organic

One of the things about being a girl is the constant need to take care of your skin, cleaning – without soap, and moisturizing – without oil.

The cleaning part is pretty clear cut, in the sense that soap is bad for your face and other cleansers are preferable. But the story on moisturizers is quite murky. I spent a day giving myself a large migraine trying to sort out what ingredients should and should not be in my moisturizers, and what products pass the test.

I found many a warning from “organic” websites and other health experts to the effect that cosmetics companies are sneaky, underhanded businesses