Personal care product labels can be misleading and confusing, costing or even harming you, the consumer.
It might list that 98% of its ingredients as organic, but fail to mention the other 2% as toxic. As a consumer, how would you know which ingredients are safe and which are harmful?
Many ingredients aren’t listed in blends, such as in fragrances used in perfumes, soaps and shampoos, because the information is considered a trade secret. But the secret information is often the cause of headaches, fatigue, irritability, and more.
Is it really possible to find safe and luxurious lotions, soaps, shampoos, and cosmetics that are affordable? Where are the products that won’t harm people or the planet?
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The Beauty of Safe, Non-Toxic Personal Care Products
by Marilene Richardson of Songcroft Naturals
Ingredient labels can be darn-right confusing and companies do not always practice truth-in-labeling. So where do you start if you don’t want to support companies that do us and the earth harm?
What’s in this podcast:
Frances Arnold and Marilene Richardson discuss the importance of eliminating products from our lives that contain toxic or harmful chemicals. Marilene brings to attention common ingredients lurking on the on market shelves all over the US. Many of these ingredients are banned in other countries because they are recognized as unsafe. These products may seem benign, but studies show that many of them are linked to cancer and other illnesses. Marilene also discusses the effects of these ingredients on our environment.
This interview will leave you with a list of the top ten ingredients to avoid in your personal care products (scroll down to get the PDF download of the top 10 ingredients to avoid).
Check out Marilene’s post on how to have naturally radiant skin here.
Marilene Richardson, Songcroft Naturals
Who is Marilene Richardson?
Back in the late 1980s, Marilene studied as an esthetician at the Paul Mitchell Academy and learned about the importance of healthy skin and body care products. Her awareness of the toxicity of some of the chemicals used in personal care products became personal when she became ill and extremely chemically sensitive.
SongCroft Naturals was born when Marilene’s passions came together—-herbalism, healthy living, the desire to help others, organic farming and creating amazing products at affordable prices. Her goal is support your needs for healthy personal care products.
SongCroft Naturals is a family-owned personal care product company. SongCroft Naturals is committed to truth-in-labeling, organic sustainable and fair-trade agriculture and they refuse to use any synthetic ingredients. Their products are free of phthalates, formaldehydes, ureas, and parabens. They believe in making the products affordable as we believe access to healthy products is linked to our national healthcare issues. They never test on animals-ever.
Shownotes:
The-10-Most-Unwanted-Ingredients-In-Personal-Care-Products (created by Marilene Richardson)
Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep Cosmetic Database (grades your cosmetics)
Whether you want to purchase amazing healthy gifts for someone you love or you are making a New Year’s commitment to eliminate harmful ingredients from your personal care regime, Marilene Richardson of SongCroft Naturals has help for you.
Marilene’s website: Songcroft Naturals
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2 responses to “#7: Ten Toxic Ingredients In Your Personal Care Products”
Sadly these toxic elements in skincare products are more common than we think…
You’re right, Evie. It’s work to keep up! My strategy is to simplify, simplify, simplify. Not sure if I’ve gotten every toxin out (that’s doubtful), but I continue to work hard at it.