Natural Skin Care Products, Natural Personal Care Products, Natural Beauty Products and Cosmetics
Personal care products and cosmetics do not need to be approved or reviewed
by the FDA before being sold to consumers. The FDA limits its regulations of
cosmetics to only the colors that can be used in these products. Cosmetic
companies have resisted regulation by the FDA (and other government
agencies) and as a result, do not have to report injuries or recalls of
their products, other than by voluntary means.
Ingredients found in many cosmetics, beauty, skin and personal care products
are harmful and toxic industrial chemicals, including carcinogens,
pesticides, reproductive toxins, plasticizers, degreasers, surfactants and
hormone disruptors. Much criticism has been aimed at cosmetic companies for
misleading consumers by making pseudo-scientific assertions about their
products that aren’t authenticated by any scientific proof.
As a result of this, there is an increasing awareness of the toxicity of
cosmetics, personal and skin care products and a growing consumer demand for
those
containing natural and environmentally friendly ingredients as opposed to
those with harmful and toxic chemicals such as sodium lauryl sulfate,
petroleum based products and parabens.
Parabens are a type of preservative widely used in both cosmetics and food
products though their use is becoming a more disputed topic because they
have slight estrogenic activity, meaning they mimic the effects of estrogen
and have been found in breast cancer tumors and are believed to have the
ability to cause early puberty in females.
We are in the process of redesigning the packaging for our personal care
products and will update this page when we re-launch.
