Sun 3 Jan 2010
Be discerning about beauty products you buy!
Posted by Auravedic under Ayurvedic
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If you scan the ingredient list for nutritive values of fats, carbohydrates and proteins while buying food items, why not extend the same diligence to ingredient lists on the cosmetics you buy. Branded and well advertised beauty products do not necessarily mean they are harmless.
Learn to read the labels on beauty products you intend to buy, even those touted as ‘natural and organic’. Environmental groups caution against ingredients such as parabens (which are used as preservatives), petrochemicals and their by-products (often found in skin creams, foundations, and lip balms), mercury (in mascara); lead (in lipsticks), dioxane (in shampoos and body washes); and phthalates in nail polishes and hair sprays.
Real natural and organic products are free of these chemicals and contain the extracts of fruits, plants and herbs with essential oils. As a test, also try sniffing the products. For e.g. check if a strawberry flavored product has a cloying artificial candy smell. If it does, that is one way of knowing that the product is not 100% natural or organic.
If you are paying a substantial amount for your well-being, the least you can do is find out more about the company and the ingredients they claim to have put into their products.
Be smart, buy smart and be beautiful always!

