Cosmetics and Skin Products – Reducing Toxins

When it comes to reducing the toxins you’re exposed to in cosmetics and skin care products, you need to be aware of what you’re putting on your body.

Changing the way we take care of our bodies starts with awareness. In the U.S., the FDA does not regulate the cosmetics or the nutrition industry. They eliminate less than 15 ingredients. Europe bans about 1600. They’re leading the way with this, but it’s important to know what we put on our bodies. It can be hard to decipher sometimes.

Besides cosmetics, we use so many body products, hair products and lotions on ourselves, and on our kids. A lifetime of exposure to these things could be really toxic and we don’t even know it.

Expert Stephanie Lyon answers our questions:

• There are hundreds of ingredients out there. What are some of the big ones that should not be in our products?
• Why mineral oil and baby oil are bad for you
• Learn how to test absorbency
• Changing make up – what should we look for in labeling? Should it be organic and all natural?
• The problem with labeling features that catch your eye…gluten-free, fragrance-free, paraben-free
• How not to be a scientist when looking at labels
• Parabens, phthalates and hormone disrupters, and the ‘Dirty Dozen’ list for cosmetics
• Learn about botanical products