Recently I was weeding through my linen closet and came across a couple of personal care items that had been taking up space in there for over 10 years! Just out of curiosity, I opened one or two to see what kind of shape they were in. To my astonishment the lotion had not changed color or texture and still had a strong overbearing perfume smell –the kind I now associate with toxic synthetic fragrances!
I scanned the label to try to figure out which of its dizzying array of synthetic and petroleum ingredients enabled it to maintain its youthful appearance after all these years. Unfortunately, I’m no expert when it comes to understanding all the properties of synthetic chemicals so I couldn’t really tell you. I just know I now avoid products like these like the plague! But I couldn’t successfully do this and neither can you without being a fanatic label reader. I read the ingredient panels on everything I buy –-both personal care and food products. I even read the labels on things I don’t buy just out of curiosity! Reading and understanding ingredients is SO important and the only way you can really know what you’re getting. Make sure you follow the guidelines in some of my previous posts on this subject to help you avoid products that may be harmful to you in the long run.
The same approach should go for make-up and lotions. Some of the stuff I see added in non-Brands is horrid! Be careful when buying non-brand name beauty products. – Syd