Whenever I walk by nail salons or hair salons in malls, I often wonder about the tremendous health risks associated with visiting these establishments.
You really can’t help wondering, especially based on the odor coming out of these places even when you are not directly inside of them or in front of them. I know personally I have a hard time walking by these places, let alone walking in.
These thoughts drove me to a deeper question and that was… it is one thing for the customer to frequent such establishments from time to time and become exposed to all the toxic fumes and chemicals, but what about the actual workers???
In this article, I will be explaining today’s most popular nail salons, the latest results to come out from a new survey from the Northern California Cancer Center and Asian Health Services of Oakland, customer health risks and finishing off by focusing on why we insist on paying to get sick.
Since I introduced you all to FutureNatural a few days ago as a great place for more natural and organic personal products, I thought I would also include this video I found. It quickly introduces you to what the company is all about and what you can expect from FutureNatural. The video is only about 3 minutes long but it quickly allows one to get to know the company a little better. It features Emma Pezzack, who is the founder of FutureNatural.
Okay so here is my vice - I wear makeup! I will not say I love make up, because I do not, my drawers are not full of makeup and I do not like hoarding various shades and types of makeup. I have one eyeliner, one mascara, one foundation, a few eye shadows and a couple of lip sticks. Since I deal with people on an everyday basis in my line of work, I find that I enjoy a well kept and elegant appearance. I am not saying one needs makeup for that look, but it definitely works for me.
I have worn makeup since my teens and over the past few years I have been successful at incorporating healthy foods, and less toxic and as natural as possible personal products and cleaning products into my life. One area which I have been unsuccessful in was make up. It was not that I did not try, but no local stores carried any healthier alternatives. It was even hard finding Burt’s Bees products in most stores. Anything I researched online was not worth it no matter how “naturally” they labelled themselves, as once I saw the ingredients, I was greatly dismayed.
Then it happened, a few weeks ago I came across a web site called Future Natural. I was skeptical at first, but then as I researched their products further I honestly could not believe that make up could be made with such natural, non-toxic ingredients. I was used to looking at my usual labels with grimaces at the numerous unpronounceable ingredients, all of which of course included the notorious parabens! Well here was Future Natural and they were different. The following is a line from Future Natural to quickly understand what they are all about:
In researching for myself and you, I am always on the lookout for good, quality sites that are relavant in some way to our health. One of these sites that I have just added to our resource page is the Skin Deep: Cosmetic Safety Database.
This database is extremely valuable to anyone out there who wants quick, credible and comprehensive information on any ingredient found on personal care labels. The site is brought to you by the researchers at the Environmental Working Group, which is already listed as a trusted and valuable site in our resources section. Their mission and vision is very similar to that of what Evolving Wellness stands for and that is “to use the power of information to protect human health and the environment.”
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Okay so here is my vice - I wear makeup! I will not say I love make up, because I do not, my drawers are not full of makeup and I do not like hoarding various shades and types of makeup. I have one eyeliner, one mascara, one foundation, a few eye shadows and a couple of lip sticks. Since I deal with people on an everyday basis in my line of work, I find that I enjoy a well kept and elegant appearance. I am not saying one needs makeup for that look, but it definitely works for me.