about diseases, calamaties, catastrophes and gruesome accidents, I now have to worry that my shampoo might be trying to kill me. Do you worry about that, too?
Well, now you don't have to sit around wondering how likely your favorite shampoo/conditioner/nail polish/soap is to give you cancer, hamper your reproductive ability or otherwise harm you. Go to this website, type in the brand of your fave hygiene or grooming product, and voila! It gives you a nice little table highlighting all the toxins it contains.
I'm lucky I don't use much in the way of beauty products. I use them to decorate my bathroom and there they sit. But, I was rather astounded to learn that my favorite exfoliating face wash is nothing but bad news!
I always bought St. Ives products because, for some reason, I was under the impression that it was somehow more natural than the other crap out there, though I really don't know what would have made me think that. Maybe because it has fruit on the label. Or because it's named after a town in France. Who knows.
Anyway, it turns out that 99% of the other facial cleansers on the market would have been a better bet. No wonder it's so economical. On a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 being the least toxic and 10 being just short of radioactive, the folks at the cosmetics database gave my facial cleanser a whopping 8. In layman's terms, I've been washing my face with an invigorating concoction of carcinogens, neurotoxins and pollutants.
I think my beauty regimen may need some serious reconsidering.
Let's face it, I have a lot more to worry about than beauty any way.
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