HOLISTIC HEALTH CARE

NO PROPYLENE GLYCOL (PG)
THIS IS USUALLY CALLED A HUMECTANT IN COSMETICS. IT IS REALLY "INDUSTRIAL ANTIFREEZE" AND THE MAJOR INGREDIENT IN BRAKE & HYDRAULIC FLUID. IT CAN BE A STRONG SKIN IRRITANT. MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS ON PROPYLENE GLYCOL WARN TO AVOID SKIN CONTACT AS IT IS SYSTEMIC AND CAN CAUSE BRAIN & LIVER ABNORMALITIES & KIDNEY DAMAGE. THE SKIN RUNS ON WATER, NOT "ANTIFREEZE!"

NO POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL (PEG)
USED IN MAKING CLEANSERS TO DISSOLVE OIL & GREASE (OVEN CLEANERS). THEY CONTRIBUTE TO STRIPPING THE SKIN'S NATURAL MOISTURE FACTOR, LEAVING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM VULNERABLE. ALSO POTENTIALLY CARCINOGENIC.

NO MINERAL OIL
THIS COMES FROM CRUDE OIL (PETROLEUM) USED IN INDUSTRY AS METAL CUTTING FLUID. MAY SUFFOCATE THE SKIN BY FORMING AN OIL FILM. HEALTHY SKIN NEEDS OXYGEN, AND TO RELEASE CARBON DIOXIDE, AND IT SHOULD NOT BE INHIBITED. MINERAL OIL INTERFERES WITH THE SKIN'S ABILITY TO ELIMINATE TOXINS, PROMOTING ACNE & OTHER DISORDERS. ALSO SLOWS DOWN SKIN FUNCTION & CELL DEVELOPMENT, RESULTING IN PREMATURE AGING. USED IN MANY PRODUCTS. BABY OIL IS 100% MINERAL OIL!!!!

NO PETROLEUM
THE SAME PROPERTIES AS MINERAL OIL. INDUSTRIALLY USED AS A GREASE COMPONENT.

NO SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE & SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE
THESE ARE POTENTIALLY THE MOST HARMFUL INGREDIENTS IN PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS! THEY ARE DETERGENTS & SUFACTANTS USED IN CAR WASHES, GARAGE FLOOR CLEANERS & ENGINE DEGREASERS. WHEN COMBINED WITH OTHER CHEMICALS, SLS CAN BE TRANSFORMED INTO NITROSAMINES, A POTENT CLASS OF CARCINOGENS. THESE ARE FOUND IN IN 90% OF SKIN CARE PRODUCTS THAT FOAM!!! THEY POSE SERIOUS HEALTH THREATS. THEY EASILY PENETRATES THE SKIN & ENTER AND MAINTAIN RESIDUAL LEVELS IN THE HEART, LIVER, LUNGS AND BRAIN.

NO COLLAGEN & ELASTIN
THEY ARE DERIVED FROM ANIMAL SKINS & GROUND UP CHICKEN FEET. BOTH OF THESE INGREDIENTS FORM FILMS THAT MAY SUFFOCATE & OVER MOISTURIZE THE SKIN.

NO TRICLOSAN
A SYNTHETIC "ANTIBACTERIAL" INGREDIENT - WITH A CHEMICAL STRUCTURE SIMILAR TO AGENT ORANGE! THE EPA REGISTERS IT AS A PESTICIDE, GIVING IT HIGH SCORES AS A RISK TO BOTH HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT. IT IS CLASSIFIED AS A CHLOROPHENOL, A CLASS OF CHEMICALS SUSPECTED OF CAUSING CANCER IN HUMANS.

NO DEA, MEA & TEA
DIETHANOLAMINE, MONOETHANOLAMINE & TRIETHANOLAMINE. THESE ARE HORMONE-DISRUPTING CHEMICALS THAT CAN FORM CANCER-CAUSING NITRATES & NITROSAMINES. THEY ARE ALREADY RESTRICTED IN EUROPE DUE TO KNOWN CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS.

NO DMDM HYDANTOIN & UREA (IMIDAZOLIDINYL)
TWO OF MANY PRESERVATIVES THAT OFTEN RELEASE FORMALDEHYDE WHICH MAY CAUSE A MULTITUDE OF HEALTH PROBLEMS.

FD&C COLOR PIGMENTS
SYNTHETIC COLORS MADE FROM COAL TAR, CONTAINING HEAVY METAL SALTS THAT DEPOSIT TOXINS ONTO THE SKIN.

NO SYNTHETIC FRAGRANCES
CAN CONTAIN THOUSANDS OF SEPARATE INGREDIENTS, MANY TOXIC OR CARCINOGENIC.