The Trouble With Green Cosmetics
Is there a present consensus about what a Natural product is?
Why Natural is a Matter of Perspective
What does natural mean?
Cosmetic Chemists Guide to Natural and Organic Cosmetic Standards
Since there isn’t a standard various groups have come out with their own guidelines for what they think these words should mean when applied to cosmetics.
How the Safe Cosmetics Bill Will Affect Natural Cosmetics
If you use vegetable oils in your skin care products, regardless of whether or not they are organic, they may be prohibited by this bill because they contain phytoestrogens.
Honeysuckle Plant Extract
Since the late 70’s, the Holy Grail of the marketers who play in the “natural” cosmetic market, has been the search for a “natural” preservative.
Consumers Should Get Cosmetic Safety Information From the Real Experts
Given a choice of which “expert” group to get personal care products information from I throw my hat in with the CIR Expert Panel!
Parabens and This and That…
A new report just came out on parabens that I found interesting. Having read previous papers about parabens I have been skeptical of the bad press they have received supposedly because of them affecting the hormonal systems of the body which lead to cancer.
Why Use a Preservative?
With the current high interest in all things natural many formulators do not recognize the importance of using a preservative. Preservatives are a necessary ingredient in al emulsions to prevent the growth of bacteria. Even though bacteria are completely ‘natural’ they can also cause a lot of harm to us. A colleague of mine recently shared…
Ask The Experts
We recently received feedback via our submission form asking why we were doing this… by doing this I’m referring to starting Personal Care Truth. Lisa and I feel very strongly that consumers deserve science backed evidence so they can make informed. While some of the information may not fall exactly in line our personal companies, we believe in presenting all of the information so that you may chose personal care products and cosmetics that fit your lifestyle and you feel comfortable putting on your skin.
Natural is Safe and Synthetic is Dangerous: Truth is Safe and Myths are Dangerous
Dene Godfrey, you are a dangerous man and it looks to me like your in bed with others who share the same interest as you. I talk about the very things you said in your above comments in my new book. I educate consumers about how to tell a toxic product and a profit hungry [...]
