The Safety of Beauty Products

When Ash was just month or so old, I attended a talk at a local cafe Lime and Coconut by the gorgeous Therese Kerr. Therese was spreading her message of the importance of choosing chemical free, certified organic body products. Most of the people in the room were shocked when she explained the nature of some common ingredients in our beauty products, and the threats that they pose to our health.

If I asked you to go into your cupboard and examine the labels of all your beauty products, I bet you wouldn’t be able to tell me much about the ingredients. And that’s fair enough, I wouldn’t have either. And possibly, like me a while ago, you may have assumed that there was a good amount of safety testing that took place to ensure these products we used were safe. But the extent that most testing goes to is to see whether the product will give you a skin irritation, not whether that chemical will interfere with your hormonal and immune health.

But if you look close enough, it’s possible you will encounter a chemical that does much more harm than good. Chemicals which are classed as Obesogens, Neuro Developmental toxins, Endocrine disrupting toxins, reproductive disrupting toxins, developmental disrupting toxins, Teratogens (synthetic chemicals suspected to cause birth defects), Immunotoxins, and Carcinogens can all be found in beauty products.

Our skin absorbs a great deal of what we put onto it, and unlike our digestive system which has a detoxification process, our skin is unable to filter a lot of the chemicals contained in our beauty products and so these go straight into our blood stream.

Why should we worry?

These chemicals can accumulate in our tissues and not only affect us, but also our children. Chemicals are passing through to our babies and into our breast milk, and this can have some pretty serious consequences for some.

We’d all agree that these scientific findings are concerning …

• 200+ synthetic chemicals are being found in new born babies umbilical cords.
• 200+ synthetic chemicals are being found in breast milk.
• Children are being born with more fat cells in their little bodies than ever before in history.

What can we do about it?

Vote with your dollar. Become educated and empowered.

Whenever it’s time to replace a product, choose one which is safe. Australian Certified Organic is a good marker that the product is free from harmful chemicals. You can also look at products and ingredients on apps and programs such as http://www.thinkdirtyapp.com/ and http://chemicalmaze.com/

Therese released a range of beauty products which utilise the actions of herbs such as Lemon Myrtle, Rooibos and Aloe Vera, and are Australia Certified Organic.

Therese used to manage her daughter Miranda Kerr’s range of skincare, Kora Organics which targets a young demographic, but moved away to release her own range of beauty products to stand beside this and fill the gaps in the market. The Divine Company includes a range of beauty products including body washes and moisturisers, hand sanitisers, toothpastes, mouthwash, baby products as well as a men’s range.

Watch the video for a discussion with Therese about the chemicals in beauty products and the importance of choosing Australian Certified Organic.

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About Therese

Therese is an Author, Visionary, Public Speaker, The Health and Wellness Ambassador of Australian Organic, a Wellness Ambassador for Mindd Foundation, Animal Rights Activist, Advocate for holistic family health and an Ambassador for Endometriosis Australia. In late 2015 Therese was voted Australian Organic Industry Leader and one of Australia’s Top 50 Most Influential Women. Therese is a recognised Public Speaker, sharing evidence-based research on holistic family health specialising in the impact of chemicals on the endocrine system and on overall health.

Therese and the fellow Directors through The Divine Company: http://www.thedivinecompany.com provides the world with the highest quality, nutrient and antioxidant-rich, Australian Certified Organic (ACO) products – products as nature intended.

Through the use of the latest technology in scientifically proven, age-defying plant-based botanicals, the beauty benefits and efficacy of the Divine Company products surpass even the efficacy of conventional products. In addition all of The Divine Company products are free from the chemicals commonly found in most skin and personal care products.

Leaders in certified organic manufacturing, The Divine Company educates and empowers people to make healthy choices without compromising quality.

The Divine Company range of products currently consists of Certified Organic Personal Care, Baby, Self tanning and Men’s care products and soon to be released Divine Woman – certified organic age-defying skincare.

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