AN UNENDING TUTORIAL ON YOUR SKIN AND HAIR!

TOPIC 1: THE HARMFUL CHEMICALS BEING FED INTO YOUR SKIN

There are a lot of chemicals that are seeped into the products we use everyday, and some are found at your local pitstop- cleaning car engines, some are found in the ingredients for paint and yet they are also in your moisturiser, face cream, shampoo or favourite bubble bath. this is a simplified tutorial on all those products that are potentially harmful to your skin and why you should avoid them. 

• Sodium Laureth Sulfate/ Sodium Lauryl Sulfate

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate or Laureth sulfate, the Laureth Sulfate being less irritating is used to create a lather on your soap and shampoo or anything used in washing. however, it is irritating on skin and hair and can cause swelling, split ends, frizzy hair and scalp irritation. the reason it is used in producing skin and hair products is because it is very cheap. however, you do not want to use something capable of degreasing an engine on your skin now would you? on contact with skin, it dissolves the oils and leaves a drying effect. it also denatures the proteins in skin. for more information on this chemical go to.http://www.natural-health-information-centre.com/sodium-lauryl-sulfate.html YOU DO NOT WANT IT IN YOUR CUPBOARD!!