| Did you know that your skin is the largest organ | | | | While there are skin care products that claim |
| of your body? Did you know that medical | | | | there products are "all natural" or "anti-aging" they |
| research shows that 60% or more of what you | | | | may still contain ingredients that are harmful and |
| put on you skin would enter the blood stream? | | | | promote breakdown of the skin. Just because it |
| I don't know if you have noticed, but the trend of | | | | says it is all natural does not mean that it has no |
| the pharmaceutical companies offering | | | | preservatives. There are natural preservatives |
| prescriptions in a patch or gel form has increased | | | | also but many of these still breakdown the skin |
| due to the truth of what you put on the skin | | | | and cause the skin to actually age 3 times faster. |
| enters the body. | | | | You would think that behind all the hype of these |
| To date there are over ten thousand chemicals | | | | products they would promote healthy, vibrant skin |
| used as ingredients in skin care products that we | | | | but did you know that; |
| use everyday. The National Institute of | | | | Arbonne- Nutrimen C Reality Day Cream |
| Occupational Safety that 900 of the 10,000 | | | | Avon- Anew Ultimate Sin Transforming Cream |
| chemicals were unsafe and not all of the | | | | Origins- Look Alive Vitality Moisture Cream |
| ingredients are tested as of yet. Out of the 900 | | | | Clarins- Moisture Quenching Hydra-Balance |
| unsafe chemicals found European countries have | | | | Clinique- Repairware Intensive Night Lotion |
| banned 400 of them but many of these can still | | | | Neutrogena Pore Refining Daily Moisturizerall |
| be found on our grocery and drug store shelves. | | | | contain at least 2 of the dirty dozen items that |
| Here is a list of the dirty dozen chemicals found in | | | | you DO NOT want in your skin care with three of |
| our daily use products. | | | | them contain five or more parabens. |
| Sodium Laureth Sulfate | | | | Men may think they are exempt from this |
| Petrolatum (Vasaline) | | | | problem because most do not use skin care as in |
| Propylparaben | | | | lotions but if you are using aftershave and shaving |
| Ethylparaben | | | | cream, read the ingredients on the back and |
| Methylparaben | | | | compare to the list of the dirty dozen. |
| Mineral Oil | | | | When choosing a skin care or skin care system |
| Coal Tar | | | | you should look to see if it is; preservative free, |
| Cocamide DEA/Lauramide DEA | | | | anti-aging, fragrance free, colorant free, allergy |
| Talc | | | | tested, suits all skin types, non-comedogenic (will |
| Toluene | | | | not clog the pores), No animal testing done, |
| Triethanolamine | | | | Opthamologist tested (for eye creams), and will |
| Formaldehyde | | | | give you visible and real results. |
| Isobutylparaben. | | | | Be aware of what you are using on your skin. |
| All these ingredients and more that are not listed | | | | Over the past fifty years there have been over |
| here, as reported on searchforthecause.org, have | | | | 81,000 chemicals introduced to our air, water, and |
| been linked to potentially causing toxic breakdown | | | | items we use everyday and only a percentage of |
| that can lead to skin cancer and have the | | | | them have been tested for toxicity. |
| potential to cause breast cancer. | | | | Be a label reader! |