Read the labels...

I was pretty disappointed to find out that some of the products that I am currently using that are labeled either "all natural" or "organic" (without the USDA Organic Label) are not all natural or organic and that some of the many ingredients in them contain synthetic ingredients that are toxic and some even harmful to ones health when used. If the products that you are using do not have the USDA Organic Label on them carefully look at the ingredients.

For those of you who plan on making that transition read the labels and make sure what you are getting is really what it says that it is. If the ingredients are questionable then question them. Never put something on your skin that contains ingredients you can barely pronounce -- and that may be potentially hazardous to your health! Enhance your health from the "outside in" with a quality skin care product made from ingredients that are natural, organic and recognizable.

I recently came across a great site that is very informative about USDA Organic products and much more. Check it out at http://www.terressentials.com/

Excerpt from the terressential site:
Many scientists are concerned about the toxic chemicals in shampoos, such as dyes and detergents, being absorbed through the skin and scrambling hormone signals. The US EPA concluded in 1997 that hormone-disrupting chemicals like these can lead to disturbing health effects, including cancer, sterility and developmental problems...According to the dictionary, natural; means existing in or formed by nature without human intervention. That means ingredients like naturally-occurring minerals and organic plant extracts - not ammonium laureth sulfate, decyl polyglucose and cyclopolymethicone. And yet, some companies will tell you that natural means anything that originated somewhere on earth - no matter what they did to it afterwards.

TERRESSENTIALS Pure Earth Hair Washes are made from gentle, detergent-free, naturally-occurring clay minerals with organic botanical extracts and organic essential oils. Our special hair wash is made from an exotic clay that has been used for many centuries as a treasured hair and body cleanser. Our clay is found in only one place in the world - Morocco. It is a unique non-lathering colloidal clay which, when mixed with water, forms a gel that attracts impurities, dirt and oil, washing them down the drain! A truly natural hair cleanser does not contain the suspected carcinogen cocamide DEA, lauramide DEA, sodium lauryl or laureth sulfate, cocoamidopropyl betaine, olefin sulfonate, disodium cocoamphodi- acetate, PVP copolymer (polyVINYLpyrrolidone, a petrochemical liquid plastic known to cause kidney damage and thesaurosis - damaging foreign bodies in the lungs), EDTA, soy, wheat or oat (hydrolyzed) proteins, MSG, methyl, propyl or butyl parabens, diazolidinyl urea, triclosan, quaternarium 15, sodium benzoate, FD&C colors or synthetic fragrance.

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