This video by the Health Ranger confirms my belief in my post, What Dr.Oz doesn’t tell us about Vitamin D, that indeed we should not use sunscreen! But we should NOT get burned either!

Points in this video I agree with:

Take measure to burn less, by eating antioxidant rich food
I used to burn a lot easier when I was 18. That was because I was eating fast food regularly. It’s crazy but bad nutrition, due to your lack of antioxidants in your skin will make you burn faster.

Live juices, salads, berries, super foods will help your body protect yourself naturally from burning.

Instead of sunscreen, take internal supplements
There are several supplements, here are a few great ones I found:
Vitamin D spay is also a clever way to get the supplement. I really believe in supplements in liquid form over capsule / pill form. And if you read my blog you will notice I always talk about how much more economical they are, how much faster they are absorbed into our system etc.

“Vitamin X” AKA “Astaxanthin” acts as internal sunscreens. It is derived from microalgae and not only will protect you from burning in the sun but also great for treating pain weather it be arthritic, repetitive strain, or athletic related. Read more about the supplements backed by Mike Adams, “The Health Ranger”, here.

“Radiance” is the name of a supplement primarily based on GliSODin®- a Patented “antioxidant catalyst” from France. Change the way your skin responds to sunlight and halt the harmful process that leads to burns, wrinkles and aging – at the cellular level. Learn more and purchase here.

Sunscreen is a last resort, when you are going to be in the sun too long to not burn

and when you use this make it a natural one, like the one below, without chemicals actually linked to cancer.

Ok, I’m going to drink a cup of tea on my sunny porch now!

Yes! A great video that explains exactly what I’ve been saying here in my article, “Clean up you Cleaning Act”.

Why are there toxic chemicals in our cosmetics, shampoos, and even baby shampoos?! Chemicals linked to cancer, autism, low sperm count and more. If my post didn’t convince you, I hope this video does!

Your number one assignment– find a non-toxic shampoo alternative for your Pantene or Herbal Essence!

From Free Range Studio and “The Story of Stuff” comes the newest video: The Story of Cosmetics! It exposes the toxic chemicals used in everyday cosmetics and the failure of the FDA to regulate these chemicals.

I’m so thrilled to share with you today the wisdom of Ani Kaspar. You can learn more about her book that details the story of healing her breast cancer naturally here. When I heard of her brave decision to stop chemo, and feed her body what it needs to heal, and believe in the healing power of her own body– I knew I had to ask her some questions to share with you here!

What form of exercise do you do and how often?

Daily exercise is essential to sacred and miraculous wellness. The beautiful, so very intimate connection of mind, body and soul is what I call well-being. When you exercise you invite not only bodily moments of grace, but you also surrender your mind’s busy-bee activities, and engage your rich soul’s deepest divinity. The miracle of wellness, health and Being is actively allowed when you exercise. I consider exercise a holy act, and an act that dances my entire Being, lovingly and sportively. Daily I practice Kundalini yoga as taught by Gurmukh of Golden Bridge Yoga. I cannot more highly recommend a practice for whole health and deep soul empowerment. My connection to nature is strong so ocean swimming, snorkeling, and long sunset walks along the beach are my chosen methods of spending more time in nature’s radiance, abundance, and harmony. Daily I choose the best option for my personal wellness. Literally, often I will simply ask myself: what do you need today? God/dess is inclusive, so whatever answer arrives incorporates what each cell in my body desires, what the destiny of my soul chooses, and what motion stills my mind and engages my heart most deeply.

What are the three most major things you do to keep your life in balance (stress free)?

1. Each morning when awaken, after drinking freshly juiced lemon water, I meditate. Having studied many traditions, I’ve developed a personal mediation that is flexible and resonates with where I am in the moment. My mediation is fluid, alive and filled to the brim with soft love. I allow myself to be led into a state of still grace and remain there for as long as I am able given the day’s events. Always in the early afternoon personal affirmations close to my center of Being are recited to enhance the day and my connection to Being.
2. I also practice what I call moment-to-moment intentional thinking. The more continually I focus upon choices that are most loving, beneficial and truthful for my soul, the more I am in alignment with God/dess or the divine. The more I align with divine frequencies, the more miracles cascade upon my life, the more paradise on earth is created before my grateful eyes. The subtle power of moment-to-moment intentional thinking is amazing – it is, I have found, the instant manifestation of loving grace in our lives.
3. Most importantly I love. I choose to love – myself, my life, all aspects of being in our world today, and every one I encounter in my life, regardless of superficial differences or dis-agreements. I choose to love. Love is the masterpiece piece in healing, in health and well-Being. Always love, and love more!

