Natural Makeup Triumphing!
While researching natural makeup products I came across Nature’s Basin website and loved the products so much that I decided to promote them through my blog. If you have been following my blog you will have noticed that I’ve mentioned a few times the The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics.
They have just released their new report where, over a seven year period they studied the how makeup and cosmetic companies are raising the bar for safer makeup products.
Natural Skincare Brands
In this report, eleven of the natural skin care brands that Nature’s Basin promotes were named Innovators & Champions by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. According to the Campaign, these eleven companies are among those who “are leading the industry toward safety, showing it’s possible to make products without using the hazardous chemicals that are all too common in conventional personal care products.”
The recognized brands offered at Nature’s Basin: Natural Makeup, Skin care and more include Acquarella, Aromafloria, Badger, Blossom Organics, Hamadi, Inara, Living Nature, Pangea Organics, Scotch Naturals, Suki, and Yes.
Nature’s Basin was started in 2009 by Donna Wing and is run by mothers who are environmentally and health conscious individuals who wanted to offer the finest natural, organic and mineral based beauty products with an exceptional customer service and a hassle-free online shopping experience.
If you want to purchase and buy some great natural makeup products, then you can do no better than clicking on the link below. You skin will thank you for it!
News On Safer Makeup Products
A few weeks ago a conference took place holding out the prospect that makeup will become more natural and less toxic. Over 400 cosmetic and personal care companies who sell makeup and skincare products have already removed potentially hazardous chemicals from their products. This is after a seven-year campaign by a large coalition of consumer, health and environmental groups.
The goal was to work companies to get them to remove substances banned by health authorities in other countries. For example, chemicals linked to cancer and birth defects are already banned in the EU but are still legal in the US. Also there are some preservatives that release formaldehyde, which can cause cancer as well as burn the eyes, nose and throat. Companies are being asked to list all ingredients in their products, which many companies don’t do.
It’s interesting that the big companies have been asked repeatedly to sign up to the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, but none of have done so
Let’s take one example: Johnson & Johnson. They have been pressured for 2 1/2 years to remove harsh and potentially dangerous chemicals from all its personal care products. Now the they are steadily removing those chemicals from its baby products worldwide but has not committed to do so for products for adults.
What is interesting is that many people would naturally trust such a large company because of it’s name and reputations. But at the same time cast doubt over small firms, who are producing natural makeup and skincare products, but who are not using toxic ingredients.
At the start more than 1,500 companies pledged to meet the campaign’s goals for personal care products, but because of various reasons, most didn’t follow through.
Now pure, natural and safe cosmetics have become the fastest-growing part of the $50 billion cosmetics industry, accounting for roughly 10 percent of sales.
So the US need to take the lead from the EU and ban chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm.
Are you concerned about your makeup products not being natural? One good way to make sure is to make sure that the makeup is certified. You can purchase pure natural makeup products by going to my homepage and clicking on the links.
Heavy Metal Makeup
No, I’m not talking about the likes of the group Kiss and Alice Cooper, but the amount of toxins that sometimes are found in makeup products, especially those that aren’t natural makeup.
When you read the label of your makeup products you of course will not find heavy metals like lead and arsenic. However, Environmental Defence, a Canadian environmental group tested dozens of common cosmetics products and found that virtually all of them were contaminated with heavy metals.
So what does this mean for you? Have a look at this video and it will really get you thinking:
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Researchers purchased cosmetics, like foundations, concealers, bronzers, mascaras, eyeliners, lipsticks, and sent them to an accredited laboratory to have them tested. The tests were for the presence of heavy metals like arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, beryllium, selenium, thallium and nickel.
According to the Montreal Gazette:
“None of the products tested contained mercury, but lead was detected in 96 percent of the products, arsenic in 20 percent and cadmium in 51 percent. Nickel was found in all the products tested, beryllium in 90 percent, thallium in 61 percent and selenium in 14 percent.”
Environmental Defence tested 49 different face makeup items, including five foundations, four concealers, four powders, five blushes or bronzers, seven mascaras, two eye liners, 14 eye shadows, and eight lipsticks or glosses. Their testing revealed serious heavy metal contamination in virtually all of the products:
- 96 percent contained lead
- 90 percent contained beryllium
- 61 percent contained thallium
- 51 percent contained cadmium
- 20 percent contained arsenic
Further, each product contained an average of two of the four metals of highest concern (arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury), which are designated as toxic in Canada because of proven health concerns. Most of the products also contained an average of four of the eight metals tested (arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, nickel, beryllium, thallium, selenium).
Despite the widespread contamination, and the fact that all the metals but nickel are banned as intentional ingredients in Canadian cosmetics, not one of the products listed the heavy metals on the label.
What the researchers said was that,
“There are scientific debates as to what constitutes “safe” levels of heavy metal exposure. Overall, the health effects of heavy metals from cosmetics absorbed through skin requires further investigation. Notably though, the highest levels of arsenic (70 ppm), cadmium (3 ppm), and lead (110 ppm) were all found in lip glosses which could be ingested. Some metals, such as arsenic, cadmium, and lead, can accumulate in a person’s body over time. There is limited understanding of the effects of cumulative exposure to these metals.
… Some may wonder why heavy metals in our makeup measured in the parts per million are really a cause for concern; for some of these metals, science has not established a “safe” level of exposure.
Cumulative exposure over time is especially difficult to study, as different combinations of exposures can have different effects, and the possible combinations are seemingly endless, given the number of cosmetics products out there.
Additionally, cosmetics are not the only source of exposure to many of these metals. Arsenic, for example, can be found in some drinking water, lead can be found in old paint, etc., and low-dose exposures can add up.
Eliminating elements like lead, cadmium, and chromium from the body takes over 40 years, with accumulation leading to problems such as nervous system disruption and kidney damage.”
So you will want to definitely find save makeup so that you can care for your health and your families health. By clicking on the banners on this page you will be directed to some great sites that I personally use. You can buy great natural and, more importantly, toxin free makeup.
What else can you do? Here is a list of my practical tips:
- Only buy makeup products that have a certificate on them. (Here are some to look for)
- What order are the ingredients listed? The first one will be the largest quantity, and last on the least. So if your cream containing natural aloe vera has aloe vera last, then there isn’t very much of it.
- If possible, buy products in glass, rather than plastic.