Websites
Campaigning for Organic Integrity in Body Care Products
Database---Skin Deep is a safety guide to cosmetics and personal care products brought to you by researchers at the Environmental Working Group. Look up any ingredient or by brand name of baby care products, makeup, skin, hair, body, nail, oral care, or fragrance to get its toxicity rating.
http://www.ewg.org/files/EWG_cosmeticsguide.pdf
http://www.toxicsinfo.org/TIPS_personal.htm
Sharing Information on everyday life and healthier alternatives. TIP TOPICS -- PERSONAL CARE: cosmetics, dyes and fragrances.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/
Make a refreshing facial mask with common kitchen products.
Articles
Laboratory tests reveal adolescent girls across America are contaminated with chemicals commonly used in cosmetics and body care products. Environmental Working Group (EWG) detected 16 chemicals...
Skin Deep 3.0 Reveals Ingredients in 25,000 Products. Most people think that the ingredients in personal care and cosmetic products are safety tested before they are sold. But there is no such requirement in federal law.
"The average fragrance product tested contained 14 secret chemicals not listed on the label. Among them are chemicals associated with hormone disruption and allergic reactions, and many substances that have not been assessed for safety in personal care products."
http://www.organicconsumers.org/bodycare/reduce052104.cfm
By the Coming Clean Campaign: Campaigning for Organic Integrity in Body Care Products
Why are organic personal care products better for your health? http://www.organicconsumers.org/bodycare/comingcleaninfosheet.pdf
List of Synthetic Chemicals to Avoid in Bodycare Products (Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep Database)
Magazines
www.pathwaystofamilywellness.org
Pathways magazine offers parents resources and thought provoking articles about the family wellness lifestyle.
www.mothering.com
Mothering Magazine celebrates the experience of parenthood as worthy of one's best efforts and fosters awareness of the immense importance and value of parenthood and family life in the development of the full human potential. As a readers' magazine, we recognize parents as the experts and wish to provide truly helpful information upon which parents can base informed choices. Each issue contains philosophical inspiration and practical advice about family living. Topics are as diverse as circumcision, vaccinations, organic foods, childhood illnesses, home birth, ear infections, parenting teens, web site information, midwifery, and homeopathy.
By Topic
Outside in....
Chemicals in Makeup
Hair Care
Makeup
Natural Products
Nails
Skin Care
- Dry Skin
- Masks
- Oils
- Skin Brushing
- Stretch Marks
Inside out...
Hair
Detox/cleansing
Fitness/Body
- Yoga
- Tracy Anderson
Nutrition
Skin
Quick Tip:
Lipstick
The average make-up wearing woman will eat two pounds of lipstick in her life-time. Most lipsticks contain petroleum derivatives and many contain lead. Try brands based on
beeswax, plant oils or vitamin E instead.
InternetMom.org is designed for informational,educational, and personal purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional care. If you suspect you have a health problem, contact your chiropractor, midwife, or holistic pediatrician.
"For attractive lips, speak words of kindness, For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people, For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry, For Beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day, For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone. People, more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself and the other for helping others."
~ Audrey HepburnBeauty Basics
Nature provides us with some of the best skin, hair, and nail care. Did you know that Brazilian women have been known to get rid of cellulite by rubbing sand on their trouble spots? Did you know that juicing helps the skin, hair, and nails much more effectively and naturally than anything you can put on the outside? Did you know that women, as consumers, are a group that is largely marketed to by companies who use dangerous chemicals in their makeup, soaps, moisturizers, and serums? Do you know what products and ingredients to avoid?
