Product Cleanse – Eliminating Toxic Beauty and Household Products
Do you personal care products have ingredients that are toxic? What about your cleaning products? Companies aren’t required to list all the ingredients in cleaning products since they are trade secrets.
Fragrance companies are the worst at this. Beauty products and fragrances have chemicals in there so they can withstand a long shelf life with extreme temperatures.
My grandmother worked at the perfume counter at Macy’s and we used to get free perfume bottles ( not samples) ALL the time. After 20 years of free perfume, I realize they were giving me headaches. I stopped wearing perfume every day and just felt better. I’ve become very sensitive to other people wearing perfume, even if it’s in their lotions. I now only wear perfume oils… made from a pure source…. smells incredible….. tends to last longer and no more daily headaches……
Many of the ingredients are put in there to preserve the product but wreak all kinds of havoc on your health. Many of these common ingredients can disrupt your endocrine system and wreak havoc on your body.
What products can you throw away and what new ones can you incorporate in that will support and not disrupt your goal of feeling full of zip and ZEE!
As much as possible, aim for fragrance-free. If you still want to wear perfume, then research natural perfume oils without harsh chemicals in them. A side benefit is that you might find you feel better, less headaches when you ditch the toxins.
For those looking to discover what’s in our beauty items or how toxic our beauty products are, check out Cosmetic Database. This website will tell you quickly whether what you’re using is safe or not. When you enter the product title (whether it be a soap, shampoo, makeup, perfume, etc) it will quickly rate on a scale of 1-10 how toxic that product is. Ten would be the worst case scenario and one, the best.
The scary part?
Most products we find in drugstores average around 7 on the toxic scale. Yep.