How toxic are your beauty products?
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MemberHow toxic are your beauty products?
girlina
girlina Member (244posts)
10/6/2006 12:26:00 PM
Just came across this site called Skin Deep. ,
http://www.ewg.org/reports/skindeep/?key=nosign It is a database of the most popular every day beauty products and how toxic or safe each is - as the industry is largely unregulated it's a good idea to look up your products . I found it surprising how products listed as "natural" rank as the worst.

http://www.ewg.org/reports/skindeep/?key=nosign

Info on the site:

Skin Deep is a personal care product safety guide with in-depth information on 14,841 products - 1,054 brands of lotion, lip balm, deodorant, sunscreen and other popular products - and the 7,093 ingredients that form them. With its core of 37 toxicity and regulatory databases, Skin Deep provides safety ratings and brand-by-brand comparisons that can help consumers choose safer products.


pj2002
pj2002 Member (3139posts)
10/6/2006 5:08:00 PM
I use the Eminence skin care line and LOVE it!! in love Its all natural organic.

http://www.eminenceorganics.com/

SFUgirl
SFUgirl Moderator (5416posts)
10/7/2006 11:58:00 AM
Great, now I don't want to shower today sad

unbound
unbound Member (15323posts)
10/7/2006 12:24:00 PM
Brilliant Brunette Shampoo:

Classified as toxic
Ingredient(s) not assessed for safety
Reproductive/developmental toxicity

.. that's not too cool.

unbound
unbound Member (15323posts)
10/7/2006 12:37:00 PM
Top 20 Brands of Concern

http://www.ewg.org/report...content=brands_of_concern


Top 20 Companies of Concern

http://www.ewg.org/report...tent=companies_of_concern


Top 20 Ingredients of Concern

http://www.ewg.org/report...ndings_ingreds_of_concern


Products with unsafe ingredients

http://www.ewg.org/report...p?content=petition_unsafe


Companies who have signed a pledge to produce safer products

http://www.ewg.org/report...p?content=compact_signers


wolfchick
wolfchick Moderator (45824posts)
10/7/2006 2:21:00 PM

i remember a while back someone made a thread about carcinogenic ingredients in beauty products
Do you mean this one:
http://www.clubvibes.com/...id=307647&whichpage=1

pj2002
pj2002 Member (3139posts)
10/7/2006 4:15:00 PM
omg I cant believe all the crap in baby wipes and other products.

I'm not toooo concerned with what I use but what I use for my baby! blush

Gone2
Gone2 Member (3584posts)
10/7/2006 7:19:00 PM
Please dont throw any of your makeup or skin care out. This evidence of "danger from cosmetics" is wayyy over the top.

girlina
girlina Member (244posts)
10/8/2006 11:18:00 AM
Mosca: True - there are bigger risks out there than creams, but keep in mind we are using these products every day directly onto the body - how often do you slather on bleach for example?

This gives them a lot more time to build up in your system. I'll never give up wearing makeup or having bubblebaths, but why choose toxic products when there are other options?

SFUgirl
SFUgirl Moderator (5416posts)
10/8/2006 6:33:00 PM
quote:
Brilliant Brunette Shampoo:

Classified as toxic
Ingredient(s) not assessed for safety
Reproductive/developmental toxicity


I can vouch for that, Unbound. It burnt off chunks of my hair and over a year later, it has still not grown back properly.

thumpedout
thumpedout Member (261posts)
10/9/2006 9:28:00 AM
Quote: Pj2002: "I'm not toooo concerned with what I use but what I use for my baby!"

pj2002, how can you care about your baby, if you don't even care about yourself?

unbound
unbound Member (15323posts)
10/9/2006 11:16:00 AM
^ ^ ^ It burnt off chunks of you hair?!?! Jesus. Did you leave it on for a long time? That's crazy!

SFUgirl
SFUgirl Moderator (5416posts)
10/9/2006 5:13:00 PM
^nope, I washed it out right away, and my scalp was itchy for a few days. That's when I noticed the missing chunks of hair. I get my hair stylist to inspect the areas for me every month, but she can't figure out why it's growing back so slowly. I'm so self-consious tying my hair back nowadays.

unbound
unbound Member (15323posts)
10/9/2006 8:58:00 PM
Have you been to a doctor? I'm pretty sure that you can have cortisone injections to stimulate regrowth.

pj2002
pj2002 Member (3139posts)
10/10/2006 12:06:00 PM
thumpedout
I use very good organic products for myself, I'm just not going to go over the top with it. But my baby is entirely different, I wouldn't want to know that the products I chose to use on her will harm her.

_Juggy_
_Juggy_ Venue Owner (7182posts)
10/10/2006 12:09:00 PM
anything you use on your body or food you eat will be carried onto your baby while your pregnant and through your breast milk afterwards.

selezneva
selezneva Member (2283posts)
10/11/2006 9:46:00 PM
i dunno, from what i have seen on the site companies like burts bees and aubrey score lower on toxicity than say estee lauder

jenix
jenix Member (4200posts)
10/13/2006 11:38:00 AM
Interesting thread, bookmarked.



SFUgirl I find your story totally believeable, I had a very bad experience with that product as well and strongly recommend against it to anyone I hear showing an interest in it. Very disappointing.

boost
boost Member (17413posts)
10/16/2006 3:00:00 AM
quote:
my step sister told me the other day that one day she had brocoli and actually saw bits of brocoli in her infants poop. she only breast feeds him. crazy huh?



unless your step sister was squirting chunks of brocoli through her nipples and into her baby's mouth.....that's impossible.

and i don't think it's very likely to shoot bits of of veggies through your tits, but then again, i don't have tits, and i've never tried.

what the f()ck do i know.

Drittles
Drittles Moderator (18712posts)
10/16/2006 10:36:00 AM
Exactly ^

I was thinking "and you believed her!?!" when i read that post.

blank stare

boost
boost Member (17413posts)
10/17/2006 12:34:00 AM
common sense




COME THE F()CK ON!

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