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1. A Toxic Makeup Wakeup Call
My Vain Brush with Death

2. What I’ll
Cover
• What chemicals are in your makeup
• How they impact your health
• Safe, pure cosmetics alternatives

3. MY ER VISIT, MY STORY

4. 5 minutes after applying lotion to throat
Went into anaphylactic shock
2% lung capacity

5. I was creamed
52 ingredients
52 ingredients
aqua, mica (ci 77019), caprylic/capric triglyceride (coconut source), glycerin
(vegetable), glyceryl stearate (vegetable), stearic acid (vegetable), carthamus
tinctorius (safflower) seed oil, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, prunus
amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil, coconut oil, polysorbate 60, stearyl
alcohol, Pacifica’s parfume blend with natural and essential oils, iron oxide (ci
77491), polyisobutene, benzyl alcohol, phenoxyethanol, dimethicone, sorbitol,
potassium sorbate, tocopherol (vitamin e), carbomer, sodium pca, citric acid,
titanium dioxide (ci 77891), chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract,
tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e), retinyl palmitate (vitamin a), ascorbic acid (vitamin
c), calophyllum tacamahaca seed oil, argania spinosa kernel oil, passiflora
edulis (passion fruit) extract, laminaria digitata (sea algae) extract, lycium
barbarum (goji) fruit extract, carica papaya (papaya) fruit extract, ananas
sativus (pineapple) fruit extract, pearl mica.

6. Then it happened again
15 minutes after massage,
same paraben

7. SYNTHETIC PRESERVATIVES
Parabens can disrupt the hormone (endocrine)
system
Were found in the breast cancer tumors of 19 of 20
women studied.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) tested urine
from 100 adults and found parabens in nearly all.
SOURCES: CDC and Environmental Working Group

8. Why avoid preservatives?
Just because some makeup will
last forever, doesn’t mean you
should keep it forever
• Phenoxyethanol acts as
hormone disrupter
• Linked to chromosomal changes
• DNA mutations
• Reproductive damage in mice
Source: American College of Toxicology animal study and EPA

9. Phenoxyethanol
SOURCES: Truth in Aging & FDA website

10. Other Synthetic Preservatives
• Parabens (Methyl, Ethly, Propl,
Butylparaben)
• UREA Derivatives
• Isothiazolones
• DMDM Hydantoin
Quarternium-15
• BHT & BHA
• Parahydroxbenzoic Acid
• Parahydroxbenzoate
• 2-Bromo-2Nitro-Propane-1, 3 Diol (Bronopol)
• Benzalkonium Chloride

11. Preservative-free Antimicrobial or
Anti-Oxidants
Essential Oils
T-50 Vitamin E Oil
Rosemary Oil Extract
Grapefruit Seed Extract
SOURCE: From Nature with Love

12. Watchdogs
Although regulated by the FDA since 1938,
the cosmetic industry is self regulated.
www.ewg.org
www.comesticsinfo.org
www.safecosmetics.org
FDA has limited say about what companies put in their
products though 800 ingredients reported are toxic.

13. Chemicals We Apply Daily
Bionsen found that the average
woman applies 515 chemicals to
her face a day.
“Makeup and lotions all
contribute to the toxic brew
causing health problems,
hormone disruptions, immune
disfunction.”
Research by Bionsen, a natural deodorant company

14. What’s in our Stuff

15. What’s in our Stuff II

16. Look for the filthy 15
1. Cetareth (emulsifier)
2. Coal Tar (petroleum by product)
3. Fragrance (way to cover up ? ingred)
4. Hydroquinone (skin bleaching)
5. Imidazolidinyl UREA (preservative)
6. Lead & Mercury (Thimerosal)
7. Nanoparticles

17. Filthy 15, cont.
8. P-Phenylenediamine (hair dye)
9. PABA
10. Parabens
11. Mineral Oil
12. Proplene Clycol (PG/PEG)
13. Talc (linked to ovarian cancer/lung irritant)
14. Titanum Dioxide (sunblocks, toothpastes)
15. Phthalates (fragrances - reproductive problems)

18. More Cancer, Coincidence?
Over the last 100 years, the rate
of cancer in the U.S. has sky-
rocked from 1 out of 800 people
diagnosed, to 1 out of 3 today.
Source: The Safe Shoppers Bible with
foreward by Ralph Nader, Consumer Advocate

