No More Dirty Looks: The Truth About Your Beauty Products and the Ultimate Guide to Safe and Clean Cosmetics by Siobhan O’Connor and Alexandra Spunt
Published 13 Jul 2010 By Da Capo Lifelong Books
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Summary: Your lipstick. Your nail polish. Your conditioner. Most of us don’t realize that the products we use every day can expose us to thousands of chemicals that are readily absorbed through our skin. The impact on your health? It’s not pretty. In this must-read, Siobhan O’Connor and Alexandra Spunt leave no bottle unturned. They found out all kinds of things the cosmetics industry doesn’t want you to know and now they’re going to share it with you.
– The most dangerous ingredients in widely-used brands and how they’re still not regulated
– Insider secrets from top scientists, dermatologists, and experts
– The 100 best clean makeup, hair care, and skin care products
– Cheap and simple do-it-yourself beauty recipes
It’s easy to make the switch to clean cosmetics. From mascara to moisturizers, shampoos to sunscreens, No More Dirty Looks will help you detox your regimen. Now you can be beautiful inside and out – because coming clean is the best look yet.
Today’s book review is a little bit different from usual. I’ve been reading a lot of beauty and fashion related books lately and this gem of a book was discovered from one of Anushka Rees’ blog post. I had a hard time finding this book and according to the librarian they no longer stock this on the shelves because its a very old edition. This book was first published in 2010 and there doesn’t seem to be newer editions of this, so I don’t know how accurate the information in this book is and if anything has changed within these 7 years.
No More Dirty Looks discusses about all the harmful chemicals and ingredients that can be found in our every day products like shampoo, body wash and even skin care. The authors discuss at great length about the FDA and what the FDA does and how major companies get their licensing and its horrifyingly shocking how easy it is for anyone to use a large amount of harmful chemicals in our products. It’s even more shocking to know that there are dangerous chemicals even in baby products — and that really speaks volume about how thorough these products are checked through.
The authors list down a series of dangerous chemicals and ingredients and provides alternatives that’s readily available in the market right now for a cheaper price (or slightly more expensive, but a product that is completely free of harmful chemicals) and what names (and alternate names) to look out for. I’ve personally looked through a bunch of my own products and noted that there are a lot of chemicals that were listed in the book, so perhaps not much have changed in the past 7 years.
Its important to note that the book states that out of the thousands of chemicals that were banned in Europe, only a handful have been banned in the US. I don’t know how accurate this information is but it is absolutely terrifying to just think about it.
I think its important for us to try to look into the ingredients that go into our everyday products, especially if we’re using it on large surface areas of our body and on a regular basis. I’m definitely interested to learn more and if there’s other books that has been released lately with more updated information. I urge you to do the same and look into these ingredients — it may be difficult to do a complete overhaul, but at least we could have the chance of making better and smarter choices.
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