Every year we each absorb an estimated 2 kilograms of chemicals through beauty and cosmetic products. Chemicals found in lipsticks, skin lotions and hair dyes have been linked with tumours, cell mutation, allergies, reproductive complications, endocrine disruption and cancer. Isn't it time we all paid more attention to exactly what goes into the eye shadows, body washes and deodorants we love to use? This compelling and timely book tells you the key chemicals you should avoid, reveals just how natural 'organic' beauty products really are, and features a directory highlighting the health issues surrounding a wide range of products, from hair gel to sunscreens.
Dawn Mellowship is an author, freelance journalist and a Reiki practitioner and teacher. Dawn has taught Reiki to hundreds of students.
Dawn was born in the United Kingdom and studied Politics at the University of Sheffield. At twenty-four years old, suffering from a back condition and feeling disenchanted with her life, Dawn undertook a Reiki course. From that moment on her life was radically transformed. Dawn changed her entire lifestyle and dedicated herself to self-healing with Reiki and helping others through her healing and teaching work and the power of prose.
After developing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Dawn altered her eating and purchasing habits, switching to organic and vegan foods. After developing sensitivities to conventional beauty products she switched to organic cosmetics and penned Toxic Beauty, about the myriad of hazardous chemicals used in beauty and personal care products.
Dawn spent some months as the features editor of a women's lifestyle magazine called Tonic, producing many articles about health, beauty, lifestyle and poignant issues, as well as interviewing a host of celebrities. She currently writes ethical living columns for High Spirit Magazine and Natural Health Magazine.
