I went to a Naturopathic seminar about 8 years ago and it changed my life. I began looking more closely at the ingredients in the beauty products I used. If I didn't know an ingredient or couldn't pronounce it, I'd look it up. I was astonished by what I found. So many harmful, artificial chemicals are in the beauty products that women use every day. Our skin is a sponge--everything that we put on our skin is absorbed into our body. One must look at a beauty product and the ingredients it contains as they would food--if you wouldn't eat it then don't put it on your skin! From that moment on, I took it upon myself to use only products that I knew would be good to not only my skin, but my body as a whole. This holistic view was by far the best piece of health advise I have ever received and has been my guiding principle ever since. Peace, love and natural beauty.