Gel Cleanser (Step 1 of System II)
Sulfate-free gentle cleanser removes dirt and impurities while calming skin with rich botanical ingredients.
- Benefits: Gently cleanses the skin, removing dirt and impurities Leaves the skin completely refreshed Helps calm overactive skin Directions:
- Pump desired amount onto fingertips and work into a delicate lather, apply to slightly moist skin and massage in a circular motion. Rinse thoroughly with warm water. Follow with Glimpse Toner.
- Benefits: Refreshes and re-energizes the skin Restores pH and primes the skin for system steps 3 and 4 Soothes and calms the skin with treatment-grade actives Directions:
- Shake well. Mist desired amount on face, neck, and chest. Use fingertips to press toner into skin or saturate a cotton pad and massage into skin. May be used over makeup or throughout the day to re-energize lethargic skin. Follow with Glimpse Serum.
The Serum
Highly concentrated with beneficial phytonutrients, this serum nourishes skin and helps maintain its natural glow and youthful appearance.
- Benefits: Re-energizes and nourishes the skin Promotes radiant and healthy looking skin Helps the skin to maintain its natural glow Directions:
- Shake well. Pump a penny-sized amount onto fingertips and apply to skin immediately after toner while skin is slightly moist. Wait a few minutes before applying Glimpse cream or lotion for optimal results.
- Moisturizing Cream (Step 4 of System I)
- Rich, velvet-like moisturizer features a unique absorption technology and helps dehydrated skin become soft and plump while protecting skin from environmental stresses.
- Benefits: Helps the skin to maintain healthy glow and softness Maintains the skin’s optimal moisture balance Protects the skin from on-going environmental effects Directions:
- Pump a pea-sized amount onto fingertips and apply to face, neck, and chest. Moisturizing Lotion
- (Step 4 of System II)
- Light moisturizer gently exfoliates congested skin and supports smoothness while maintaining its healthy glow. Benefits Gently exfoliates to restore healthy, radiant skin Helps clear congested skin Protects the skin from on-going environmental effects Directions:
- Pump a pea-sized amount onto fingertips and apply to face, neck, and chest
Is Your Skin Safe? How many personal care products did you use this morning? Soap, deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, shaving cream, after shave lotion, body lotion, moisturizer, lip balm, sunscreen... Most people use these products without a second thought. Most of us believe that the government is policing the safety of mixtures in many beautifully designed bottles sold at drug stores, high-end department stores. Who regulates the personal care industry/cosmetics? The $20 billion -a-year cosmetic industry gets to "police itself" through a group called the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Board which is funded by its trade association - the Cosmetics, Toiletries, Fragrance Association - CTFA. The cosmetics industry, like the tobacco industry has managed to escape any regulation. The Cosmetic Industry Review Board has ONLY assessed 13% of ingredients in personal care ingredients.
Is what the average American applying to their skin affecting their health? People apply an average of 126 "unique" ingredients on their skin daily. It gets absorbed through the skin or it can also go down the drain to create an impact on wildlife, rivers and streams. Accumulated toxins in people is what is contributing to our increased sensitivities, illnesses, cancers, etc. We have to ask ourselves as we are applying ingredients onto our body that are toxic, what is it doing to our health? The National Cancer Association is reporting yearly that 1:2 men and 1:3 women are reporting some form of cancer.
Are ingredients banned? In the US we have banned 10 chemicals from personal care products. The European Union has banned 1100 or more chemicals from their personal care products. The European Union also wants to require chemical companies to test chemicals for health effects before they are put on the market. Our present Administration has been working to stop Europe from passing these protective laws. Scientists have found many common cosmetic ingredients in human tissues, including industrialized plasticizers called phthalates in urine, and preservatives called parabens in breast tumor tissue. By the way, phthalates are in most fragrances and are not labeled within a fragrance listing - whether it is a perfume, body lotion, after shave, etc.
THE GOOD NEWSThe EWG has created a safe cosmetics contract called "compact for Safe Cosmetics" which is signed by 500 skin, hair and body companies. These companies ensure that all of the cosmetics and personal care products made by a company anywhere in the world meet the formulation standards and deadlines set by the European Union Directive to be free of chemicals that are known to be or strongly suspected of causing cancer, mutation or birth defects. By the way, many of the OTC (over the counter ie: department stores, grocery stores, drug stores and direct marketing companies) have NOT signed the contract. It is easy for companies to reformulate. It just costs more money.
THINGS YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT YOURSELF Go online to ewg.org to learn more. Go online to safecosmetics.org to see the signers of the Compact for Safe Cosmetics and then make smart purchase decisions. Visit http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/ to view their safety guide to cosmetics and personal care products.
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN COSMETICS AND BREAST CANCER: CLICK HERE THE SOURCE OF EXPOSURE IN COSMETICS/CHEMICALS
Educate your families, friends, co-workers Diethanolamine (DEA), Triethanolamine (TEA) — Often used in cosmetics as emulsifiers and/or foaming agents. They can cause allergic reactions, eye irritation and dryness of hair and skin. DEA and TEA are "amines" (ammonia compounds) and can form cancer-causing nitrosamines when they come in contact with nitrates.
