by Vic Shayne, PhD

Do you have to poison yourself in order to be beautiful? The answer is “no.”

What’s so ugly about the Beauty Industry? It’s the fact that it’s so metaphorical, with all of the focus on the visual while there’s danger down below. I urge you to buy a copy of Not Just a Pretty Face, by Stacy Malkan. This book is easy to read and will open your mind to the reality that millions of people are being poisoned through their skin by way of skin products from lipstick to mascara. You have to ask yourself whether it’s worth looking good today to be stricken with cancer tomorrow. And you have to realize that we are all immersed in a man-made chemical soup that’s poisoning the planet inside and out.

The author writes: “…all of us share something unshared by countless generations of humans who lived before us: we carry man-made pollutants in our bodies…But only recently, with a scientific technique known as biomonitoring, have scientists been able to measure the actual levels of some synthetic chemicals that are getting into people….The same poisons running through the rivers are running through our veins.”

Marketing Hype is a Cover-all

Author Stacy Malkan writes, “From Britney Spears’ Fantasy to JLo’s Glow, the sleek bottles promise love, weath and celebrity appeal. But what they won’t tell you is what’s on the inside: complex mixtures of up to hundreds of chemicals that are not listed on labels. Frangrance is concsidered a trade secret, so companies don’t have to disclose their ingredients. Almost half the products in Skin Deep contain the generic term ‘fragrance.’ Even ‘unscented’ products may have masking fragrances — chemicals used to cover up the odor of other chemicals.” (p58)

What do we know about cosmetics? Most people only know that they help them look, feel and smell better. But how about the health risks? Consider the fact that:

• lipstick can contain lead, linked to brain damage and insanity
• nail polish can contain DBP (dibutyl phtalate), linked to birth defects
• aerosol products may contain the propellant 1,3-butadiene, linked to breast cancer
• detergents, shampoos and soaps may contain 1,4-dioxane, linked to breast cancer

The good news in all of this is that you don’t have to use toxic products. Even if our government was wise enough to ban all of these disease-causing, environmental-destroying chemicals, there are many alternatives. Natural alternatives. All we need is to understand the connection between man-made chemicals and the health of our planet and our bodies. Buy the book. Read it, and write in your comments: Not Just a Pretty Face.

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