What are your core supplements?

Bio SuperFood, E3-Live, Marine Phytoplankon, Quinton Marine Plasma, DIM-Plus, Protective Breast Formula, CoQ10, Zyflamend, Chorella, Spirulina and other major superfoods. I focus exclusively on organic, whole foods based supplements to super-nourish my body.

What kind of diet do you eat?

While I respect the incredible living foods movement, I found after many years of following a living foods lifestyle, that 100% raw doesn’t best suit my Being. Now I follow what I call a bio-compatible diet: 80% organic, living foods, with lots of greens, sprouts and anti-cancer specific foods and 20% organic, cooked food, always specific for anti-cancer effects.

Some of the best anti-cancer foods and diets are listed in a few fabulous books: ‘Anti-Cancer: A New Way of Life,’ ‘Beating Cancer with Nutrition,’ Nature’s Cancer-Fighting Foods,’ and ‘Foods to Fight Cancer.’ Ingest each of these books and you can create the best diet choice for your body, your type of cancer or other dis-ease and begin deep physical healing.

I prefer 80% living foods because when I eat living foods, I consume the vibrant energy of the greatest life-supporting force in or galaxy, the sun. I also alkalize my body and build my blood by ingesting the great green God/dess – chlorophyll. I could write a book about the miraculous benefits of chlorophyll. However, I believe we all by now know that a plants blood, or chlorophyll, is akin to our own. With every bite of a strong chlorophyll based food, your body is deeply replenished and refreshed. The very best sources of chlorophyll are green grass, algae and plankton. I eat and drink as much as I can of these miraculous “sun foods.” I believe we all should, given the state of our “food supply” and its vital loss of nutrients. Along with ingesting “sun food” I ingest “water food.” Pure, truly unprocessed living water if possible, is critical to well-Being.

Often dis-ease is allowed a foothold simply because we are dehydrated. We need to drink, daily, as much living, pure water as possible, to help the body cleanse, to replenish our cells with necessary oxygen, and to engage our soul’s “fluidity” or capacity for transformation. I prefer natural spring water.

Always before I eat or drink I thank the element, all who have contributed to its gift of nourishment to me, and love deeply the sacred grace of the life the food or water gifts me.

What do you have to say about people who are afraid of taking the alternative route to healing cancer?

I believe in the right to choose. I believe what is right for me may be wrong for you. We are one, but we are individual. God/dess supports our diversity with her love and her grace, moment to moment, breath to breath. Our purpose is to understand deeply who we are, what nurtures us, and what blesses us. In a medical system committed to authentic healing and wholeness, we would be allowed the amazing myriad choices Gaia offers us.

We also would be offered the practices necessary for us to make the wisest, most authentic choices for our well-Being. We know what is best for us. We truly do. Healing medicine facilitates our deepest, most authentic knowing. I believe our immortal existence is about choice, moment to moment, breath to breath.

Whatever you choose is perfect for you, for your soul’s journey and growth, and for your deepest healing. Even if the end result – to which we remain unattached – is ‘transformation,’ the term I use for death. You have the right to choose what most benefits you as an eternal Being, not only as a human being. I believe dis-ease, healing and death, all to be energy state changes. Love or true life is the immortal pulse choosing a given state simply to experience the limitlessness of Being.

What is the most important thing to you in keeping a healthy home?

Love is the most important element to creating and keeping a healthy home. Without love, all else fails. You can eat the best, most organic and pristine anti-cancer foods, use only the most organic and natural personal and house care products, live in the greenest house possible, however, without love, of self, of others, of all that is, has ever been and ever shall be, without love with out conditions, we miss the mark in creating a healthy home. Home is where the heart is – Si?

Ani Kaspar is a pioneering advocate of non-invasive, alternate cures for cancer. She’s a humanitarian, seeker of truth and conduit for healing. Ani’s humanitarian call to action “Compassionate Cure for Cancer®” asks cancer patients worldwide to request the modern medical community investigate and deliver natural, less invasive methods of treating and curing cancer. She is a four-year thriver of intra-ductal carcinoma-the most prevalent breast cancer in the world. Today, Ani consults, conducts educational seminars, workshops and retreats, and is a life coach and international speaker. After abandoning Wall Street in 2005, she founded BodyByBlissTM, an international wellness consultancy. She is the creator of a unique, self-exploration method called IS® Intuitive Sovereignty. Ani is fifty-one years old and lives blissfully in Rincon, Puerto Rico with pelicans, coconuts and butterflies.

