We are a group of four ladies working to raise awareness about various issues regarding
concepts of beauty, societal pressures to conform to media notions of what
beauty is and how women are targeted. In particular the pressures to purchase
and use certain commodities. We talk about and address health concerns related to toxic chemical ingredients in mainstream personal
care/beauty products and cosmetics, in addition to consumer goods labelled as
natural and/or organic. A diverse array of issues stem from
the aforementioned, which we will attempt to address, issues such as,
racialized beauty, marketing ploys/scams in advertising for instance, “green
washing”, as well as concerns regarding the lack of regulation of ingredients
in products and branded products on the market. We will investigate social
class issues in regards to who are the target demographic for these products,
who is excluded, and why? Our team is interested in environmental and social
issues related to consumer beauty product ingredients; where the ingredients
come from, how they manufactured and who does the manufacturing process affect?
We wish to raise awareness about the phenomenon of the “blood brain barrier”
(BBB), how adults, children and particularly infants are at extreme risk by
being exposed to chemicals in personal care products, in addition to the
concept of ‘Body Burden’ (BB), cancers and other harmful heath effects. One of
our most prevalent concerns is the lack of awareness regarding potential
hazards, and denial of the harmful effects of using many mainstream beauty
products. Finally, we wish to spread the word that there are safe, cost
effective and most importantly, ‘Do It Yourself’ (DIY) alternatives to
mainstream chemically laced products.
We hope to create a safe place here for women of all ages to share their experiences create dialog, post comments, stories, information, artwork, events etc!
Welcome! Have a beautiful day! - The ladies of Toxic Free Beauty
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