Quite a while ago, I was posting on the toxicity of cosmetics, what an eye-opener! From that point on, I started eliminating almost every single beauty product that had toxic elements. It is not easy, but what I found, I have saved hundreds of dollars by going green in the beauty product category. Yes, I do pay more for organic products, but in the process by eliminating impulse buys, not having duplicates of every type of product, eliminating cosmetics I don’t wear and wearing less, what a savings not only in the wallet but in the environment.
Wow….this article was shocking to me. I was recently diagnosed (sept 2011) with breast cancer and underwent surgery and f/u chemo so I have been checking in to the link between deodorants and breast cancer. Thanks!
Glad to see this. I was shocked to see the “Top 10 Ingredients to Avoid in Body Care” list when I was a nursing mom. It really disturbed me and I went home and threw away everything that had these ingredients. I had paid a lot of money for these expensive and “natural” body care products and they went in the trash. I found the Environmental Working Group has put a lot of good and helpful information out there. Their safercosemetics.org website eventually inspired me to make my own body care. My passion for making chocolate and understanding the great qualities of chocolate on the skin led me to make chocolate body care (chocolate lotions, lip balms and sugar scrubs). I like seeing how informative your post is. I hope we can all get educated and start taking action to make everyone safer. Thanks!