My name is Cherie, my life has changed because of the chemical products I've used in my business I own a salon.

I have been on a journey of discovery to restore my health, destroyed from these chemicals. In the process I've learned that most products on the market contain really dangerous untested ingedients, some are not even listed on the label! I have now found truly safe products that perform really well for the salon as well as my home.

Chadwicks personal care products can be found at www.nontoxichaircare.com Fortunately I also found excellent Physicians they taught me the life stylle changes needed for recovery. My main focus now is health. I have a new realization now of the importance of beauty on the inside as well as the outside, and the eventual cost of not combining both. I worry about the beauty image we're passing on to our daughters and grandaughters. Media driven, graphically inhanced images televised and in publications showing unattainable bodies. Women deprived of needed nutrients for health, depicted as models. Lets come together and question the way we view ourselves and the world. I am trying every day to make safer choices for improved health, but also to leave my spot on the world a little better for my childrens children.

There are many products for sale, with ingredients, that are unsafe and poisonous. Since I opened the salon there is a lot more awareness about how harmful many of these products and ingredients are. I really recommend looking at www.ewg.org, to get updates on the battle for safer products.

Products to definitely stay away from would be: Acrylic and artificial Nails, not only can they ruin your healthy nails with fungus and other infections. Your nails are living they absorb toxic chemicals just like your skin does, and can go right into the blood stream. Aerosol hairsprays are bad for you, and the environment. Most sunscreens contain really toxic ingredients that are baked into your skin. Chemical Hair Straighteners are very damaging to your hair, and health. Antibacterial soap can really contribute to the antibiotic resistant bacteria, that Doctors and Hospitals are having a hard time controlling. 

Chemicals in Make-Up

I recently read a couple eye opening articles! On my web site I ask "What are you eating in your lip stick?"

One article said we can absorb 5 lbs. of make up chemicals a year! Side effects could be skin problems or worse cancer. The effects of the dozens of chemicals combined that most women use daily is really unknown.

Parabens a common class of chemicals used extensively in cosmetics, has been found in breast tumor biopsies. I've talked about how putting chemicals (found in Make Up, Hair Care, Skin Care ect.) on your skin can put them in your blood stream in less than 5 minutes.

The other article I just read states it's worse than eating the Chemicals. When you ingest something enzymes in your saliva and stomach help break it down to flush it out of the body. Placed on your skin it's directly absorbed into your blood stream and vital organs. Take my ingredients list and check labels when shopping. Lets not cover up our Natural Beauty with Toxic Chemicals.