It has recently come to my attention that there are a lot of "toxins" in all the everyday products I use for my skin, hair, and makeup. I have extremely sensitive skin and have been seeing a dermatologist since infancy so I thought my products were safe. I have always used incredibly gentle products, and when I would venture to some of the more "fun" scented products I would break out in eczema so I quickly decided it wasn't worth the trouble. Using only the gentlest products, often those for babies, had to be safe right? Turns out that is not the case.

I have heard people talk about toxins, phalthates, and dyes in products and how they have carcinogens, cancer-causing substances, in them. I thought that those people were overly cautious and I ignored them for months. Well I kept seeing companies I love in the news for toxins in their products and I got more and more apprehensive.

I found out that our beauty products are barely monitored in the United States when compared to other countries. The US only bans 11 chemicals of the 1,000 that France bans. And the US-based nonprofit the Environmental Defense Fund tested American makeup and found lead, arsenic, and other heavy metals.

As I read the research about the synthetic materials that could be affecting my body I began to pay attention. I followed some social media accounts about natural products and I began to read labels. On lotions, nail polish, shampoo, makeup, even the essential oils I ordered from Amazon that said 100% pure.

As I learned more about toxins, I also learned about essential oils and how they could replace many of the synthetic products and that plenty of people got comparable, or even better results from natural products, so I began to do extensive research. Turns out there are toxins in just about everything. Many of the things that contain toxins are outside of my control, but beauty products contain more toxins than I imagined and I can absolutely control what I am using to take care of my body.

After extensive research, various opinions, and time, I have decided to begin switching to non-toxic, natural products. I hope you will do your own research and choose to switch too.