Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Glimpse

I had this blog up and running forever ago, but being so busy
with the holidays and feeling sick and tired with pregnancy I'm
just now opening it up to you! I'm excited to share "glimpse"
with those of you who haven't heard about it. It's a new skin
care line that has Xango has put out that as you can see from the
picture below is working wonders. These are before and after
pictures of a woman with ezcema.

I think what struck me most is learning that many of the ingredients in our cosmetics and personal care items may be dangerous. Did you know that there are more than 10,500 ingredients found in the beauty products we use every day? Only 11% of those ingredients have been
tested for safety. It really made me think especially being pregnant how many of those toxins are getting to my unborn child.

A study by the Environmental Working Group found that:
*33% contain ingredients linked to cancer.
*45% contain ingredients that may be harmful to the reproductive
system or to a baby's development.
*60% have ingredients that can act like estrogen or disrupt hormones.

Also a number of years ago, cosmetologists were complaining about occupational related health concerns such as headaches, memory loss, asthma, and nervous and respiraory problems. As part of a government evaluation, 2,983 chemical were studied, of which 884 were found to be toxic! Here are some of the startling results:

*314 chemicals cause biological mutations
*218 chemicals cause reproductive complications
*778 chemicals cause acute toxicity
*146 chemicals cause cancer tumors
*376 chemicals cause skin and eye irritations

I know it's a lot of information at once, but I couldn't leave
anything out. I know I've given some of you information and
samples to try, but if we haven't talked and you'd be interested
to learn a little more please feel free to email me questions.
My email is jldxango@hotmail.com.

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