Diazolidinyl Urea, Imidazolidinyl Urea — These widely used preservatives commonly found in skin care, body care, hair care products, antiperspirants and nail polish, are two "formaldehyde donors." Formaldehyde-based chemicals are great preservatives as any mortician knows, but for live human consumption less dangerous preservatives exist. Exposure to formaldehyde can result in joint pain, allergies, depression, headaches, chest pain, dizziness, or even function as asthma triggers. Serious side effects include the weakening of the immune system, and as usual, cancer.
Sodium Lauryl/Laureth Sulfate — A cheap, harsh detergent used in shampoos and toothpaste for its cleansing and foam-building properties. Although derived from coconuts, the not-so-natural process uses sulphuric acid that is often a coal mining waste product. It causes eye irritation, skin rashes and other allergic reactions. More serious is SLS’s degenerative effect on the cell membranes. SLS denatures the protein found in hair or skin, and is absorbed into the system where the mutagen can concentrate in the heart, liver or brain.
Petrolatum — Also known as petroleum jelly, this dirt cheap mineral oil derivative is used for its emollient properties in cosmetics. This "moisturizer" coats the skin like plastic wrap. This interferes with the body's own natural moisturizing and detoxifying mechanism, and can lead to dryness and chapping, retention of toxins and premature aging.
Stearalkonium Chloride — A toxic quaternary ammonium compound developed by the fabric industry as a fabric softener, it is found in hair conditioners and creams. SC is a less expensive hair conditioner than proteins or herbals, but is known to causes allergic reactions.
Synthetic Colors — Used to make cosmetics "pretty," synthetic colors, along with synthetic hair dyes, should be avoided at all costs. Many cause skin sensitivity and irritation, or even oxygen depletion in the blood. They will be labeled as FD&C or D&C, followed by a color and a number. Example: FD&C Red No. 6 / D&C Green No. 6. Many synthetic colors can be carcinogenic.
Synthetic Fragrances — The simple ingredient label "fragrance" in cosmetics can be a complex cocktail of as many as 200 chemical ingredients. This disclosure loophole leaves no way to know what chemicals are ingredients, and some of these compounds are associated with symptoms including skin irritation, headaches, dizziness, rash, hyper-pigmentation, violent coughing, vomiting — and so on. Advice: Don't buy a cosmetic that has the word "fragrance" on the ingredients label. Phthalates(#11 on this list) are often unlabeled but included as a fragrance ingredient.
Phthalates - These plasticizing chemicals found in some nail polishes, fragrances and hair sprays. are probable human reproductive or developmental toxins and endocrine disrupters. Two phthalates often used domestically in cosmetics (dibutyl and diethylhexyl) have been banned in the European Union.
Hydroquinone - Found in some skin lightening products and moisturizers, this possible carcinogen and probable neurotoxin, hydroquinone can also cause a skin disease called ochronosis, which leaves irreversible black-blue lesions on the skin.
Nano-particles - Extremely tiny particles found in some eye shadows, bronzers, sunscreens and lotions, nano-particles are largely untested and unlabeled in personal care products. Due to size, they are capable of being absorbed directly into the bloodstream.
Mercury - Often listed as Thimerisol among ingredients of some eye drops, ointments and mascaras, mercury is a human reproductive or developmental toxin and possible human carcinogen.
Placenta - The body’s production of progesterone, estrogen and other hormones is enhanced by placenta sometimes found in hair relaxers, moisturizers and toners. This can interfere with the body’s normal hormone function and can lead to serious health problems, including breast cancer.
Educate yourself and those around you! lease share this information with others, and visit these other Websites for more information: http://ewg.org/, http://safecosmetics.org/, and http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/
Glimpse Ingredient Restriction We do not use the following ingredients: Ingredients that have suspected human health risks as indicated by peer-viewed third-party scientific literature Petrochemical Paraffin Silicones Animal derivative Synthetic source chemical Sulfates (SLES, SLS, ALS) Sulfates (SLES, SLS, ALS) Synthetic polymer (PVP/Acrylates or carbomer Alcohol (like Ethanol, SD Alcohol) Formaldehyde donors (preservatives) Ethanolamines i.e. TEA, DEA, MEA Synthetic dies such as FD&C or D&C colors Synthetic fragrance Chemical sunscreen (Avobenzone/Oxybenzone) Ethoxylated ingredient like PEGs or PPGs Glycols Parabens Quaternay anti-static hair conditioners Potential carcinogens Mineral Oil Compounds with "Sarcosinate" in the ingredient name Compounds with "Taurate" in the ingredient name Compounds with "Sultaine" in the ingredient name Compounds with Sulfosuccinate in the ingredient name Phenoxyethanol Quatemary Ammonium Glyceryl Monosteararte Toluene BHT Phthalate Sodium/Potassium Hydroxide AMP-95 Ceteareth-20 Cetrimonium Chloride Cocoamidopropyl Betaine Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate EDTA EthylHexylGlycerin Glycereth-7 Cocoate Isoceteth 20 Isopropy Palmitate Methoxycinnamate Olefin Sulfonate Oleyl Betaine Sodium Hydroxymethylglycinate Sodium Lauryl Carboxylate Sodium Sulfoacetate Soyamidopropalkonium Chloride Stearamidopropyl Dimethyl Amine Secure your spot TODAY! Opportunity isn't lost, it only goes to those to see it and take action. Learn more E:Mail Glimpseskincare@cogeco.ca
