The truth about LUSH Are you sitting down? (obviously, you are!). Are you ready to hear the truth about Lush? Lush “believes in making effective products from fresh organic fruits and vegetables, the finest essential oils and safe synthetics.” REALLY? well lets see.. .here are the ingredients of the Sweetie Pie Shower Jelly: POLYETHYLENE (what they call iridescent glitter!): Polyethylene is a polymer of ethylene monomers; may contain potentially toxic manufacturing contaminants such as 1,4-dioxane.* METHYLPARABEN: Methylparaben is in the paraben family of preservatives used by the food, pharmaceutical, and personal care product industries. Parabens mimic estrogen and can act as…

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The truth about BODY SHOP Are you ready to hear the truth about BODY SHOP? “The Body Shop® believes that there is only one way to beautiful — Nature’s Way” REALLY? let’s see how natural their way is… Ingredients of their best seller : Vitamin E Moisture Day Cream PEG 100 Stearate : Restriction concerns: Violation of industry recommendations – Restricted in cosmetics; use, concentration, or manufacturing restrictions – Not safe for use on injured or damaged skin – Cancer concern: One or more animal studies show tumor formation at moderate doses – RTECS®– Archives of Environmental Health 1963 Suspected to…

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The Truth about DOVE Are you ready to hear the truth about DOVE? For years I was using their product and one day realized how dangerous they were to my health by doing a research on the ingredient list on the wesbite skin deep. That was a real wake up call! I also believe my chronic cystitis was directly linked with the use of the soap dove. Once I stopped using it, my chronic cystitis disappeared…Its been years now since I had one and I am really thankful I found the root of the problem before it was too late and I needed to…

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The Truth About Hand Sanitizers It may be a habit for you to grab the bottle of purell at work or at home or whenever soap and water is not available right away but… do you actually know what is Purell made of and what are the ingredients? It is time to know the truth about hand sanitizers like purell: FRAGRANCE: concern for Neurotoxicity, Allergies/immunotoxicity TOCOPHERYL ACETATE: concern for Cancer, Allergies/immunotoxicity, Ecotoxicology, Contamination concerns (HYDROQUINONE) ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL: Concern for Cancer, Developmental/reproductive toxicity, Neurotoxicity, Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) PROPYLENE GLYCOL: Concern for Allergies/immunotoxicity, Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive),…

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The Truth About Commercial Perfume Ever wondered why you have a headache after you put your favourite perfume on? Have you ever felt noxious, dizzy, had violent coughing after smelling someone who overindulged and “fell into the perfume bottle” like my dad would say? Back in the days perfume were made entirely of natural essential oils. In the 30’s, some smart ass money makers (or let’s just remove the term “smart” all together) decided to create an affordable mass market product where essential oils would be replaced by synthetic & chemically derived ingredients. Unfortunately the truth about commercial perfume is that…

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