For many years, I trusted. I went to the grocery store and happily put cleaning products in my cart. I was joyful when they came out with a new scent or a new fuction. I washed my children with the tearless shampoos, telling them not to cry when it got in their little eyes. I could not understand why the relentlessly screamed.
I ignorantly paid hundreds for paraben loaded cosmetics. I ignored the rashes on my body or bought more products that claimed to help break outs. I felt exhausted.
One morning, as I shampooed my hair, I looked at the plastic shampoo bottle and began to read their ingredients. A red flag went up in my little brain as my eyes sweeped over chemicals unknown to me. I began to research what these chemicals were and what effects they could do to the human body. Enraged at the ill results, I called the department of agriculture and questioned them and demanded to know why these chemicals are legal.
They told me it is a buyers beware market. I said in anger why do you people allow this to be sold, I trusted you. They said if people are that stupid to buy things that would hurt them, they deserve to get cancer, just look at cigarettes- they are legal and we all know what happens. They have listed the ingredients its your responsibility to know what they do.
In shock, I slowly hung up the phone. I began to throw out the entire contents of my medicine cabinet and cleaning pantry. Now what? I thought. I have nothing to clean my hair or house with.Since I no longer trusted any company with my life, I researched how to make my own formulas. Looking at what the ancient people used, I went back to basics. This was the beginning.
But my friends, its not just our cosmetics and cleaning products... its our food, our water and medicine. I can only do so much . We need clean cosmetics, clean food, clean water, clean medicine. Without health, we can do nothing. If you can not afford clean cosmetics, use nothing but soap and water.
One more thing, once you start using clean cosmetics, your body will be shocked if you switch back to the chemicals. You may break out as your body reacts to the toxins. You will feel the chemical residue on your hair and skin if you return to the chemical regime . You will feel contaminated. These chemicals stay in your system for days.They enter through your flesh and travel to your heart, liver kidneys and brain. they cause havoc in your system which tries to defend itself by storing these toxins in yoru fat cells. Your body goes into war mode and stores the fat cells because it can't get rid of them fast enough. We don't offer a medicine to treat you, we warn you just not to use them. We don't care if you buy any of our products, just don't use these poisens on your body.
One day , I found myself without my shampoo. All that there was during my travel was a bottle of consumer chemical shampoo.Reluctantly, I poured it on my head. the result was visable in one day, a trail of destruction on my back of my head, and around my scalp. I knew it was the MCI and MIT common in most shampoos (Methylchloroisothiazolinone , Methylisothiazolinone )
. It took a week to heal. Never again.
