Years ago I realized the importance of ridding our home of toxins and harmful chemicals. I started out small and one by one as we ran out of things I replaced them with safer options. This has been a journey of realizing why we need safer in our homes; my children deserve safer, we deserve better for our over all wellness and health.

Even though I cleaned up “my act” as far as it came to my cleaning products and the foods we were eating- I was still consuming products with my personal care and cosmetic items that weren’t the safest. The only difference was I sat in the dark, un educated for the longest time.

Like most of you, I assumed the personal care items that were on the shelves were regulated by the FDA or someone. That they were safe. I always tell people “once you know, you can’t un-know.” That was me. I started doing more research and realized the personal care and cosmetic industry isn’t regulated at all. There hasn’t been a law on this since 1938! That’s crazy!

The European Union bans over 1500 harmful/questionable ingredients. The U.S. only bans 30. We need safer laws and more regulations in our country. There had to be a better way, and I was going to find it.

I started switching things out in small ways; natural deodorant, safer body wash choices and toothpaste.

I had two events in my life that really were the catalyst to change. One, my Grandma was diagnosed with breast cancer at the end of 2017. And In early 2018 I had my very first skin screening, which resulted in a biopsy. This was a HUGE wake-up call for me. Our skin is our largest organ and it only takes 30 seconds for our skin to absorb what we put on it.

A friend of mine told me about Beautycounter. I didn’t make the switch right away, but started researching this company and soon realized they had a high standard of ingredients, safer options, and the transparency in a company that I was looking for.

Beautycounter’s ‘Never List’ was a great jumping off point for me. It’s their list of harmful ingredients that will never be in any of their products. I appreciate that Beautycounter marries high quality makeup with safety standards.

I soon was converting everything and Beautycounter has made it so easy for me to switch to safer and not look back. Even if you can’t switch everything all at once, I suggest making the switch slowly as you run out of items switch and replace it with something safer.

I decided to partner with Beautycounter and become a consultant. I fell in love with their mission to get safer products into the hands of everyone. If you are looking to make the switch to safer I’d love for you to take a look at what Beautycounter has to offer; start with the Never List and educate yourself. Take a look under your sink, in your shower and in your medicine cabinet and see if any of that harmful list is in your products. It’s eye opening.

Educate yourself.

Advocate for safer.

And switch to products that work and are safe.

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Andrea Worley