FYI | Get Beauty-Schooled About Organic Cheater Brands!

• There are actually no laws, rules or regulations for cosmetic companies to follow- (how is that possible in this day and age?) Find Proof Here…
• Cosmetic companies are not required by any law to test ingredients for product safety, report adverse reactions, register products, list ALL ingredients in a product on the package or release their formulas to the FDA.
• They are allowed to use ANY ingredient on the planet in their products. Yikes!
• When you pull a product off the shelf, you probably assume it’s been tested for product safety- guess what? Most likely it hasn’t been. How sad.
• The FDA spends only about 1% of it’s budget to monitor the entire beauty industry, which is considered self-regulated by the very same companies that sell us “Hope in a Jar”.
• Just because a label says “Natural” or “Organic” doesn’t mean anything actually is natural (or organic for that matter) in the product.
• Just because companies sign the “Compact for Safe Cosmetics” campaign agreement on the Skin Deep website, doesn’t mean their products are automatically safe- it means that they intend to TRY to make them safer in the future.
• You might be paying premium prices thinking you’re getting pure, premium products- when in reality it’s just a conventional product with the word “organic” slapped on it.

• There are currently standards for organic food and agriculture, where if “organic” is used in the product name- it is truly organic.
• There are no set standards for what constitutes a “natural” or “organic” other than for those that are USDA certified organic.
• Many beauty products so-called “natural’ products are often mis-labeled and are made primarily from synthetic ingredients, petrochemical compounds, laced with herbicides, pesticides and other harmful carcinogenic chemicals.
• The USDA regulates organic personal care products ONLY if they are made up of agricultural ingredients.
• Know your Organic Certification seals and understand what they mean…

Confused by the Symbol on the Package? Organic Certifications, Standards and Symbols Explained…

• Avalon “Organics”
• Desert Essence “Organics”
• Earth’s Best “Organic”
• Eminence “Organic” (Except Few w/USDA Seal)
• Giovanni “Organic”
• Freeman Goodstuff “Organics”
• Head “Organics”
• Jason “Pure, Natural & Organic”
• Kiss My Face “Obsessively Organic”
• Nature’s Gate “Organics”
• Physicians Formula “Organic” Wear
• Stella McCartney “100% Organic”

Current Status of the Organic Consumers Association – Coming Clean Campaign and Other Articles About Cheater Brands and USDA Certified Organic Brands Here…