The Cosmetic Industry is Under Attack
Many associations and individuals claim that cosmetics are not safe. These people have lost confidence and think cosmetics are dangerous; they believe many cosmetic ingredients are “toxic”.
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Pure Nonsense!
In chemical terms (i.e., the terms relevant to the usage in question), purity is best expressed as a percentage as, otherwise (using only the single word “pure”), the implication is that the ingredient is 100% pure, which is virtually impossible.
Fatty Acids and Lye… Oh My!
Soap, at its most basic chemical level, is a salt. The head of a soap molecule is attracted to dirt, and its tail repels dirt. That’s why it cleans!
Is Fragrance The Poison Dose?
As many of us know, when we pick up a bottle of perfume or a personal care product, a breakdown of ingredients are not divulged except for the alcohol that is found in most perfumes for dispersing the blend of scents.
Naturally Toxic
If you look to the Internet for information about beauty products, you’ll quickly become overwhelmed with articles about how all-natural ingredients are superior and for your hair and skin and synthetic ingredients are sending you to an early grave.
Making Sense of Scents
For thousands of years, people have safely enjoyed fragrance in their daily lives. We have come a long way since the Ancient Egyptians used scents in their rituals and ceremonies.
Preservatives In Cosmetics – Natural vs Synthetic
Synthetic preservatives have been getting slammed lately and the negative press has forced me to take a closer look at going natural.
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 [...]