19. Marketing Untruths
Disodium Lauryl Sulfosuccinate,
Triticum vulgare starch, Palmitic Acid,
Stearic Acid, Glyceryl Stearate,
Cetearyl Alcohol, Talc, Sodium
Lactate, Cera alba, Aqua, Lecithin,
Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate,
Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Panthenol,
Inulin, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate,
Tocopheryl Acetate, Glycine,
Magnesium Aspartate, Alanine,
Lysine, Leucine, Benzophenone-4,
Parfum, CI 47005, CI 61570, CI
77891.
Benzophenone is an emerging allergin linked to dermatitis.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17295691

20. Brands I trust
Forget shopping drug stores. Use distributors committed to preservative-
free products made from fresh, pure ingredients.
L’Bri www.pamt.lbri.com
Lulu Blossom www.lulublossom.com
Indigo Wild www.indigo.wild
Tom’s of Main
Alba

21. You Tube Homework
• The Story of Cosmetics (2010)
• Organic And Toxic Free:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4cCq4F0ZCs&feature=

22. Replace Old
With Green
With Green
1 in 8 of the 82,000 ingredients used in personal
care products are industrial chemicals.
Xenoestrogens (foreign estrogen) absorbed by
the skin are 10x more potent than oral
Source: Environmental Working Group

23. A Head to Toe Scan
Let’s go back in time and simplify our products --
Read ingredients -- brands, packaging, marketing
deceiving

24. Watch the
dye Your Hair
Hair straighteners and smoothers (more
formaldehyde than in funeral parlor)
Hair dyes have more than 5000 chemicals
Dark hair dyes big concerns if have coal tar

25. Ask for safe
coloring products
Your Hair
• Essensity Hair Color by Schwarzkopf (no
ammonia, odor, silicones, parabens,
formaldehyde)
• www.schwarzkopfusa.com

26. Your Body
Skin is bodies largest organ
Body washes -- Replace Dove with Burt’s Bees
Body lotions -- Replace Kiss My Face with Nature’s
Bounty, LuluBlossom or L’Bri
Detergent -- Replace Tide (1,4-dioxane) w/ Ecos or
Seventh Generation
SOURCE: Skin Care Authority

27. Sunscreens
Sunscreen chemicals mimic the effects of
estrogen and trigger developmental
abnormalities in rats.
5 out of 6 chemicals used to block UV rays in
sunscreen is estrogenic
Get EWG’s 2012 Sunscreen guide -
Aubrey Organics or Alba
Source: Institute of Parmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurick, Switzerland
Environmental Health Perspectives Vol. 109 (March 2001) pp 239-244

28. Your Nails
Watch out for Dibutyl phthalate (DBP), a
plasticizer used to make polish less brittle
Toluene, paint thinner linked to cancer
Formaldehyde, nail hardener linked to cancer
Source: The Real Cost of Beauty: Dangerous Toxins Lurking in Your Cosmetics
(CNCAHealth.com

29. HealthIER Polish
Priti NYC $12.50
ww.pritninyc.com
No Miss Nail $7.94
www.nomiss.com
Source: Yoga Journal, March 2012 and personal usage

30. Your Lips
Woman ingests 4 lbs of lip products in life
61% of US lipsticks have some lead
Lip gloss -- named the most toxic beauty product
Some with lead exceeding 10x amount allowed by
FDA
Source: Campaign for Safe Cosmetics & Canadian Environmental
Defence study, Environmentaldefence.ca

31. Good Gloss
Arbonne
Tarte
Alba (Whole Foods)
L-Bri
100% Pure (colored with fruit/Veggie pigment)

32. Lessons Learned
Know what’s in the products you apply
Know what’s in the products you clean with
Know what’s in the food you eat
Your health depends on it.

33. Shockers
60% of what we apply to skin ends in bloodstream
Hairstylists have the youngest death rate in occ group
80% of ingreidents linked to immune toxicity
60% may disrupt hormones
1 in 3 women will be diagnosed with cancer
Source: National Cancer Institute

34. Reading
Is This Your Child’s World by Dr. Doris Rapp
Cutting the Crap out of Your Life by Kim Barnouin
Market Shift (download pdf at safecosmetics.com)

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