Unfortunately, companies are bending and twisting words and phrases in an effort to cash in on the ever growing natural and organic markets. I was sad to discover that the word “natural” printed on a product label means NOTHING. In fact, a lot of so-called natural skin products contain only a few natural ingredients mixed in with quite a few toxic ones.

I found this to be true after carefully reading the ingredient label of my Tom’s of Maine “natural” deodorant. The label says “natural 24 hour odor protection” right below the product name and claims “100% natural fragrance” on the cap.

After studying the ingredient list, however, I found few unnatural and potentially toxic ingredients like propylene glycol lurking in what I thought was an all natural product.

So, I’ve now started replacing a lot of my skin care products with natural skin care recipes. Before I buy ANY skin care or hair care products, I always do a quick search on EWG’s Skin Deep Database to check its safety rating.

It really is disappointing that companies are choosing to all but lie to use in the name of profits. Unfortunately this is yet another area of our lives Caveat Emptor (“Let the buyer beware) comes into play.

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“Natural” doesn’t mean squat, because it’s not a regulated term. “Organic” is regulated and does mean something. A product must be 95% organic to be called organic. Something with up to 70% organic can be labeled as containing organic ingredients. Anything less, and it can only be listed in the ingredients. Everyone should know this because it’s important.

Natural is wholly different. I read this really cool blog one day about this lotion that was “natural” and about how great it was because it didn’t have mineral oil and only natural oils. I love natural oils so I read more. It sounds like this stuff is what dreams are made of. Then……I read the ingredients. Because that is the only way to really see what’s in this stuff. Guess what! Parabens…every single kind they make were in this stuff. If you don’t know, parabens are known to cause cancer, and they certainly are not “natural”!

Arsenic is a completely natural compound found in the ground. It can kill you. Natural is not always good. However, because cosmetics are not subject to FDA aproval, just about anything can make it’s way into cosmetics (even parabens!) There are a lot of bad chemicals in our cosmetics and no one tells the truth when they got something to sell!

What does it all mean? Take a few minutes out of our busy lives and look at what we are doing to ourselves.
http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/index.php
This is the best site to find what is in your cosmetics, and to find out what it can do to you.

There are very few sites that offer truely natural products that work. Most cost an arm and a leg too. I have found one site to offer real natural products at a reasonable price.
http://www.RoseMarieShop.com

In the time it took you to read this you can find out what you’re really putting on your skin. Check it out.

You personally did not bash the questioner, others did. I don’t believe it’s insidious to follow a question through rather than simply dismissing it.

I know that sandalwood and rose oil have not been proved to have amazing affects, the point was hypothetically if they were, they would not be used due to market forces.

Reiterating my previous post I do not think the arbitrary class of “natural ingredients” are better or worse than the arbitrary class of “synthetic ingredients”. But likewise one should not fool oneself that synthetic is somehow better. Some are, some aren’t.