Welcome to my blog, where I aim to uncover the veils of mystery that surround the long lists of ingredients on cosmetics as well as open your eyes to nasty ingredients in popular foods.
How did I get to this point?
As a teenager I was mesmerised by the big bright advertisements that consumed my everyday life and willingly believed the messages that they were marketing. Each time a new product came out with a bigger and better marketing campaign, I was off the shops to spend my hard earned after-school-job money. What a surprise it was then when the product didn't deliver on the promises. Oh well, there was always the next new product which was bound to solve my problems...
It wasn't until I was in university that I stumbled across a book that opened my eyes to the harsh realities of ingredients in cosmetics and also introduced me to bad ingredients in foods. The book is called "The Healthy Skin Diet" by Karen Fischer and I read it all in one sitting absolutely glued to the pages that made me...well it made me furious.
I was stunned that mainstream big brand cosmetic companies were using ingredients that were just plain bad and marketing the product as being wonderful/amazing/fantastic. I was also shocked by some of the atrocious additives in food, especially food marketed as healthy! But most of all, I felt stupid for not having known any of this and blindly buying whatever the latest ad told me to buy.
This is why I want to share my findings with you, so that you can also feel empowered by this knowledge and know exactly what you are putting into your body.
xo
Miss Chemical Detective
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