When Ani Kaspar was diagnosed with breast cancer, she put her foot down on the unethical conventional cancer treatments and made a bold step to trust in her body’s natural ability to heal with alternative methods like eating organic, raw, living foods (for example).

She is a four-year thriver of intra-ductal carcinoma-the most prevalent breast cancer in the world. She champions for the ethical treatment of cancer. Ani makes the connection that her cancer was related to her high stress life– fifteen years of working as a financial adviser on Wall Street, fighting to be respected in this “man’s world” industry.

Here are some excerpts from her book, Pelicans, Coconuts & Butterflies: Conquering Cancer with a Life of Soul:

“That any woman should have such inhumane and limited options as chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery, and have to pay such outrageous amounts of money to survive leaves the reader sympathetic, angry, and even fearful for his or her own medical future. Ani explains, “My medical insurance is dismal. After working since I was sixteen, succeeding in my personal and professional endeavors, after contributing to my country, to its people, to its economic stability, health insurance for me, an American woman, is wretched.”

“I know natural cures exist. I know our current health care system cannot profit from them because they cannot be patented, and that’s why every sector of the system pursues the invasive protocols that bring in so much money. And I also know that even our own conventional world medical community has the heart, the brilliance, and the astounding financial resources to deliver a humane cure to all cancers. Because I know these truths, I will not allow one moment of profit from my body. I refuse to allow you, the conventional medical community, to treat my body until you do it humanely.” -Ani Kaspar

She could not agree to chemotherapy or the other violent means to cure her body by using poison to fight poison. Instead, she sought natural healing, energy healing, and alternative therapies because, “The disease doesn’t frighten me—it’s the treatment, the horrifying, barbaric, perverse treatment that frightens me the way it does most cancer patients. And rightfully so.” Ani provides a great deal of support for her decision by noting that less than 4% of women treated for breast-cancer do not see a recurrence of cancer within five years, and chemotherapy is only effective in three-percent of treatments. – Tyler R. Tichelaar, Ph.D., author of the award-winning Narrow Lives

The book takes us through her journey on learning to live stress free and in balance. She visits Lake Atitlán in Guatemala to escape the criminality of her country and a life sick with breast cancer, to heal and be at one with her soul.

Ani Kaspar did so much more than write a book tho! She has many healing miracle testimonials from those who partake in her health programs are posted on her site from her 2 programs:
Body by Bliss- a 3 week intensive program and and IS® Intuitive Sovereignty- Ani’s coaching program which is accompanied by a series of 33 exercises that expand physical, mental and spiritual awareness.

For more information about Ani Kaspar and “Pelicans, Coconuts & Butterflies” visit www.PelicansCoconutsandButterflies.com

Getting enough Vitamin D is all the rage lately. Heck, I’ve even heard talk about forgoing sunscreen because it may interfere with your vitamin D intake! The famous Dr. Oz speaks in the video below stresses the importance of Vitamin D and wearing sunblock, but he fails to mention that most sunscreens are unsafe and how to choose a natural one. I already wrote about that a few years ago here.

So to wear sunblock or not?!

But I’ve been thinking I really dislike sticky sunscreen. It’s quite an inconvenience. So I figure from all this, as long as you don’t get burned, why even wear sunscreen!? There are supplements that you can take internally that can help your skin from burning.

For example, super antioxidants like “Vitamin X” AKA “Astaxanthin” act as internal sunscreens. It is derived from microalgae and not only will protect you from burning in the sun but also great for treating pain weather it be arthritic, repetitive strain, or athletic related. Read more about the supplements backed by Mike Adam’s, “The Health Ranger”, here.

Vitamin D Spray to the rescue

Vitamin D spay is also a clever way to get the supplement. I really believe in supplements in liquid form over capsule / pill form. And if you read my blog you will notice I always talk about how much more economical they are, how much faster they are absorbed into our system etc. And this spay is a heck lot tastier than that cod liver oil Diane Sawyer took in the video above. Yuck!

