Nasty Little Anti-Green Secrets

By: Caroline Rose

Luminous skin , glossy lips, rich hair color…. Are you enticed by these desirable adjectives? All of us want to be beautiful, we want to glow and be desirable, but at what cost?

On a larger scale being green is about the environment however how we treat ourselves directly reflects how we treat the world around us. The difference begins with you.

YOU are a woman, YOU are a daughter, YOU are the future and above all YOU could one day be a mother!

This simple fact is what shapes my daily behaviors from grooming to eating, dressing to cooking, just about everything I come in contact with I remember I am the only one that can protect me.

When it comes to your personal relationship with being green, look to the elements in your life you can control. Nasty little anti-green secrets lie within many of your favorite beauty and hygiene products.

Scientific research has proven that the ingredients in your favorite products can cause: cancer, developmental/ reproductive toxicity, allergies/ immune toxicity, neurotoxicity, endocrine disruption, and the list goes on. How would you even know any of this? Nobody told you this and the advertisement was so beautiful. For example my recent purchase of Vera Wang Truly Pink Body Crème received a # 10 rating on the high toxicity scale. I discovered this after the purchase…what a let down.

Ladies, here is your chance to wake up and take control of your inner green. Utilize the Environmental Working Groups online Skin Deep cosmetic safety database to get all the low down dirty little anti green secrets lurking in your favorite personal products! For more information visit http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/product/232582/Vera_Wang_Truly_Pink_Body_Creme/ and arm yourself with knowledge.

Caroline Rose: New York City & Levi Strauss and Company

Caroline is an eco-chic by heart and works in the fashion industry. She is always finding inovative and green ways to live her life. So may call her obsessed we like the call her aware!
Caroline has been on the board of many fashion shows and is happy to educate those around her with tips and advice on how to be green, greener or greenest.