Review by Ms. Carson, HHS Librarian
The best thing I learned from this book, besides that I am never ever buying another "beauty" product without reading the label? My new favourite website: The Cosmetics Database http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/
According to Malkan, we use an average of 25 personal grooming products everyday! Go to this website and plug in every product you put on your body and be prepared to be disgusted by how many toxic chemicals they contain.
You see, the cosmetics industry is allowed to "self-regulate", meaning we, the public, have very little say or knowledge about what we are putting on and into our bodies day after day (like toothpaste!), and the effects these products are having on our systems. How is it that companies like Revlon and Estee Lauder can brand products with the pink "for a cure" label, urging us to buy them in order to support breast cancer research, when these same items contain known carcinogens and hormone disruptors that directly cause breast cancer?
After reading the first chapter of this book I immediately went to the bathtub and found that my son's "Natural" body wash contained a high amount of sodium lauryl sulfate, a known cancer-causing chemical, not to mention a host of other toxic chemicals. I had been tricked into purchasing something I thought was wholesome based on the words "natural" and "gentle" and the healthy-looking baby on the bottle. Now I wouldn't use this to clean my toilet.
Read this book and see if it doesn't inspire YOU to think twice about what your "beauty" products are doing to make you sick.
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