In Conclusion

I say your best bet is to forgo sunscreen and take Vitamin X to increase your resistance to getting burned. I also say always keep the natural safe sunscreen with you in case you will be exposed to sun longer than your vit x can hold off a burn from happening. In the winter months, take Vitamin D Spray.

You can buy the Vitamin X here Vitamin X

You can buy the Vitamin D spray here Vitamin D Spray

For the best natural safe sunscreen I’ve ever seen click on the link below:

Cabbage is a strong and sturdy vegetable that is abundant in almost all cultures and countries. Unfortunately, many American families don’t buy cabbage. The only form of this vegetable they eat is coleslaw. Coleslaw is loaded with high fat ingredients such as mayonnaise. The only other dish that cabbage normally appears in American household meals is corn beef and cabbage, which is usually eaten on Saint Patrick’s Day. Cabbage is one of those vegetables that just goes unnoticed. If people only understood the high nutritional value of this food staple, maybe they’d buy it more often. What are the health benefits of cabbage? In a word, plenty.

Cabbage is loaded with nutrients, and is very low in calories. Just one cup of cabbage contains 15 calories! No wonder cabbage has been named to be one of the best foods to eat when on a diet. Along with being low in calories, cabbage contains Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, and Vitamin B. Each of these nutrients is valuable to the human body. Vitamin A is important for healthy skin and eyesight. Vitamin B helps to boost energy metabolism and maintains the integrity of nerve endings throughout the body. Vitamin C is important in the burning of fat and is an anti-oxidant. Lastly, Vitamin E helps to maintain the integrity of the skin due to it being a fat soluble anti-oxidant.

There are many deficiencies that cabbage can help remedy. A Vitamin C deficiency can lead to issues such as Scurvy. Scurvy causes anemia, gingivitis, and weakness. Scurvy impairs the immune system, and the body is more vulnerable to infections and diseases. Cabbage provides a lot of Vitamin C. In fact, it has more Vitamin C than an orange. With so much of this nutrient, cabbage is great for repairing the body from wear and tear. It’s helpful in treating depression, ulcers, certain cancers, and strengthening the immune system.

Another deficiency that cabbage can help with is a deficiency of roughage. Roughage, otherwise known as dietary fiber, is the part of the plant that is not able to be digested. It holds on to water and improves the function of the intestines. A lack of roughage in foods can lead to constipation. Constipation is the main cause of ailments such as headaches, stomach ulcers, indigestion, intestinal cancer, and many other problems. Cabbage is loaded with roughage. It’s a great food to eat if you’re dealing with constipation.

A deficiency in sulfur can lead to a weakened immune system. The body is less efficient at fighting off infections when it lacks sulfur Cabbage is abundant in sulfur and can be very beneficial in the healing of wounds. Sulfur is another nutrient that is important in the healing of stomach ulcers.

Along with remedying certain kinds of deficiencies, eating cabbage is also great way to detox. Cabbage helps to purify the blood and remove free radicals and uric acid from the body. Both free radicals and uric acid have a hand in causing arthritis, gout, rheumatism, and certain skin problems, such as eczema.

Cabbage is also rich in iodine, a vital nutrient that aids in proper brain function. Iodine is one of the nutrients people lack, and is hard to find in foods. Along with helping the brain to function properly, cabbage also helps the nervous system to function normally.

The health benefits of cabbage are many, not only helping with certain ailments, but also helping to slow down the aging process. Cabbage is definitely one super food that should be added to your grocery list.

This article was submitted by Linda who runs NaturalHealthEzine.com a natural health blog dedicated to helping people live the best life possible.

Introducing: Jade’s list of Secrets to Younger Skin.

This list of articles are written by your’s truly and are all a part of my Secrets to Younger Skin series:

• Stop using toxic skincare products- Clean up your cleaning act!
• Non-toxic skincare- Lessons from my Dad’s Skincare Products
• Naturally heal your skin problems- Ancient Mineral’s Topical Magnesium Products
• Choose a high quality SPF that doesn’t contain cancer causing ingredients (the very reason why you are using it right?)- Summer S.O.S. (Save Our Skin!)

I wrote a guest post for dietsinreview.com on Breast Cancer prevention entitled 5 Things you Must Know About Breast Cancer but Probably Don’t. The post was tied in with a fundraiser they were doing for Breast Cancer Research in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month (which is October). I’m very proud to have been asked to write an article for their site and it’s a great blog with a fabulous newsletter.

