products (long since thrown away). I even tried looking it up online, but to no avail. Maybe I should have questioned the woman sitting next to me about what she knew and what to avoid?
It’s clearly too late to ask her now. But as I run out of beauty products, I will be searching out products that are more natural. With less chemicals. Because even if the products are completely safe (something that I don’t believe to be true anymore), why do we need to use products with lots of chemicals? The processing alone could harm the environment. Just because we can stick a bunch of chemicals into a product doesn’t make it better.
What kind of products do you use? Do you read labels on the back of your beauty products?
If you are interested, go here to get involved with the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families campaign.
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