Comments on: Why You Need To Read Ingredient Lists Carefully http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/02/07/why-you-need-to-read-ingredient-lists-carefully/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:20:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Kat http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/02/07/why-you-need-to-read-ingredient-lists-carefully/comment-page-1/#comment-40377 Kat Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:11:03 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/02/07/why-you-need-to-read-ingredient-lists-carefully/#comment-40377 I think you missed my point. The idea is not for those in the third world to grow organic food small-scale BUT rather to grow the organic ingredients used for cosmetics, sell them, fair trade, to companies and then in turn use that money to raise food for themselves. Organic cosmetics are more expensive but as long as we proactively support and insist upon fair trade practices with those growing the ingredients, a lot of good can come of it. Of course there are issues with fair trade, but a rising interest and concern about where we get our fancy products from cannot be knocked. Yeah, people still shop at the Gap despite the proven link to sweatshop/child labor, but knowledge truly is power. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle. I think you missed my point. The idea is not for those in the third world to grow organic food small-scale BUT rather to grow the organic ingredients used for cosmetics, sell them, fair trade, to companies and then in turn use that money to raise food for themselves. Organic cosmetics are more expensive but as long as we proactively support and insist upon fair trade practices with those growing the ingredients, a lot of good can come of it.

Of course there are issues with fair trade, but a rising interest and concern about where we get our fancy products from cannot be knocked. Yeah, people still shop at the Gap despite the proven link to sweatshop/child labor, but knowledge truly is power.

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

]]> By: thebeautybrains http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/02/07/why-you-need-to-read-ingredient-lists-carefully/comment-page-1/#comment-40367 thebeautybrains Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:20:13 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/02/07/why-you-need-to-read-ingredient-lists-carefully/#comment-40367 Organic farming doesn't produce as much food as standard farming techniques. If the world tried to implement it on a large scale, we'd run out of food. Organic farming doesn’t produce as much food as standard farming techniques. If the world tried to implement it on a large scale, we’d run out of food.

]]> By: Kat http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/02/07/why-you-need-to-read-ingredient-lists-carefully/comment-page-1/#comment-40343 Kat Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:42:58 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/02/07/why-you-need-to-read-ingredient-lists-carefully/#comment-40343 "Lack of compassion"? Emmy was explaining how the rising popularity of organic products can serve to better the lives of those in 3rd world countries. Sure, organic can be expensive but the suppliers of the organically produced ingredients (more and more often those farmers in the third world) stand to benefit. Don't drink the Kool-Aid! Priceless! I think someone wasn't around for the 1970s... “Lack of compassion”? Emmy was explaining how the rising popularity of organic products can serve to better the lives of those in 3rd world countries. Sure, organic can be expensive but the suppliers of the organically produced ingredients (more and more often those farmers in the third world) stand to benefit.

Don’t drink the Kool-Aid! Priceless! I think someone wasn’t around for the 1970s…

]]> By: Left Brain http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/02/07/why-you-need-to-read-ingredient-lists-carefully/comment-page-1/#comment-20480 Left Brain Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:52:24 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/02/07/why-you-need-to-read-ingredient-lists-carefully/#comment-20480 Emmy, Thanks so much for your comments. I stopped drinking Kool-aid long ago because processed sugars aren't good for me. Perhaps you might want to lay off the organic coffee. Your ignorance and complete lack of compassion for people in third world countries is disgusting. Something awful must've happened in your life to make you so callous. I'm very sorry for you. Please, feel free to continue to indulge in your crusade to rid the world of non-organically derived chemicals and poor starving people. As to your claims of my lack of open-mindedness. Please, show me the proof. What proof do you have the organically grown materials used in cosmetics is better for you than non-organically grown compounds? I'd be happy to change my mind with evidence. Would you? Is there anything that could ever happen to make you think synthetic, petrochemicals are good for you? Any bit of research? An open-minded person would be able to change their mind. I can. Can you? Incidentally, what does "Chemicals have friend our brains" mean? Emmy,

Thanks so much for your comments. I stopped drinking Kool-aid long ago because processed sugars aren’t good for me. Perhaps you might want to lay off the organic coffee.

Your ignorance and complete lack of compassion for people in third world countries is disgusting. Something awful must’ve happened in your life to make you so callous. I’m very sorry for you. Please, feel free to continue to indulge in your crusade to rid the world of non-organically derived chemicals and poor starving people.

As to your claims of my lack of open-mindedness. Please, show me the proof. What proof do you have the organically grown materials used in cosmetics is better for you than non-organically grown compounds? I’d be happy to change my mind with evidence. Would you? Is there anything that could ever happen to make you think synthetic, petrochemicals are good for you? Any bit of research? An open-minded person would be able to change their mind. I can. Can you?

Incidentally, what does “Chemicals have friend our brains” mean?

]]> By: Emmy http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/02/07/why-you-need-to-read-ingredient-lists-carefully/comment-page-1/#comment-20459 Emmy Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:05:51 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/02/07/why-you-need-to-read-ingredient-lists-carefully/#comment-20459 And with this article and your subsequent responses to comments, I'll no longer be reading this blog. "Wouldn't it be better for the Earth to use that land to feed people?" Holy good God you have to be effing kidding me. Wouldn't it be nice if the people who are starving in third-world countries where there's plenty of land to raise crops just not enough money to do so could make money to buy or raise their food by selling their organically farmed products to conscientious companies who purchase them at fair trade prices for customers who don't want to put gasoline left-overs on their faces? Seriously - this blog should be called "Chemicals have friend our brains" because you obviously drank the Kool-aid long ago and can't be open-minded enough to see there might be an alternative to your ridiculous chemicals. And with this article and your subsequent responses to comments, I’ll no longer be reading this blog. “Wouldn’t it be better for the Earth to use that land to feed people?” Holy good God you have to be effing kidding me. Wouldn’t it be nice if the people who are starving in third-world countries where there’s plenty of land to raise crops just not enough money to do so could make money to buy or raise their food by selling their organically farmed products to conscientious companies who purchase them at fair trade prices for customers who don’t want to put gasoline left-overs on their faces? Seriously – this blog should be called “Chemicals have friend our brains” because you obviously drank the Kool-aid long ago and can’t be open-minded enough to see there might be an alternative to your ridiculous chemicals.

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