All they ask for you to do is sign up for their newsletter (you can do that, right?) and they will donate $1 to breast cancer research.

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It’s summer (or else, you live in a really sunny place, in which case, you need to worry about this all year round!) and I’m sure my readers (like pale old me!) are searching for an effective, safe sunblock that won’t cost more than a guesthouse in Florida. I don’t think I need to tell anyone at this point in history why wearing a safe sunblock is important. Just in case you need a review, here is a link that should scare the pants off you (or, rather, scare the hat and cover-up on!)

I did some research for us (Thanks, Jade!) and have been scouring the Internet for the best, safest, most natural sunscreens, and then checked them against the Cosmetic Safety Database. I made sure each sunscreen checked out “safe” according to their lab test results. And these guys are tough! (Even most health food store brands don’t check out well with them…Be warned!)

Here are my results…. Drum roll, please:…

Kiss My Face Sunblock – SPF 30 With Oat Protein

Kiss My Face combines Oat Protein and Oat Beta Glucan, a dynamic duo of patented ingredients reduce irritation and inflammation and also fight against damaging free-radicals as they lubricate and moisturize your skin. Talk about hard workers! Oat Beta Glucan has been clinically proven to reduce burn cells by 80%. But that’s only half the story. Kiss My Face starts with a base of Titanium Dioxide to block out dangerous rays and Microat E to act as a cooling agent. It?s easy and quick to apply, water resistant, fragrance-free, and as natural as possible. Protects Against UVA & UVB. As always, our products contain no animal ingredients, artificial colors, or unnecessary chemicals and were not tested on animals. Also Available in SPF 18 here: Kiss My Face Suncare Sunblock – SPF 18 With Oat Protein Complex, 4 oz

Alba Botanica Water-Resistant Sunblock SPF 30

Very Water Resistant. Provides a full spectrum shield (UVA and UVB) against damaging sun exposure and premature aging. Blended with certified organic herbs, natural moisturizers and vitamin antioxidants for optimum skin care. Soothing organic lavender provides natural insect defense. Whether you’re seeking safety from UVA rays (aging), UVB rays (burning), or UVC rays (constant), Alba’s full spectrum of sun care protection will help keep you covered. Formulated with an advanced delivery system of natural emollients and therapeutic antioxidants, these light textured, non-greasy lotions provide healthy moisture, healing benefits and confident protection. Smooth, light textured, and non-greasy, they are easy to apply and comfortable when used throughout the day. Suitable for all family members, (except for infants under 6 months).

All Terrain Sunblock AquaSport SPF 30

If your idea of fun involves lots of water (kayaking, surfing, triathlons, windsurfing or just hangin’ at the beach, etc.), then we designed waterproof and sweatproof AquaSport Sunscreen for you. Its unique super dry formula ensures a non-slip grip on your surfboard, paddle, fishing rod, ski rope, or whatever equipment you rely on in the water. And our formula won’t run into your eyes, but if you do get it in your eye, it won’t sting. Sun and water are hard on skin, so we added antioxidants and moisturizers to AquaSport to promote healthy skin. AquaSport is available in 3.5-oz tubes of SPF 15 and SPF 30+.

Nature’s Gate Sunblock SPF 30

A special formula that goes on dry, leaving no slippery residue to affect your grip. Extracts of Rhatania, Wild Pansy and Coffee along with other active ingredients help provide UVA/UVB protection by blocking out sun rays. Grapeseed Extract and Vitamin E are added for antioxidant benefits and Aloe Vera Barbadensis for its deep moisturizing properties. Cruelty free. pH balanced. Biodegradable.

This is what my research has turned up in the way of safe sunscreens! I’ve always quite liked the Alba brand a lot. It feels very light! Feel free to share others that you know of in the comments!

Our skin, the human body’s largest organ, is essential to our overall health. It has a big job to do. Our skin works constantly to:

• protect our internal organs
• detoxify our bodies
• prevent bacteria and viruses from entering
• store vitamin D for our immune system

Almost all commercial name brand toiletries and household cleaners contain hidden carcinogens. Don’t believe me?. Let me prove it to you: Go to this search results page for “Pantene” products. Don’t use Pantene? Search your favorite bath product instead. Like what you see?

Our favorite shampoo, body wash and floor polish all leave a lingering smell that we have learned to associate with a good, clean feeling. We simply assume that cosmetic and cleaning supply companies wouldn’t put harmful chemicals into their products – the ones we rub into our skin and use in our surrounding environments daily.

