Comments on: Do me a favor and read the label of your shampoo and lotion NOW http://averagejuana.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/do-me-a-favor-and-read-the-label-of-your-shampoo-and-lotion-now/ What an average Juana wants; what she really, really wants. Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:35:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: SIE http://averagejuana.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/do-me-a-favor-and-read-the-label-of-your-shampoo-and-lotion-now/#comment-14 SIE Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:05:37 +0000 http://averagejuana.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/do-me-a-favor-and-read-the-label-of-your-shampoo-and-lotion-now/#comment-14 Hello! I'm looking for locally produced organic bath and body products. Maybe you can give me some companies/people together withh their contact details? Thanks in advance! Hello! I’m looking for locally produced organic bath and body products. Maybe you can give me some companies/people together withh their contact details? Thanks in advance!

]]> By: Joyce http://averagejuana.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/do-me-a-favor-and-read-the-label-of-your-shampoo-and-lotion-now/#comment-13 Joyce Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:56:17 +0000 http://averagejuana.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/do-me-a-favor-and-read-the-label-of-your-shampoo-and-lotion-now/#comment-13 An eye opener for everybody. I'll look at the labels of my shampoo the minute I get home. An eye opener for everybody. I’ll look at the labels of my shampoo the minute I get home.

]]> By: Ron http://averagejuana.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/do-me-a-favor-and-read-the-label-of-your-shampoo-and-lotion-now/#comment-12 Ron Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:32:08 +0000 http://averagejuana.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/do-me-a-favor-and-read-the-label-of-your-shampoo-and-lotion-now/#comment-12 Hi, thanks for posting the article. Just some thoughts... I guess there are two levels to this natural/organic issue. One is about the process used and the other concerns the ingredients used. When the cosmetic industry says "organic", they refer more to the ingredients rather than the process. I know that there is an absence of standards, but I think when a company claims to use organic products, it does not follow that each of the ingredients is organic and it refers more to how the plants used in the products were grown. So a company maybe using really organic aloe vera (no chemicals used to grow the plant) but it may still be using SLES, etc. in its shampoo. Anyway, I think the issue is not really natural vs. organic. And that one is necessarily better than the other. But I agree that it is important is to be label readers. And unless there will be stricter industry standards, we should look more beyond the claims of companies whose products we are using - whether the claim is that the products are natural or organic. Again, thanks for the article. Hi, thanks for posting the article. Just some thoughts…

I guess there are two levels to this natural/organic issue. One is about the process used and the other concerns the ingredients used.

When the cosmetic industry says “organic”, they refer more to the ingredients rather than the process. I know that there is an absence of standards, but I think when a company claims to use organic products, it does not follow that each of the ingredients is organic and it refers more to how the plants used in the products were grown. So a company maybe using really organic aloe vera (no chemicals used to grow the plant) but it may still be using SLES, etc. in its shampoo.

Anyway, I think the issue is not really natural vs. organic. And that one is necessarily better than the other. But I agree that it is important is to be label readers. And unless there will be stricter industry standards, we should look more beyond the claims of companies whose products we are using – whether the claim is that the products are natural or organic.

Again, thanks for the article.

]]> By: dona http://averagejuana.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/do-me-a-favor-and-read-the-label-of-your-shampoo-and-lotion-now/#comment-11 dona Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:40:57 +0000 http://averagejuana.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/do-me-a-favor-and-read-the-label-of-your-shampoo-and-lotion-now/#comment-11 Hi! I love the article. very informative and very real! i hope i can place a link to your article on my site. thank you! love and light, Dona Hi! I love the article. very informative and very real! i hope i can place a link to your article on my site. thank you! love and light, Dona

