Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry by Stacy Malkan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Whew! This book was good and also pissed me off at the same time. I read this book with a pink highlighter and felt like I was just highlighting entire pages because so much of it shocked and astounded me.
I added this to my list now that I’m a Beautycounter consultant and trying to make healthier choices for what I put on my skin. It was published in 2007 so I would be interested to know what changes for the better and worse have been made since it’s publication. It doesn’t go into too much depth but is an easy read and beginner’s intro to our nasty cosmetics industry. It also made me wonder if I too could get tested like some of the people in the book did for chemicals in my body and then see if by making better choices those amounts decrease.
You can buy the book on Amazon.
The author also has an informative video from TEDx:
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