The Beauty Industry
Seay Stanford, [5/21/2024 12:25 PM]
๐๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐? ๐คโฃ
โฃThatโs definitely one of the realities I wish Iโd learned sooner in life about everyday products.โฃ
โฃ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐:โฃ
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- ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐จ๐ฝ. Great at killing weeds but exposure to it can cause cancer.โฃ (This is one of the reasons we sold our house on the golf course.)
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- ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ. 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.โฃ
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- ๐๐๐ฆ. 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. โฃ
โฃThese 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 Iโve not really unpacked until recently?โฃ
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๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐.โฃ
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This industry ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ป'๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ to hold their safety standards to.โฃ Not one.
In fact, the last safety standard passed was in 1938. โฃ
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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. โฃ
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Chemicals that will ๐ข๐ฃ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ช๐จ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จโฆ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐จ๐ฉ?โฃ
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I used to think, โGosh I only use a little bit of this, or that. Itโs fine in small amounts.โ โฃ
But here's what I have come to learn. โฃ
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The exposure is in nearly ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต we use in a day: the average is 12 products a day, totalling about 168 toxins and heavy metals. โฃ
Everyday. For YEARS. โฃ
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๐ช๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ท๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ด. โฃ
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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. โฃ
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๐จThere aren't even regulations on verbiage or claims. โCleanโ doesn't equal safety. Heck, "organic" labeling doesn't even mean organic, either, due to uncontrolled cross pollination. โฃ
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๐จEurope has banned 1300 chemicals, many which are in our everyday products that we use and that our daughters and sons use.โฃ
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๐กIf 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?โฃ
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โญHereโs the mindset and buying power that I have applied.โฃ
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โญTruly clean, organic and safe products will have 3rd party testing to PROVE IT. If they canโt, then it's likely just a marketing claim. There are websites that also will endorse (not by being paid) of approved products.โฃ
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Look, donโt 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, etcโฆโฃ
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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. โฃ
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โญAlso consider detoxing and staying well hydrated to help flush the kidneys and liver where many of these toxins accumulate. โฃ
Seay Stanford, [5/21/2024 12:25 PM]
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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. โฃ
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Once youโve found products that you can feel good about using daily AND that get the results you desire, youโll feel ๐๐. ๐๐๐พ๐. ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐.โฃ
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โ๏ธGodspeed.
