RR: Many products claim to be organic, but are not. What should consumers be looking for in the ingredients?
JSO: If there is an ingredient that you can’t pronounce, or if they need to use a number to explain what it is, it’s probably not organic. And if you wouldn’t eat it, it’s probably not organic.
RR: What would you say are the most dangerous ingredients in personal care products and why are they dangerous?
JSO: The ones everyone knows about like parabens, but they’re a lot of ingredients people don’t know about like DETs, DEAs and anything with formaldehyde. What people don’t understand is formaldehyde and formaldehyde donors aren’t called formaldehyde. Parabens are a very common preservative used in the personal care industry, but it’s also a precursor for formaldehyde. So when you talk about the most dangerous, they’re all dangerous. Chemicals are chemicals, and many of them are untested. Out of 120,000 chemicals being used between home care and personal care products, only 10% of them have been tested for safety, and none of them have ever been tested when used with other ingredients. The average consumer believes that anything that has a bar code that is sold, is safe. The cosmetic industry is completely and utterly unregulated. There’s nobody checking products at all. No FDA. People always think, “well the FDA...” The FDA hasn’t given us safe food or drugs or skin care. Look what we eat every day.
RR: What do you think sets you apart from the other skin care companies that claim to be organic and natural?
JSO: We actually are. It pretty much comes down to that. Don’t get me wrong. There’s a few other companies that are doing it right…maybe three.
RR: What are some great skin care tips?
JSO: I think for most people that have skin problems, it’s internal. You are what you eat. And it’s not what people used to think: if you eat French fries, you’ll break out. It’s deeper than that. It’s health, it’s nutrition. We need to alkalize our bodies, and stop eating so many acidic foods. We need to eat more vegetables, we need to cook our food less. The American culture, since the 1950s, has boiled their food. People should know the more you boil you food, the less vitamins you are getting. Vitamins are water soluble; you’re pouring them down the drain. I haven’t used a microwave in over 14 years. It’s really about self-educating. We really need to think about the things we’re buying and putting in our bodies and feeding our children.
As far as skin health, the more important things are to cleanse, tone and moisturize in the morning. At night, cleanse and let your skin rest and breathe. Also, stress levels are enormous when it comes to the skin.
JSO: If there is an ingredient that you can’t pronounce, or if they need to use a number to explain what it is, it’s probably not organic. And if you wouldn’t eat it, it’s probably not organic.
RR: What would you say are the most dangerous ingredients in personal care products and why are they dangerous?
JSO: The ones everyone knows about like parabens, but they’re a lot of ingredients people don’t know about like DETs, DEAs and anything with formaldehyde. What people don’t understand is formaldehyde and formaldehyde donors aren’t called formaldehyde. Parabens are a very common preservative used in the personal care industry, but it’s also a precursor for formaldehyde. So when you talk about the most dangerous, they’re all dangerous. Chemicals are chemicals, and many of them are untested. Out of 120,000 chemicals being used between home care and personal care products, only 10% of them have been tested for safety, and none of them have ever been tested when used with other ingredients. The average consumer believes that anything that has a bar code that is sold, is safe. The cosmetic industry is completely and utterly unregulated. There’s nobody checking products at all. No FDA. People always think, “well the FDA...” The FDA hasn’t given us safe food or drugs or skin care. Look what we eat every day.
RR: What do you think sets you apart from the other skin care companies that claim to be organic and natural?
JSO: We actually are. It pretty much comes down to that. Don’t get me wrong. There’s a few other companies that are doing it right…maybe three.
RR: What are some great skin care tips?
JSO: I think for most people that have skin problems, it’s internal. You are what you eat. And it’s not what people used to think: if you eat French fries, you’ll break out. It’s deeper than that. It’s health, it’s nutrition. We need to alkalize our bodies, and stop eating so many acidic foods. We need to eat more vegetables, we need to cook our food less. The American culture, since the 1950s, has boiled their food. People should know the more you boil you food, the less vitamins you are getting. Vitamins are water soluble; you’re pouring them down the drain. I haven’t used a microwave in over 14 years. It’s really about self-educating. We really need to think about the things we’re buying and putting in our bodies and feeding our children.
As far as skin health, the more important things are to cleanse, tone and moisturize in the morning. At night, cleanse and let your skin rest and breathe. Also, stress levels are enormous when it comes to the skin.
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