Are you wearing any make up?
Did you use shampoo, conditioner, face wash, moisturizer or deodorant this morning?
Would you still want to you use them if they contained toxic chemicals or known carcinogens?
Well every day many of us do. We take in a cocktail of chemicals from our cosmetics and personal care products.
But who is to blame for this epidemic?
What can these products or services really do to us?
And what are some safer alternatives?
Every day when we wake up in the morning we are faced with the challenge of getting ready for the day. When we watch television, walk or drive down the street, are online or reading a magazine we are bombarded by this idea we need all of these products in order to be healthy and beautiful.
Now we have heard the saying, “monkey see, monkey do”
Well Mama do, daughter does. I’m sure most of us can remember watching our moms put on makeup, or go get a facial, dye their hair. I first helped dye my mom’s hair when I was around ten years old, and my mom first died my hair when I was in the eigth grade. Now young girls are watching their moms getting plastic surgery, fillers and Botox. Which actually, is a deadly neurotoxin that was originally tested on monkeys and can cause loss of muscle movement, flu-like symptoms, pneumonia or even death. Also the FDA, the Food and Drug Administration, requires that they put a warning label on all packaging of Botox that says, “The effects of the Botulinum toxin may spread from the area of injection to other areas of the body, causing symptoms similar to those of botulism. Those symptoms include potentially life-threatening swallowing and breathing difficulties and even death.” I’m really curious why it’s ok for doctors to inject a deadly neurotoxin into people’s faces. There also is no age limit on getting Botox. You heard about the story of the mom giving her eight year old Botox, and eighteen-year-old singer Charice just got Botox for her role on Glee.
