The Worst Skincare Products
By mati. Filed in Skincare |Tags: chemicals in skincare, skincare ingredients
I went to the environmental working group’s cosmetic safety database and looked up as many names as I could think of. This is a great website, by the way. You can go in there and put a list of ingredients in from any skincare product and they will give you a report about how safe or dangerous it is to use. The URL is http://www.cosmeticdatabase.com/ for anyone who is interested, and there is a link in the blogroll as well.
Anyway, here is a list of products that contain numerous ingredients that are harmful to your health:
Avon – 21 high hazard ingredients
Maybelline – 21 high hazard ingredients, animal testing!
Revlon – 20 high hazard ingredients
Loreal – 20 high hazard ingredients, animal testing!
Neutrogena – 17 high hazard ingredients, animal testing!
Cover Girl – 15 high hazard ingredients, animal testing!
Almay – 12 high hazard ingredients
Physicians Formula – 11 high hazard ingredients
Olay – 9 high hazard ingredients, animal testing!
MD Skincare – 9 high hazard ingredients
Max Factor – 7 high hazard ingredients, animal testing!
Arbonne – 6 high hazard ingredients
Dr Hauschka – 5 high hazard ingredients
Derma e – 5 high hazard ingredients
Dr Brandt – 5 high hazard ingredients
Better products, but still contains hazardous ingredients:
Rachel Perry – 4 high hazard ingredients
Desert Essence – 4 high hazard ingredients
Kiss my Face – 4 high hazard ingredients, signed pact for safe cosmetics
Jason – 4 high hazard ingredients, signed pact for safe cosmetics
Emerita – 4 high hazard ingredients
Ecco Bella – 3 high hazard ingredients, signed pact for safe cosmetics
Alba Botanica – 3 high hazard ingredients, signed pact for safe cosmetics
Jane Iredale – 3 high hazard ingredients, signed pact for safe cosmetics
Avalon – 2 high hazard ingredients, signed pact for safe cosmetics
Beauty without cruelty – 2 high hazard ingredients, signed pact for safe cosmetics
Burt’s Bees – 1 high hazard ingredient, signed pact for safe cosmetics
Aubrey – 1 high hazard ingredient, signed pact for safe cosmetics
Make a mental note of the top ones. Not only are they full of chemicals that can seriously affect your health, but some of them even do animal testing, which is the cruelest thing! At the lower end of the list, you find companies that have signed the compact for safe cosmetics where they pledge to use safe ingredients in their products. At least, they show good intention. They do, however, have 3 years to get rid of their nasties, so we still have to watch what we buy from these companies.
When it comes to the companies that have just a few high hazardous ingredients in their products, you might be able to buy some of their products. You just have to go to the cosmetic database and look up the particular product that you want to buy, and see for yourself if it is safe to use. Some may be, and some may not.
Why am I exposing the truth about these companies? Because knowledge is power. The Age of Aquarius has to do with learning to take responsibility for our own actions so we can stop becoming victims.
Knowing the truth about the skincare industry gives you the option to NOT buy their products, simply because you love yourself too much to be willing to put your own health in jeopardy just to get rid of a few lines on your face.
Europe has already banned most of the hazardous chemicals that are still found in American beauty products because they no longer want to put harmful products on their skins. I wonder why we haven’t done the same? Could it be because women are still buying the stuff, chemicals and all? Could it be because we are afraid to be speak up? Times must change. If we all stop buying their toxic rubbish, they must change, too, if they want to stay in business, so don’t underestimate your power to make a difference! Together, we can make the world a better place for everyone.
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