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Tristate Green - Haircare

Take a look at the label on your shampoo bottle. Chances are youll have a hard time pronouncing some of the ingredients. Its causing some people to go green when it comes to personal hygiene. You almost need a degree in chemistry to navigate the hair care aisle of any drug store.Many are beginning to wonder if there are dangers lurking in those shampoos, colors and dyes."Read the ingredients. If its really hard to pronounce you probably need to stay away from it because it probably is a chemical." "The fda doesnt really stop any companies from putting whatever ingredients they want in beauty care products."Thats right...Everything from shampoos to hair sprays… and hair dyes to gels can contain unregulated chemicals. Theyre chemicals that can end up in your body.Sot "your skin is your largest organ and it absorbs everything and anything."You might think something labeled natural is safe.But be careful."people are allowed to put natural on the label if it only contains 10 percent natural ingredients."reporter track your best bet is to read the label and see if you can recognize the ingredients."if you can read what the ingredients are, see the botanical names, different flowers, herbs."High end day spas and salons are getting hip to the benefits of natural hair care. "you can use natural things to still create a beautiful hair care and hair color system."Aveda salons around the world... Like this one... Sell products made from what they call "green ingredients". "the hair color smells good. It doesnt burn. Its non-irritating." Aveda uses plant-based ingredients that dont contain petroleum minerals.So they dont deplete the earths fossil fuels or weigh down your hair. Want to find out whats really in the products you use? Check out "the skin deep report" at safe cosmetics dot org.