California Safe Cosmetics Act

In 2005, California became the first state in the nation to pass state legislation governing the safety and reporting of cosmetic ingredients. The California Safe Cosmetics Act requires manufacturers to disclose to the state any product ingredient that is on state or federal lists of chemicals that cause cancer or birth defects. Now we need the other 49 states to follow suit. You can help! Go to the Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety website (they've compiled a database of 42,000 cosmetic products and rated them for safety.) On their home page you will find a petition to Congress to "protect the public from unsafe chemicals in personal care products." Please add your signature to this petition.

In my opinion the list falls short of many harmful ingredients, but it is a start. Unfortunately parabens are not on the list. However, I am seeing many product lines removing parabens from their ingredient lists. But let's not be fooled by another tricky hard to pronounce chemical name that essentially means parabens. I will have examples to share with you soon. I am attending a Green Summit in Chicago on the 28th, and will share all I learn from there. Please let us know if you see any "greenwashing" near you. Thanks, C@PFB

Certified Organic Botanicals are the Secret Behind Onesta Hair Care’s Success.

GET CHEMICAL FREE!

While attending the ISSE hair show in January I discovered a NEW (to me) product line. Onesta hair care products, components and all raw materials are manufactured solely in the USA. Every bit of Onesta’s energy consumption is offset by wind power. Biodegradable and environmentally safe ingredients, they use certified organic extracts to support sustainable farming. And all marketing material and packaging is on 100% recycled materials. In addition to all of this, they donate 10% of their net income to cancer research.

Tom Redmond is the founder of the company and a cancer survivor. Having lost a sister to breast cancer and conquering his own battle with prostate cancer his understanding of continued research is clear. These natural plant based products are FREE of Parabens, sodium laurel sulfate, propylene glycol, TEA, DEA, and of course no animals were involved. I have been working with these products for about a month the results have been fabulous. Of course they are available here on the shopping pages of parabenfreebeauty.com. Try one, or try them all, you won’t be disappointed!! My personal favorites are the SUPER CONDITIONER and the SMOOTH & SHINE THERMAL STRAIGHTENING CRÈME.

‘Til next time, BE FREE!