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Don’t buy toxic perfume for your teenager this Christmas — go green and natural.

By on November 9, 2012 in Harmful Cosmetics Ingredients

I can only imagine the amount of chemical-laden toxic perfume currently being purchased as Christmas gifts for women this year, but the group I’m most concerned about is teenagers and [… Read More]

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The toxic dangers of PVC shower curtains

By on August 17, 2012 in Harmful Cosmetics Ingredients, Health and Wellbeing

The shower. Some of us get our best singing done here. We’re supposed to be relaxing at the end of a long day, cleansing our skin with pure organic skincare products, [… Read More]

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Parabens, phthalates & PEGs: the 3 Ps of cosmetics chemicals

By on July 13, 2012 in Harmful Cosmetics Ingredients, Health and Wellbeing

Parabens As we wrote in this post, parabens are the most widely used synthetic preservatives in cosmetics and skincare products. They are found in most of the nearly 25,000 cosmetics [… Read More]

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The 2 highly toxic cosmetics ingredients that cause most skin allergies

By on June 22, 2012 in Beauty, Harmful Cosmetics Ingredients, Health and Wellbeing

Skin allergies to cosmetics and skincare products are extremely common and are about as much fun as going camping in a hail storm. If you’ve ever experienced sore, red, itchy, [… Read More]

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5 potentially toxic home cleaning products and their healthy alternatives

By on June 18, 2012 in General, Harmful Cosmetics Ingredients, Health and Wellbeing

Everything we come into contact with on a daily basis affects our health, which in turn affects the condition of our skin. The food we eat, the air we breath [… Read More]

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If you eat organic food then cover your skin in chemicals it’s self-sabotage!

By on March 2, 2012 in Health and Wellbeing

I’m amazed at how many people buy predominantly organic food for themselves and their families, but when it comes to choosing skincare and haircare products, it’s open slather. Why do [… Read More]

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You won’t believe the toxins contained in this ‘natural’ skincare product!

By on February 18, 2012 in Harmful Cosmetics Ingredients, Health and Wellbeing

Here at Mukti Organic Skincare we’re always going on about reading ingredients lists on cosmetics packaging. But a) who has time? and b) what the hell are all those ingredients, [… Read More]

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Review — “Not Just A Pretty Face” by Stacy Malkan

By on August 2, 2011 in Harmful Cosmetics Ingredients

Anyone who knows me, knows I’m an insatiable reader of both fiction and non-fiction books. I have a bookshelf in my office at Mukti Botanicals that’s bulging with books on [… Read More]

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