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20 Cosmetic Ingredients You Must Avoid
This is really scary.  According to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), nearly90% of the 10,500 personal care product ingredients known to the FDA have notbeen evaluated for safety by the Cosmetic Ingredient Review, the FDA, or any otherpublicly accountable institution.With no governing body, there’s bound to be an abuse.  We’ve practically given thewhole cosmetics industry the license to harm us!The ugly truth is that most of what you pay to purchase these commercial productsgoes towards advertising expenses as the products themselves are made up of incredibly cheap, synthetic chemical ingredients, water, and fillers.  I can honestlytell you that while my products are very reasonably priced, what you pay for goesmostly towards highest quality essential oils and herbs grown in organic farms.Would you pay $40 for factory-farmed beef versus $1 for free-range, grass-fedbeef?  Of course not!  Yet, bombarded and confused by heavy, misleadingadvertising done by big corporations, that's what most people are doing.I strongly urge you to read every single ingredient listed before you make your nextpurchase.  Yes, it’s a bit cumbersome at first, but it’ll soon become your secondnature and believe me, it’s worth doing.  Here, for your convenience, I've evenlisted the ingredients you must avoid, so you have no excuse!
 
Alcohol
- free radical and can cause dryness and flaking of the skin; can allergicreactions and skin irritation
Aqua Biomin Saccharomyces/Magnesium Ferment-
yeast and an acid thatcauses diabetes and other topical yeast infections.
Butylene Glycol
– an acid; may be narcotic and cause asphyxiation.
 
Cocomidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
– carcinogen used in processing of coconut oil.
DMDM Hydantoin
- releases formaldehyde which causes joint pain, skinreactions, allergies, depression, headaches, chest pains, ear infections, chronicfatigue, dizziness, and loss of sleep; also irritates the respiratory system,triggers heart palpitations or asthma, and aggravates coughs; weakens theimmune system and can cause cancer.
Ethyl Acetate
- highly toxic chemical used in cosmetics; also used in paintremover products, including nail polish remover.
Hydroquinone
– highly toxic chemical found commonly in skin whiteningproducts; widely used in plastics manufacturing; carcinogen which effects liver,blood, lungs, reproductive organ and skin; can cause irreversible skin damagethat even the lenient FDA warns us to avoid it.
Imidazolidinyl Urea and Diazolidinyl
– derived from animal urine, they’rethe second most commonly used preservatives after the parabens
Lactic Acid
– an acid and cancer causing agent found in all cancerous tumors
Methyl, Propyl, Butyl, and Ethyl Parabens
– known to be toxic, they’re themost commonly used preservatives; causes allergic reactions and skin rashes.
Petrolatum (Petroleum Jelly/Mineral Oil Jelly)
- mineral oil, which is oftenthe only ingredient in many baby oils, can cause sun damage and should not beused on the skin; actually causes dryness in skin as it inhibits body’s ownnatural moisturizing mechanism; very ironic that it's widely used in lip productsand claim to protect lips from chapping and sun burn.
Propylene Glycol (vegetable glycerin mixed with grain alcohol)
– cancause allergic and toxic reaction.
PVP/VA Copolymer–
petroleum-derived chemical often used in hairsprays andcosmetics
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