Safer Beauty...a good find

Ever question the wisdom of applying chemicals like phenoxyethanol to your delicate skin? What is it anyway? Well, let's say it's a cancer causing ingredient in most of the skin care we use everyday. We all want to look good and feel good about our skin. And we are tempted to try out any skin products out there that claim can treat certain skin problem, well, we maybe putting our skin in harms way, at least in the near future. I personally feel that expensive items aren't necessarily effective and beneficial. They can easily contain more harmful ingredients that we aren't familiar with. Have you ever wondered those big confusing ingredients listed on the label. Myself, for one don't usually bother to find out what they were. I recently found out about this website launched by the non profit environmental working group, and it's easy to use website that provides information on more than 25,000 personal care products and nearly 7,000 ingredients. Searchable by brand, type, and ingredient, the site ranks products according to known risks. Also worth bookmarking: it's "What not to buy" list. Keep these worst offenders out of your beauty regimen.