Posted in Beauty, Cancer, Chemicals, Children, Cosmetics, Health, Makeup, Organic, Parabens, Skin care, Toxic Chemicals, organic skin care on May 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Buying organic is the ‘in thing’ nowadays, however there are loads of products out there that are jumping on the organic bandwagon. How can you distinguish between the buzz words?
Here are a few terms and meanings to help you.
100 per cent organic: contains 100 per cent organically produced ingredients (excluding water and salt).
Eco-cert: [...]
Posted in Beauty, Cancer, Chemicals, Cosmetics, Health, Makeup, Organic, Parabens, Skin care, Toxic Chemicals, organic skin care on May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fortunately, there is a very simple way to differentiate between hype and truth in cosmetics – and that is to read the ingredient list on the label. It is a legal requirement that all skin care products must be labelled with the ingredients in descending order of their quantity in the product. A good rule [...]
Posted in Beauty, Cancer, Chemicals, Cosmetics, Health, Organic, Parabens, Skin care, Toxic Chemicals, organic skin care on May 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When chemicals such as Cocamide DEA or Sodium Hydroxysultaine are followed by the term “derived from coconut oil” the consumer is led to believe that these synthetic chemicals must be natural.
While this may be true in some cases; it is ultimately irrelevant because what you end up with after the chemical processing is [...]
Posted in Beauty, Cancer, Chemicals, Cosmetics, Health, Makeup, Organic, Parabens, Skin care, Toxic Chemicals, organic skin care on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As promised an article by Narelle Chenery – Director of Research and Development at One Group.
As the number of people who are concerned about toxins in our environment grows, more and more cosmetic companies are seen to be jumping on the natural and organic bandwagon.
Our skin is the largest eliminatory organ in the [...]
Posted in Cancer, Chemicals, Cosmetics, Health, Organic, Parabens, Skin care, Toxic Chemicals, Uncategorized on May 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So what it the big deal about using organic products? Over the next few days I will be posting excerpts from an article written by Narelle Chenery – Director of Research and Development of OneGroup. The article focusses on why it is important to know what we are buying is really natural.
In the meanwhile [...]
