I have started consulting Environmental Working Group (cosmeticsdatabase.com) and Healthy Child/Healthy World (healthychild.org) before purchasing personal care products such as makeup, toiletries and products for my son. I have learned with horror (formaldehyde in mascara?!) what we put on our faces and in our hair, not to mention what winds up in rivers, lakes and oceans as a result. Special thanks forever to Lynn for telling me about ewg.org and to my Mom who told me about Jane Iredale products (cause I'll never give up lipgloss and foundation!).
~ Aimee