Personal Care Products

Personal Care ProductsSELECT 2 of your personal care products (cosmetics, shampoo, deodorant, mouthwash, etc.) and look them up in the Safe Cosmetics Database: http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

• Were you surprised to find out the toxicity rating of your personal care products?
• Did you decide to change any of your consumer behaviors based on your findings?
• Should everyone know about this risks and why don’t they?

For my first finding I searched for a product part of my skin care routine every morning. This product is the: Tatcha Deep Brightening Serum. 

I use this product because it is advertised to brighten skin texture, help with large pores, and smooths overall texture while moisturizing the skin. When I saw the toxicity, I was so surprised. Tatcha an expensive luxury brand product so I had expected better from it. It scaled as a 5 and I will stop using this product now. I feel that for the money I am paying, in return I should be receiving cleaner products. Everyone should know about the ingredients in this product so others can see what they are getting for their money. 

For my second product, I searched up: Fenty Invisble Blotting Powder. This is a crucial part in my makeup application steps. This is the final step to my makeup routine that takes place at the very end. I use this product as a setting to the makeup all over my face. I was very very happy to see it scored as a 1. I use lots of Fenty products so I am happy that it is considered a clean product. I will still continue to use the brand! Personal Care ProductsPersonal Care Products

BLOG REPLY TO KEN COOK VIDEO.
This video was extremely eye opening. I pride myself in having a strong skin care routine first thing in the morning, as well as night. I would say I use a total of 10 products plus body lotions and perfumes throughout the day. After hearing that women who use 12 products on average have a chance of being exposed to 160 chemicals per day while men barely have half of that was very scary. It was terrifying to see things we do and are surrounded by everyday have such a high risk of impacting our health and we have no way of stopping it. My favorite part about this video was when Ken Cook was explaining to the audience about his own baby. This was so courageous of him to turn his situation into one to help and educate others.