Do You Know What You’re Putting on Your Face?

Well, do you?

Because now that I have tuned into things like phtalates and parabens and tried to erase them from my beauty regime, I am having a very hard time figuring out whether or not some of my basic staples (like Clinique’s dramatically different moisturizer) is potentially doing me more harm than good. Ingredients aren’t always obvious, especially in products that claim to have super secret special formulas that make them great.

Do you have that same problem?

The latest issue of Self magazine (July 2008) reports that, 61% of all women agree that is it difficult to tell which beauty products are natural or organic.

I couldn’t decide if I was relieved to learn that I wasn’t alone, or if that number of confused consumers was simply unacceptable. I think both.

Luckily, Self also suggests some sites that can help you find your new product – one is www.GreenerChoices.org, another is (of course) www.Self.com.

I have another one to add to the list – b5’s own Pretty by Nature.  Noel Boehm brings a bit of green to the Beauty & Style channel and assures us that being earthy and crunchy does not mean you can’t look and smell good too.