Category Archives: Chemicals To Avoid

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Beauty For The New Healthy You

By Dawn Michelle | Published: January 13, 2012

When I was working in cosmetic retail, it was required to wear a full face of makeup, always have our nails manicured, and have our hair nicely styled at all times. It was part of our job requirement, and I did what I needed to do to sell beauty products. Now having the knowledge that [...]

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DIY Natural Perfume–The Alcohol Based Method

By Dawn Michelle | Published: June 7, 2011

One of the best reasons to create your own perfume is to have a custom blended fragrance that you adore as well as a toxic free perfume. I was disappointed to find out that a few of my fragrance oils may likely have a mix of natural and synthetic ingredients. The best natural fragrance ingredients are essential [...]

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Formaldehyde What?

By Dawn Michelle | Published: February 8, 2011

I was surprised to find out that nail polish, eyelash glue, and hair products contained formaldehyde. I guess I shouldn’t really be surprised since the cosmetic industry isn’t regulated. The good news is that there are companies that create wonderful cosmetics with some ethics and safe ingredients. Formaldehyde is a volatile organic compound (VOC). This colorless poisonous gas created by the oxidation [...]

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Please Read Labels!

By Dawn Michelle | Published: October 26, 2010

Someone was telling me today about this amazing body butter. So I looked the body butter up online, and of course immediately noticed it wasn’t a product that I would ever buy. It was filled with chemicals and it was evident that the person who recommended this product had not even looked at the ingredient [...]

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Green Beauty Is The Best Beauty

By Dawn Michelle | Published: July 26, 2010

One of the reasons I began this blog was to share all the knowledge that I do have from having worked in the beauty industry and my love for eco-friendly beauty products. In my article “Green” Up Your Beauty Routine, I list a bunch of product ingredients that should be avoided for your own health. [...]

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“Green” Up Your Beauty Routine

By Dawn Michelle | Published: February 9, 2010

Your skin is the largest organ of the body and it does not filter what we put on it. In fact it absorbs everything. If you can’t read, pronounce, or understand what is in your cosmetics, you shouldn’t even think about using it. Most women are so used to seeing the odd ingredients in shampoos, [...]