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Originally Posted by princessbelle

This maybe a good place to remind everyone, including myself, that what we put on our skin is absorbed, at least in part, into our blood stream.

Remember that our skin is the largest organ and is permeable to all chemicals. Reading the contents of lotions, oils, soaps is confusing but the milder and the more organic the better. There are tons of carcinogens out there to watch for.

Putting anything on our skin, including sun tan oils, is the same as sticking some of it in our veins.

Something i tend to let slide, and really we shouldn't.

http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ is a really great resource for learning what's toxic and what isn't. you can search by product, brand, or ingredient, and they also have a bunch of helpful articles about the cosmetics industry, labeling, and toxic ingredients in general.