How to spot a FAKE!
By Caterina Elena
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Nope. Not talking about counterfeit money or counterfeit
Louis Vuitton purses.
I’m talking about FAKE “Natural” Bodycare and Cosmetic
Products that appear like the “real thing “ just by looking at the
Imagine this with me . . . you walk into your nearest local
health food store searching for a good, clean, natural deodorant
or a new lip gloss.
Your eyes scan over all the different suggestions and you
think to yourself “How in the heck am I supposed to choose with
You’re in a health food store so it must all be good, clean and
Wrong!!!!! Sadly, much of the time, it’s the farthest thing
from the truth.
Many of the products that are on the health food store
shelves these days aren’t as “safe” or “clean” as you would hope
them to be.
We’ve come to a place where greed from many of these big
manufacturing companies, supersede even moral ethics when it
comes to labeling. It costs more to use organic plant based ingredients
vs substituting for its synthetic counterfeit.
The labels are either being “green washed” and/or they are
using buzz words such as “natural,“ “organic,“ “no chemicals”
and words like ”safe,“ etc., to draw you in.
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nies out there, you must educate yourself on how to read your
own labels and “how to spot a fake” vs. the “real thing”.
So, how can you tell which is actually a non-toxic and safe
Let me break it down for you.
and how to decipher truth from a blatant lie.
First, if a product is labeled with the words “no chemicals”
Run the other way. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.
Everything in this entire world is made up of chemicals.
Yes. That’s right. We as humans are made up of chemicals,
Some chemicals in the world are toxic and some are not only
good and nutritious for the body but essential for us to live!!
Roughly 96 percent of the mass of the human body is made
up of just four elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen,
with a lot of that in the form of water.
Yes. Even water is a chemical ( scientific
name is dihydrogen oxide = H2O ).
Next. Let’s look at the word natural.
According to Merriam Webster it
Just because something is natural
in origin doesn’t mean it’s always safe.
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For example: Aluminum, mercury,
and cyanide are all “natural“ but are considered toxic and
Last but not least let’s look at the word “organic.”
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ster: approved by the government as having been grown with-
So , why is it so important that ingredients in your products
Because without that it’s a guarantee that all your products
are not only toxic but also carcinogenic!
Stay tuned, as we break it down even further in the next column.
“Organic Beauty Warrior “
Toxin-Slayer • Truth -Finder.
www.livescience.com/3505-chemistry-life-human-body.html
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/natural
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