You may have heard of the “dirty dozen” in cosmetics product. More specifically you may have heard that some of the ingredients in cosmetics aren’t very safe to be using on your body.
Research has uncovered 82,000 ingredients in cosmetics products that are actually industrial chemicals including: pesticides, hormone disruptors, reproductive toxins, neurotoxins.
Many cosmetics include ingredients that are also used for keeping concrete soft these are known as plasticisers, ingredients used to get grease off mechanical instruments known as degreasers, ingredients used to reduce surface tension in water such as ink and paint.
Considering how active these ingredients need to be to get those types of industrial jobs done, how do you think these ingredients effect your skin and body. Think about both the short term and long term effects. Scary right?
A study of US and Canadian cosmetics products revealed that 80% of the products tested had at least one of these “dirty dozen” toxic chemicals.
Here is a list of the Cosmetics Industry’s Dirty Dozen ingredient to avoid at all costs!