Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

It is so important to know what we are REALLY putting on our bodies. All though many products claim they are "safe" or "natural" they are anything but that. I first became aware of SafeCosmetics.org when I was searching out safe sunscreen. I had read an article that explained the many different toxins and carcinogenic ingredients that are included in sunscreens and I couldn't believe that I was religiously and voluntarily slathering this junk all over me and my kids 6 months out of the year.

Thanks to SafeCosmetics.org, I now only buy sunscreen that is considered a "low hazard" so my family and I still get great sun protection without all the dangerous chemicals. I also check on lotion, hair care products, makeup, toothpaste, etc.

SafeCosmetics.org "is a national coalition of nonprofit health and environmental organizations. Our collective goal is to protect the health of consumers and workers by requiring the personal care products industry to phase out the use of chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects and other serious health concerns, and replace them with safer alternatives. The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is working with endorsing organizations, responsible businesses and thousands of citizen activists to shift the cosmetics market toward safer products and to advocate for smarter laws that protect our health from toxic chemicals and encourage innovation of safer alternatives."

One great thing about Affordable Mineral Makeup™ and Earth Mama Angel Baby™ is that they have signed the "Compact for Safe Cosmetics" - a pledge to formulate products that do not use ingredients that are known or suspected to cause certain health harms within three years of signing. We may be small but we care about our customers and the ingredients that go into our products. Read the Compact document or see a complete list of the signers. You can also search companies by name and find out if they have signed the "Compact for Safe Cosmetics" or if they test on animals (neither AMM™ or EMAB™ test on animals)

Check out SafeCosmetics.org and their database today!