Posts Tagged ‘safe cosmetics’

While I was in Florida College of Natural Health, the instructors all seemed to favor Physical sunscreens over Chemical sunscreens. The main reasoning they gave were the allergies, irritations and of course many have harmful side effects. We also learned that professional and clinical products usually contained little to no Chemical sunscreens and relied more on good old Titanium Dioxide and Zinc oxide.

For a great neutral take on the debate and one of the only sites I found with accurate information that doesn’t seem terribly biased check this out: Chemical Sunscreens – When Are We Safe?

So I decided to stick with physical sunscreens only. I understand that it will give my skin a white film and I’ll need a bit more foundation, but I feel it’s worth it to me.

I switched immediately when I was informed of some cheaper brands that offered the physical sunscreen:

After being trained on ingredients and what they do I began to read labels with my handy dandy list of ingredients to avoid. Being an informed consumer, I became an angry one. Most products available to the public marketed as safe, natural and organic were not being truthful. Want more information on what I’m talking about check this out!
The Story of Stuff.org on cosmetics

Pissed right? Sure you can fight with the government, but start today and only buy things you know are safe. I’m not delusional I know that we can only do certain things. As of yet I haven’t found makeup that I like without these ingredients. But hey, it’s the price of beauty until I do. I need my makeup!

Also the ones that don’t have these ingredients and seem to work well usually come with a crazy price tag. So all we can do is that, whip out our handy dandy ingredients to avoid pocket books and do the best we can in stores and surfing it up online. If I find something good I’ll always share it here or on one of the other Persian Kitty Kat.com blogs.

The one I use:

Something important that you should also look at:
2010 Sunscreen Buyer Beware

Top Choices for protecting your lips from Sun Damage with the LEAST toxicity especially if ingested:

UV Natural
Sport Lip screen, SPF 30+
Lip screen, SPF 30+
&
Purple Prairie Botanicals
sunstuff lip balm, SPF 30