Product Description

Every year we each absorb an estimated 2 kilograms of chemicals through beauty and cosmetic products. Chemicals found in lipsticks, skin lotions and hair dyes have been linked with tumours, cell mutation, allergies, reproductive complications, endocrine disruption and cancer. Isn't it time we all paid more attention to exactly what goes into the eye shadows, body washes and deodorants we love to use? This compelling and timely book tells you the key chemicals you should avoid, reveals just how natural 'organic' beauty products really are, and features a directory highlighting the health issues surrounding a wide range of products, from hair gel to sunscreens.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44254 in Books
• Published on: 2009-02-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

About the Author
Dawn Mellowship is an author, freelance journalist, ethical stylist, and web designer. She was features editor of the women's lifestyle magazine Tonic. Her writing has appeared in New Consumer The Daily Mail and Natural Health Magazine. This is her fourth book.

Customer Reviews

I'll be reading the label a bit more from now on.

It's a bit depressing to find that the big companies out there with the big profits are squeezing everything, including the ingredients they use to get a bit more dosh for their shareholders.

This book cuts through the marketing banter and lays it straight and while a bit more on the reasons why big business short-changes it's customers would have been welcomed, it's still an essential compendium of what to avoid and why.

Petrol rinse anyone?

Toxic Beauty
Toxic Beauty is an absolutely fantastic book, which I bought after reading a review in one of the Sunday papers!

The author brilliantly disseminates a wealth of information in a clear and concise toxicology report!
It is a compelling yet worrying read, however one will think twice about buying that beautifully packaged bottle of bubble bath!

All I can say, is this book will be bought for every girlfriend of mine's birthday with a note coining the expression "Health is Wealth"!!

A huge thank you to Dawn Mellowship for publishing this book and alerting women to the hazardous toxic cocktails that adorn our bathroom shelves and sit in our prized make up bags!!

Fantastic book
This book should be read by every man, woman and child that wears creams, make up, aftershave in fact any form of toiletry. Really informative with lots of facts to back up the claims against using chemicals in our toiletries. Suddenly makes you realise why we have rising cases of asthma, ezcema and cancers in the western world.