]]> By: Ruby http://averagejuana.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/do-me-a-favor-and-read-the-label-of-your-shampoo-and-lotion-now/#comment-9 Ruby Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:41:36 +0000 http://averagejuana.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/do-me-a-favor-and-read-the-label-of-your-shampoo-and-lotion-now/#comment-9 Thanks very much. I've been receiving newsletters from Campaign for Safe Cosmetics (www.safecosmetics.org) and I have firmed my resolve to use organic products from now on. Last year, I was suffering from itchiness on my arms. When I stopped using popular branded body lotions and used virgin coconut oil, the itch was gone. I've never used anything else on my body. While I was reading on the chemicals you listed, I quickly checked my stash of lotions and body butters and saw those names. I quickly disposed them (although I wish I had done so earlier). Allow me to link your article on my site. Thanks again! Thanks very much. I’ve been receiving newsletters from Campaign for Safe Cosmetics (www.safecosmetics.org) and I have firmed my resolve to use organic products from now on. Last year, I was suffering from itchiness on my arms. When I stopped using popular branded body lotions and used virgin coconut oil, the itch was gone. I’ve never used anything else on my body. While I was reading on the chemicals you listed, I quickly checked my stash of lotions and body butters and saw those names. I quickly disposed them (although I wish I had done so earlier). Allow me to link your article on my site. Thanks again!

]]> By: Louie R. http://averagejuana.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/do-me-a-favor-and-read-the-label-of-your-shampoo-and-lotion-now/#comment-7 Louie R. Sun, 20 May 2007 03:27:53 +0000 http://averagejuana.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/do-me-a-favor-and-read-the-label-of-your-shampoo-and-lotion-now/#comment-7 Hi there! I'm glad I read this article. It's a real eye-opener. May difference pala talaga ang natural and organic! I hope you could refer some local sources for organic products here in Manila. I heard that organic products tend to be more expensive than the commercial products, though. But I'd be willing to pay more if it means better skin and better health. Hi there! I’m glad I read this article.

It’s a real eye-opener. May difference pala talaga ang natural and organic!

I hope you could refer some local sources for organic products here in Manila.

I heard that organic products tend to be more expensive than the commercial products, though. But I’d be willing to pay more if it means better skin and better health.

]]> By: Cara http://averagejuana.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/do-me-a-favor-and-read-the-label-of-your-shampoo-and-lotion-now/#comment-6 Cara Sun, 20 May 2007 03:21:35 +0000 http://averagejuana.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/do-me-a-favor-and-read-the-label-of-your-shampoo-and-lotion-now/#comment-6 Thanks for this article. It's a good starting point in discovering about the harsh chemicals that are in our everyday bath and body products. I had super bad attacks of ezcema since I was a teenager. I went to different dermas, even expensive ones like Belo, Calayan, and dermas from Makati Med. The problem would go away but then after a few months, it would come back. I always just thought it was "seasonal." But then my father did some research and talked to some doctors who practiced alternative medicine. He suggested I stop using commercial shampoos and soaps and lotions. I did. I only used organic stuff ordered in from the U.S. and Australia. !And no, Lush and Body Shop did not have the organic products I needed.) The ezcema never recurred! I finally had the kind of skin I wanted. And now I'm seeing some people making organic skin stuff locally as well, and I am slowly looking into it. I have to be careful, though, to make sure they are really organic. Thanks for this article. It’s a good starting point in discovering about the harsh chemicals that are in our everyday bath and body products.

I had super bad attacks of ezcema since I was a teenager. I went to different dermas, even expensive ones like Belo, Calayan, and dermas from Makati Med. The problem would go away but then after a few months, it would come back. I always just thought it was “seasonal.”

But then my father did some research and talked to some doctors who practiced alternative medicine. He suggested I stop using commercial shampoos and soaps and lotions.

I did. I only used organic stuff ordered in from the U.S. and Australia. !And no, Lush and Body Shop did not have the organic products I needed.)

The ezcema never recurred! I finally had the kind of skin I wanted. And now I’m seeing some people making organic skin stuff locally as well, and I am slowly looking into it. I have to be careful, though, to make sure they are really organic.

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