The Beauty Industry
Seay Stanford, [5/21/2024 12:25 PM]
𝗜𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁? 🤔
That’s definitely one of the realities I wish I’d learned sooner in life about everyday products.
𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀:
- 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝗽. Great at killing weeds but exposure to it can cause cancer. (This is one of the reasons we sold our house on the golf course.)
- 𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗱𝗲𝗿. Smells great, keeps skin dry and sworn safe for years but years later, the talc has been connected to ovarian cancer, to the point that Johnson and Johnson has paid billions in punitive damages to 15,000 claimants.
- 𝗗𝗘𝗦. A very effective and assumed safe shot made from synthetic estrogen used from 1940-1971 for nausea and to prevent premature labor given to pregnant mothers. It was later found to cause ovarian, cervical and breast cancer in the female offspring years later, when the baby girls became adults.
These are a few, of many products we were told were safe by a regulated government agency, that later had devastating consequences. You know one industry I’ve not really unpacked until recently?
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆.
This industry 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 to hold their safety standards to. Not one.
In fact, the last safety standard passed was in 1938.
The cosmetic and beauty industry is a WILD WEST of unregulated products containing thousands of chemicals, most that have never even been studied for safety, much less long term.
Chemicals that will 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘱𝘪𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨…𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙨𝙩?
I used to think, “Gosh I only use a little bit of this, or that. It’s fine in small amounts.”
But here's what I have come to learn.
The exposure is in nearly 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 we use in a day: the average is 12 products a day, totalling about 168 toxins and heavy metals.
Everyday. For YEARS.
🔪𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘺 𝟷𝟶𝟶𝟶 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘴.
Although, visible cuts would make their effects more obvious. These exposures manifest in sneaky ways and look more like allergies, autoimmune, reproductive issues, mystery weight gain, respiratory issues, digestive issues and of course, cancers.
🚨There aren't even regulations on verbiage or claims. “Clean” doesn't equal safety. Heck, "organic" labeling doesn't even mean organic, either, due to uncontrolled cross pollination.
🚨Europe has banned 1300 chemicals, many which are in our everyday products that we use and that our daughters and sons use.
😡If you are like me, you are probably both pissed off and overwhelmed at this point. It IS overwhelming, maddening and who the hell wants to give up the pleasures of looking younger?
⭐Here’s the mindset and buying power that I have applied.
⭐Truly clean, organic and safe products will have 3rd party testing to PROVE IT. If they can’t, then it's likely just a marketing claim. There are websites that also will endorse (not by being paid) of approved products.
Look, don’t overhaul your entire life. Just make some simple swaps as you replace items, just as you have in your pantry with many of the foods you buy: avoiding processed soy, high fructose corn syrup, artificial colors and flavors, seed oils, etc…
Consider applying this same restocking behavior to your household cleaning products, skin care, cosmetics, hair products, hygiene products, especially if you have a concerning family history or current health diagnosis that you want to avoid exacerbating.
⭐Also consider detoxing and staying well hydrated to help flush the kidneys and liver where many of these toxins accumulate.
Seay Stanford, [5/21/2024 12:25 PM]
Just like when you reduce the crappy food in your diet, you feel better, the same is true with reducing your chemical load from the products that are on and around you.
Once you’ve found products that you can feel good about using daily AND that get the results you desire, you’ll feel 𝙎𝙊. 𝙈𝙐𝘾𝙃. 𝘽𝙀𝙏𝙏𝙀𝙍.
✌️Godspeed.
