Guest guest Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 A good resource is www.cosmeticdatabase.com It rates cosmetics according to how toxic or safe they and their ingredients are. In a message dated 7/27/07 11:31:49 PM, cggomes writes: > I know this post is from a while ago, but I just looked at this website > (LUSH) to check out their products and saw commonly used carcinogens in > their ingredients. Just thought you might want to know they are not > natural. I copied the ingredients from one of the conditioners: > > Ingredients Key Black Safe Synthetic Products Green Natural and/or Organic > Products > > > Ingredients: Cocoa Butter (Theobroma cacao), Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, > Propylene Glycol, Fresh Avocado Extract (Persea gratissima), Glyceryl > Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Stearic > Acid, Perfume, Soya Lecithin, Fresh Figs (Ficus carica), Fresh Bananas (Musa > paradisiaca), Fresh Passion Fruit (Passiflora edulis), Fresh Kumquat > (Fortunella japonica), Fresh Kiwi Fruit (Actinidia chinensis), Cetrimonium > Bromide, Ylang Ylang Oil (Cananga odorata) Vetivert Oil (Vetiveria > zizanoides), Cypress Oil (Cupressus sempervirens), Sandalwood Oil (Santalum > album), Chlorophyll, > > > Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Propylene Glycol are known and documented > carcinogens. You can Google the chemical names and come up with lots of > info. I thought I should pass it along so no one was being mis led. > > Have a great night > > Caroline > > > > > rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of > Margaret Gamez > Thursday, June 07, 2007 12:45 AM > rawfood > Re: [Raw Food] Why not stop using products? > > Aside from the natural products which you can make yourself, (if you like, I > can start listing a number of books which have recipes for making such > items), > > there are a number of companies which make natural vegan personal hygiene > products (i.e., soaps, shampoos, conditioners, etc.) > > One that comes quickly to mind is Lush. If you do not have a Lush near you, > fly quickly to www.lush.com, choose your language/country, and start buying > the stuff on-line. They clearly identify their vegan products, and the ones > that are not vegan have only things like honey in them... i.e. no dead > animal products. > > I'm sure there are others... I am just lazy and have a Lush two blocks from > where I work, so I don't have to think much. > > Oh, well, if you do not like scent, or if you do not like to smell nice, > forget Lush. It is only all natural, but phobic people will get all upset > regardless of whether a smell is natural or not. People who could not do > aromatherapy or use herbs in their food should stay far far far from Lush. > > They do also have natural deodorants which do a good job, though-- I've been > using the TEO for years and it keeps me sweet even through hot yoga. > > Margaret > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 I know this post is from a while ago, but I just looked at this website (LUSH) to check out their products and saw commonly used carcinogens in their ingredients. Just thought you might want to know they are not natural. I copied the ingredients from one of the conditioners: Ingredients Key Black Safe Synthetic Products Green Natural and/or Organic Products Ingredients: Cocoa Butter (Theobroma cacao), Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Propylene Glycol, Fresh Avocado Extract (Persea gratissima), Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Stearic Acid, Perfume, Soya Lecithin, Fresh Figs (Ficus carica), Fresh Bananas (Musa paradisiaca), Fresh Passion Fruit (Passiflora edulis), Fresh Kumquat (Fortunella japonica), Fresh Kiwi Fruit (Actinidia chinensis), Cetrimonium Bromide, Ylang Ylang Oil (Cananga odorata) Vetivert Oil (Vetiveria zizanoides), Cypress Oil (Cupressus sempervirens), Sandalwood Oil (Santalum album), Chlorophyll, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Propylene Glycol are known and documented carcinogens. You can Google the chemical names and come up with lots of info. I thought I should pass it along so no one was being mis led. Have a great night Caroline rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of Margaret Gamez Thursday, June 07, 2007 12:45 AM rawfood Re: [Raw Food] Why not stop using products? Aside from the natural products which you can make yourself, (if you like, I can start listing a number of books which have recipes for making such items), there are a number of companies which make natural vegan personal hygiene products (i.e., soaps, shampoos, conditioners, etc.) One that comes quickly to mind is Lush. If you do not have a Lush near you, fly quickly to www.lush.com, choose your language/country, and start buying the stuff on-line. They clearly identify their vegan products, and the ones that are not vegan have only things like honey in them... i.e. no dead animal products. I'm sure there are others... I am just lazy and have a Lush two blocks from where I work, so I don't have to think much. Oh, well, if you do not like scent, or if you do not like to smell nice, forget Lush. It is only all natural, but phobic people will get all upset regardless of whether a smell is natural or not. People who could not do aromatherapy or use herbs in their food should stay far far far from Lush. They do also have natural deodorants which do a good job, though-- I've been using the TEO for years and it keeps me sweet even through hot yoga. Margaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 Thanks. I think I have checked that out before or something similar. Have a great night!! Caroline rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of vegwriter Friday, July 27, 2007 11:37 PM rawfood Re: [Raw Food] LUSH " natural " products A good resource is www.cosmeticdatabase.com It rates cosmetics according to how toxic or safe they and their ingredients are. In a message dated 7/27/07 11:31:49 PM, cggomes writes: > I know this post is from a while ago, but I just looked at this > website > (LUSH) to check out their products and saw commonly used carcinogens > in their ingredients. Just thought you might want to know they are > not natural. I copied the ingredients from one of the conditioners: > > Ingredients Key Black Safe Synthetic Products Green Natural and/or > Organic Products > > > Ingredients: Cocoa Butter (Theobroma cacao), Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, > Propylene Glycol, Fresh Avocado Extract (Persea gratissima), Glyceryl > Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Alcohol, > Stearic Acid, Perfume, Soya Lecithin, Fresh Figs (Ficus carica), Fresh > Bananas (Musa paradisiaca), Fresh Passion Fruit (Passiflora edulis), > Fresh Kumquat (Fortunella japonica), Fresh Kiwi Fruit (Actinidia > chinensis), Cetrimonium Bromide, Ylang Ylang Oil (Cananga odorata) > Vetivert Oil (Vetiveria zizanoides), Cypress Oil (Cupressus > sempervirens), Sandalwood Oil (Santalum album), Chlorophyll, > > > Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Propylene Glycol are known and documented > carcinogens. You can Google the chemical names and come up with lots > of info. I thought I should pass it along so no one was being mis led. > > Have a great night > > Caroline > > > > > rawfood [rawfood ] On > Behalf Of Margaret Gamez > Thursday, June 07, 2007 12:45 AM > rawfood > Re: [Raw Food] Why not stop using products? > > Aside from the natural products which you can make yourself, (if you > like, I can start listing a number of books which have recipes for > making such items), > > there are a number of companies which make natural vegan personal > hygiene products (i.e., soaps, shampoos, conditioners, etc.) > > One that comes quickly to mind is Lush. If you do not have a Lush > near you, fly quickly to www.lush.com, choose your language/country, > and start buying the stuff on-line. They clearly identify their vegan > products, and the ones that are not vegan have only things like honey > in them... i.e. no dead animal products. > > I'm sure there are others... I am just lazy and have a Lush two blocks > from where I work, so I don't have to think much. > > Oh, well, if you do not like scent, or if you do not like to smell > nice, forget Lush. It is only all natural, but phobic people will get > all upset regardless of whether a smell is natural or not. People who > could not do aromatherapy or use herbs in their food should stay far far far from Lush. > > They do also have natural deodorants which do a good job, though-- > I've been using the TEO for years and it keeps me sweet even through hot yoga. > > Margaret > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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