But there are lots of reasons why using chemicals are beneficial to the companies that produce them. Most of these chemicals act as a preservative which means these products have a long shelf life. They are also cheap, so they can make a big profit. These chemicals can create “good” smells and create lots of foam that we associate with cleanliness. They are allowed to market their product as “natural” and “dermatologist tested” and “hypo-allergenic”.

They are allowed to make you believe their product is really full of that nice fresh picture of fruit on the front label, and we want to believe that! However, the truth is, of course, that they just used chemicals instead to make that smell. There are no real strawberries or lemons in your window spray or lip gloss.

The other truth is that these products usually contain a few of the following:

• VOC’s
• Chlorinated Dioxins
• Pesticides

In her booklet Why are you poisoning your family?, Kare Possick writes:

“Seventy thousand new chemicals that have been introduced since World War II were developed out of the extensive research in chemical warfare! That’s 250 billion pounds of synthetic chemicals produced each year in the US (according to the California Public Interest Research Group)!”

If we clog up our skin with these chemicals, how can we be sure it can (or be willing to!) continue protecting us? Also, the more we protected and take care of it, the more beautiful and young we look. The more chemical-laden products we rub on our skin, the faster our skin ages. This bad habit also contributes to disease.

It hasn’t yet been proven to scientific standards that prolonged exposure to household chemicals can directly cause cancer and other illnesses. I have been looking for hard evidence that says it actually causes cancer and other diseases (If you have any info on this, please post in my comments section!) It is kind of comparable to how long it took us to find out Global Warming was real!

The reason we can’t find hard evidence is that each product used alone does not single handedly cause a disease by itself. BUT several products used over time can cause a build up contributing to cancer. Think of how many products a teenage girl uses and how many times a day they use them!

I’ve concluded companies get away with including lots of possibly dangerous ingredients in their cleaning products (for body and home) perhaps because the chemicals they include, used alone, do not cause disease.

However, who is monitoring which chemicals these chemicals react with? Labels don’t tell us not to use ‘product a’ with ‘product b,’ or to discontinue use if we have a family history of x?
Over time, we are exposed to all these various chemicals. They are directly absorbed through our skin easily and quickly into our internal systems, and they build up inside our bodies as one big chemical cocktail.

This build up of chemicals in our bodies contribute to:

• cancer
• birth defects
• brain and nervous system damage
• allergies
• ADD
• migraines
• asthma
• Alzheimer’s

The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) US analyzed 2983 chemicals used in personal care products. The results were as follows:

• 884 of the chemicals were toxic
• 314 caused biological mutation
• 218 caused reproductive complications
• 778 caused acute toxicity
• 146 caused tumors
• 376 caused skin and eye irritations

That, in my opinion, is proof enough that using many personal and household cleaning products indeed is contributing to our high rate of disease. With all the other factors we don’t have control of, I think it’s wise to control the ones we can, and reduce our risk of cancer and other nasty diseases!

For further evidence, The Environmental Working Group is working to test the levels of chemical build up in humans. It is called the Human Toxome Project. All of their findings are available on their website: http://www.bodyburden.org

What you can do?

You can buy truly natural products that don’t contain these chemicals. You might have a hard time finding a major commercial brand without these chemicals in most major stores. Fortunately, they are widely available in health food stores or whole foods super markets.
You can also become a label reader and avoid these ingredients:

• Mineral Oil, Paraffin, and Petrolatum
• Parabens (used as a preservative, linked to cancer)
• Propylene glycol
• Acrylamide (linked to tumors)
• Sodium laurel or lauryl sulfate (SLS), also known as sodium laureth sulfate (SLES)- these are in 90% of products!
• Toluene also known as benzoic and benzyl
• Dioxane

Helpful resources to clean up your cleaning act:

• There is a huge database (compliments of our friends, Environmental Working Group) of almost every product out on the market that have been tested and you can look up your favorite products and see just how dangerous they are: http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com
• Download this free PDF from WWF full of tips
• You can also tell when a product is truly as natural as it advertises when the first 3 ingredients are that of the actual ingredient they claim to include, and not a chemical.

Say Something Real!

I want to hear about products that you know to be safe. List them here in the comments!

Similarly, I want all my readers to go to the cosmetics database
 and search their favorite products. Share what you found out in the comments section!