Monday, March 9, 2009

Do you know what is in your skin care and cosmetic products?

Do you know women use an average of 12 personal care products before leaving home in the morning, and apply in total an average of 160 different chemicals to the skin?

Men don't escape this either! They apply over 80 chemicals a day! There are many potential health risks associated with these chemicals, which are linked to cancer, birth defects, and reproductive and hormonal problems.

I was shocked to discover the average person was absorbing hundreds of chemicals and toxins every day, using such products as facial cleanser, soap, shampoo, deodorant, nail polish etc. These products can do much more harm than good to our bodies. And no warning labels are required on any products.

After reading Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry by Stacey Malkan, I wanted to use only products that were totally safe and harmless to all, and to share them with others.

There is an alternative that is not only Clean, Green and Safe - but full of nutritional ingredients that will balance and rejuvinate your skin, helping your skin to return to the healthy vibrant glow the way it is meant to be.

Check out the Cosmetics Data Base (www.cosmeticdatabase.com) to find out how your products rate. You can search by product or company name. Then you can see how these products rate on the toxicity scale.

Some people believe if a product is on the shelf, it must have been approved first. This definitely is not true! The cosmetics industry is for the most part self-regulating with no requirements to test for safety, or warn about the dangers of certain chemicals and toxins.

For more details, ingredients, science, quality and infotmation and how to order glimpse click here.

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