No Extra Soiled Appears to be like: The Reality about Your Magnificence Merchandise–and the Final Information to Protected and Clear Cosmetics

everyone should read this
I’ve been perusing the no more dirty looks blog for ages now and dabbling in the idea of natural “clean” cosmetics for some time but I don’t think I was quite getting it right until I finally read the book.I love the author’s realistic point of views and prioritizing. They aren’t trying to get you to throw every cosmetic you currently own in the trash– instead I felt like I was handed all the information I needed to make informed decisions from now onward.Cosmetics are a touchy subject with me. I have cystic acne and unruly hair… exactly the kind of girl that is convinced by the beauty industry that I need industrial strength chemicals to smooth down, lighten and cleanse my flaws. In many ways I was probably doing more harm then good. I haven’t thrown everything I own out the window but I am experimenting and simplifying at the same time. How wonderful is it that I can oil cleanse with jojoba oil and then add a drop of two of aloe gel and tea tree oil to the mix and use it as a moisturizer? This is so much better then rotating in and out expensive cleansers, toners, treatments and moisturizers that were not doing me any good or any favors to my overall health….I don’t want to go into too many more details. I am sure you could get much more eloquent information from the authors’ blog, but I think every woman (and man for that matter!) should read this. Its revolutionary and its about time we all make informed votes with our dollars.

Best Book of 2010!
a good friend of mine mentioned a book she was reading about chemicals in beauty products. she told me that the message of the text (backed up by studies + whatnot, including links throughout the text) was so strong that she was going to stop buying her normal beauty products. although lately i haven’t been as healthy as i used to be, so i decided to get my hands on the book, which is no more dirty looks. i haven’t read a book so feverishly since bret easton ellis’ imperial bedrooms. when i would come across an interesting fact, i would tell my boyfriend about my findings, which was pretty much every other page. i’ll make a long + interesting story short + simple: google all of the ingredients on your body wash bottle. now, keep in mind you slather that stuff onto your skin at least three times a week. your skin = biggest organ you got. there is obviously much more included in this book, but for the sake of brevity, i will spare you all. authors siobhan o’connor + alexandra spunt also update the site, […], with various articles/products/etc., in which they comment on regularly. these ladies admit they are by no means experts in this field, but they have done great deal of research, which they often will include links to their findings.what i love about the authors? they aren’t pushing or selling the reader a product – they’re just giving you a heads up. o’connor admits in the book she still goes to her stylist to update her color.awesome blog update from the dynamic soap-free (yes, they hate soap) duo: the no-soap challenge! believe it or not, i am a little over a week into this. no, i don’t smell gnarly. in fact, i smell pretty yummy. organic extra-virgin coconut oil is my new bff (skin moisturizer, lip balm, shaving oil, even deodorant), as is raw honey (sugar cravings, skin, etc). my relationship with bragg apple cider vinegar is still going strong (i used it diluted as mouth wash + even used it as a rinse in my hair after i massaged my cranium with extra-virgin olive oil). my lover, who has a nose for any scent that enters his three feet of personal space, did not think i smelled like salad dressing – he actually said my hair smelled sweet. i didn’t tell him what i used until after i made him sniff my hair.i think this book should be in every household. i’m not saying you follow every piece of the text for life, but pull what you want from it. anything o’connor + spunt have written about can be googled to back their findings up. if you care about what you put inside your body, read how you can improve how you take care of the outside. many of us read labels for our food products, but not for our beauty products. as mentioned in other comments below me, there are numerous manufacturers who use natural ingredients, the book isn’t shunning store-bought products. Just read the labels on what you buy, simple as that.

I’m weirdly in love with this book – have recommended it to many friends already. Other reviewers have explained the basic idea but, in brief, it makes you reconsider cosmetics, hair products, kids’ shampoos etc, while recognising that some of us are much too vain to abandon make-up and really don’t want to spend our time making moisturiser. Clear, helpful scientific info too.It also helps you to decide what your priorities should be – i.e. what to buy ‘clean’ versions of and where to save your money.AND it might stop you absorbing quite as many toxins as you would otherwise. So buy it and hope for the best.

Utilizzo makeup da almeno 15 anni con tanto di lozioni e pozioni. Mi ero stufata di buttar soldi con roba che non funziona e di dare soldi alle multinazionali che investono in marketing e vendono schifezze chimiche con un ricarico assurdo. Ho iniziato a cercare informazioni attendibili sull’argomento makeup/skincare naturali: questo libro e’ spettacolare!Scritto in modo assolutamente a-tecnico (anche chi non e’ un chimico capisce la parte legata agli ingredienti da evitare), il libro spiega come molti degli ingredienti dei prodotti che utilizziamo giornalmente (anche quelli “naturali” per bambini) contengono solfati, phtalati, conservanti & co che sono nocivi alla salute. La Food and Drugs Administration chiude un occhio (anche entrambi). In Europa la legislazione e’ più stringente ma molti degli ingredienti “pericolosi” sono venduti tranquillamente anche qui (solfati in saponi, PGA negli shampoo e formaldeide negli smalti solo per fare alcuni esempi) .Utilissimo il capitolo “the dirty ingredients” con la spiegazione di che cosa evitare, perché, gli effetti sulla salute ed i nomi chimici da controllare sulle etichette. Poi si passa alle diverse parti del corpo: i prodotti, le schifezze che ci mettono dentro e cosa si può’ acquistare. La maggior parte dei prodotti non sono venduti in Italia ma si trovano facilmente su siti online europei.Libro che mi ha cambiato la vita in quanto non uso più’ porcherie (basta L’Oreal, Procter & Gamble, etc) ma solo prodotti efficaci di aziende per lo più’ piccole che si concentrano sulla qualità’ del prodotto e non sui profitti smisurati a spese dei consumatori. Peraltro le autrici sono molto giu’ alla mano (il tono del libro non e’ da maestrina) ed hanno anche un blog molto utile sul quale controllare le ultime news su ulteriori ingredienti schifezza.