Did you ever wonder…How many chemicals do you wear each and every day? Chemicals or toxins accumulate in the body and can really impact our health over time. Think about it, if you wear perfume (or cologne) and then wash with perfumed soaps, shampoos and conditioners, use hair dye with tons of chemicals, polish your nails, put on makeup, deodorant and lotions, then you’ve just taken in a whole lot of chemicals! All of these toxins eventually get absorbed into the skin, tissue and bloodstream. Not to depress anyone, but that doesn’t even include the toxins that we eat (i.e. GMOs), breathe such as air fresheners, wash our clothes with and even drink on a daily basis!!
I decided to create my very own perfume for this very reason. My perfumes are strictly from natural ingredients, using no synthetic chemicals whatsoever, and that is one of the reasons my essences are roll-ons and not sprays. Spray perfumes typically need solvents to spray properly.
Did you also know that the average fragrance product tested by the Environmental Working Group contained 14 secret chemicals not even listed on the label? Among these chemicals are hormone disruptors which can also cause allergic reactions. It makes you wonder if these disruptors are the cause for the numerous women’s thyroid issues today.
Diethyl phthalate, a chemical used in the synthetic musk fragrance is an example of an undisclosed ingredient and perfume solvent linked to sperm damage and abnormal development in baby boys. According to the EWG, this chemical is found in 97% of Americans today. These same chemicals have also been found in the cord blood of newborn babies.
What is also disturbing about this is that many perfume chemicals have never been tested or reviewed by the USDA or the International Fragrance Association. Strange as it seems, fragrance secrecy is legal and companies are not required to list all of their ingredients as they are considered trade secrets. “Fragrances” are in fact typically numerous unknown chemicals and may be produced by chemical synthesis or with petroleum products. There are also additives that may or may not be listed in these fragrances that can include: solvents, stabilizers, UV absorbers, preservatives and dyes.
If you think your perfume, cologne or body spray doesn’t have a lot of chemicals, think again. It seems that all the big names contain sensitizing chemicals. One study cited in the EWG report, Not So Sexy found that 82 percent of perfumes using the label “natural ingredients” contained synthetic fragrances (Rastogi 1996).
So how many chemicals do you where? If you want to smell real rosy, you just may want to stick with the no synthetic blends because cumulative, lifetime exposure could be detrimental to your health and definitely your beauty.
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