Bellabe Review

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I happened upon this product for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, we're getting rid of all the harmful chemicals we have in our home; beauty care too! Facial hair bleaches and waxes are really potent with harmful toxins that shouldn't really be used. Many brands of hair bleaching kits contain lead, hydroquinone, petroleum, sodium lauryl sulfates, and coal tar. These chemicals range in damage from ochronosis, an irreversible skin condition causing black and black raised bumps on the skin (caused by the hydroquinone), as well as nerve damage and the affects that the known carcinogens on the list can produce (SLS and coal tar being the biggest offenders).

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As I was going through our medicine cabinet, I realized we needed to replace our sunscreens. Why? Well, take a look at this list of commonly found ingredients in sunscreens.

* Benzophenone (oxybenzone) – present in most sunscreens; easily absorbed through the skin; causes irritations and allergies; and is a hormone disrupter. Also used in many other personal care products.

* Padimate-O – found to cause DNA damage which can lead to cancer.

* Avobenzone – easily absorbed through the skin; degrades and becomes ineffective within one hour.

* Diethanolamine (DEA) - may lead to cancer causing compounds if the sunscreen contains nitrites; is often not disclosed on sunscreen labels.

Most sunscreens also contain parabens (hormone disrupters) and synthetic fragrances (contain up to 4,000 different chemicals, and can cause allergies and asthma). Note that, children’s developing organs are more vulnerable to damage from chemical exposures and more sensitive to low levels of hormonally active compounds.

As neat as it is to make my own products, it's time-consuming and costly in terms of that process being mainly trial and error. I also don't want to concoct anything that may not be up to par to protect my children's skin.