In her latest piece “Are Dove Beauty Products Filled with Toxins and
Cancer Causing Chemicals?” in the Health News, Emma Deangela explains how brand
beauty and skincare products can play havoc with health.
She
goes on how Dove launched their
“Campaign for Real Beauty” in 2004. Instead of ads full of models and
celebrities, they featured “real women”. These ads were made to make women
identify with the models instead of envy them, and make them feel more
connected to the brand.
Dove has marketed
themselves as a “pure” brand, above the rest of the drugstore brands in both
product quality and mission. But while the mission part is commendable, Dove’s
ingredients are no better and sometimes worse, than any other drugstore brand
of beauty products.
Dove White Beauty Bar The longest-running Dove product, it was
introduced to the market in the 1950s. Since then Dove has stuck to the same
marketing, touting that the bar has “1/4 moisturizer” and “won’t dry out your
skin like other soap”. While that may be true, this beauty bar still contains
ingredients that are suspicious or downright dangerous for your health.
Ingredients: Sodium
Lauroyl Isethionate, Stearic Acid, Sodium Tallowate Or Sodium Palmitate,
Lauric Acid, Sodium
Isethionate, Water, Sodium Stearate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine,
Sodium Cocoate Or
Sodium Palm Kernelate, Fragrance, Sodium Chloride, Tetrasodium EDTA, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Titanium
Dioxide (Ci 77891)
Dove Cool Moisture Shampoo
Dove’s basic shampoo is supposed to be protective and nourishing for your hair.
Dove’s basic shampoo is supposed to be protective and nourishing for your hair.
It claims that your
hair will be “up to 5X smoother” by using it.
By including
harmful preservatives, fragrance, and color, this shampoo is not doing your
hair any favors.
Ingredients: Water
(Aqua), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine,
Sodium Chloride,
Fragrance (Parfum), Ppg-9, Polyquaternium-10, Tetrasodium Edta, Dmdm Hydantoin, Citric Acid,
Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Yellow 10 (Ci 47005), Green 3
(Ci 42053),
Deep Moisture Body Wash
This body wash is marketed as nourishing and long-lasting, and it claims to “deliver natural nutrients to the skin”. Dove also claims that it’s #1 dermatologist recommended. Its ingredients are:
This body wash is marketed as nourishing and long-lasting, and it claims to “deliver natural nutrients to the skin”. Dove also claims that it’s #1 dermatologist recommended. Its ingredients are:
Water (Aqua), Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Hydroxypropyl Starch
Phosphate,
Lauric Acid, Sodium
Lauroyl Glycinate, Sodium Lauroyl Isethionate, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil,
Glycine Soja
(Soybean) Oil, Sodium Chloride, Glycerin, Fragrance (Parfum),
Phenoxyethanol,
Guar
Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Stearic Acid, Citric Acid, Sodium
Isethionate, BHT, Tetrasodium, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate
Dove Advanced Care Original
Clean Antiperspirant
This antiperspirant claims to contain ¼ moisturizer like the beauty bar,
This antiperspirant claims to contain ¼ moisturizer like the beauty bar,
and says that it
gives “up to 48-hour antiperspirant protection”.
Antiperspirants, in
general, are harmful to your health, but Dove’s has some truly scary
ingredients.
Ingredients:
Active Aluminum Zirconium Tetrachlorohydrex Gly (15.2%).
Purpose: Anti-Perspirant.
Inactive
Cyclopentasiloxane, Stearyl Alcohol, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Ppg-14 Butyl Ether,
Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Peg-8, Fragrance (Parfum),
Dimethicone, Silica, Polyethylene, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil,
Steareth-100, Bht, Hydroxyethyl Urea.
Why these ingredients are dangerous?
Cocamidopropyl Betaine: A surfactant, a chemical that makes things bubble and suds.
In particular, this
one has been linked to allergic reactions, contact dermatitis, and skin and eye
irritation.
It can also contain
many impurities like nitrosamines, which have a strong connection to cancer
growth.
Methylisothiazolinone: This one is a preservative, used so the other
ingredients don’t spoil.
It is also used as
a pesticide and fungicide. The EU, Canada, Germany, and Japan have all banned
its use because of evidence that it is neurotoxic, or poisonous to your brain. The
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has declared it to be “highly acutely
toxic” and corrosive when it comes in contact with eyes or skin. The majority
of Dove products in the USA still use this ingredient.
Aluminum Zirconium
Tetrachlorohydrex Gly: This compound is the active ingredient in antiperspirants. If you
don’t already know how antiperspirant works, when you apply it to your
underarms it is absorbed into your skin. The chemicals in the product are then
activated to block your sweat glands and stop you from sweating. Sweating is
one way your body gets rid of toxins. By clogging your sweat glands your body
cannot get rid of these dangerous waste products and they end up circulating
through your body more and more. Aluminum is the most common antiperspirant
(literally: stop perspiring/sweating), and studies are showing that it causes
unbelievable harm to your body.
Aluminum in the
body has been linked to breast cancer growth, increase in allergic reactions,
and neurological disorders.
Fragrance/Parfum: In any item it’s a really sneaky way that manufacturers expose you to
harmful chemicals. There are no regulations on what can be used, and companies
don’t have to disclose the ingredients of their fragrance. However, some
chemicals that are very common in fragrances have big consequences for your
well-being. Artificial musks are linked to hormone disruption.
Phthalates are used
to keep plastics soft as well as add fragrance and are extremely easy for your
body to absorb. Many fragrances cause allergic rashes and breathing problems,
as well as headaches and nausea.
Tetrasodium EDTA: This one is scary for two reasons. Tetrasodium
EDTA is a penetration enhancer, which is a cleaned-up way of saying it breaks
down the protective layer of your skin so other ingredients can be absorbed
deeply and quickly. It is formulated from formaldehyde, a known poison and
preservative generally used to keep dead bodies from decaying too quickly. Formaldehyde
is also linked to skin rashes, eye, nose, and throat irritation, and causes
some types of cancers.
BHT: It stands for Butylated Hydroxytoluene. It is a synthetic
preservative used in many beauty products and cosmetics, as well as in food. Animal
tests done on BHT exposure showed that it interrupted blood coagulation,
decreased lung functions, and damaged the liver, kidneys, and thyroid.
It was also shown
to promote tumor growth and disrupt the reproductive hormones in the body.
Take a moment to
think about the myriad of different health and beauty products you use every
day.
You probably start
by washing your hair and body in the shower and then use antiperspirant as you
get dressed for the day.
Imagine putting
these toxic compounds on your body 10 or 20 times over the course of the day
when you wash hands and face.
In short, the
deceptively marketed skincare products should be avoided. As a small business
enterprise, Herbally Radiant has been advising its customers to stick to the
products which contain no chemicals. All
the products manufactured by Herbally Radiant in US have USDA certified organic
ingredients, a great treat to skin in enhancing beauty and preventing premature
aging signs.
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