10/11/2025
We've been taught to obsess over what we eat... but barely question what we absorb through our skin.
Here's what most people don't realise:
The cosmetics industry is one of the least regulated in the world. Companies are legally allowed to add known carcinogens, hormone disruptors, reproductive toxins, and allergens to your personal care products with zero obligation to disclose long-term safety data.
In fact, the EU has banned over 1,300 chemicals in cosmetics. The US? Just 11. And many of those banned ingredients still end up in products exported globally under different names or loopholes.
The skin is not a wall. It's a sponge. And while not everything gets through, enough does to disrupt your hormones, inflame your tissues, damage your mitochondria, and overload your detoxification systems.
These aren't just trace amounts. They're daily exposure. Often compounded over decades. And they don't just disappear. Many are fat-soluble, meaning they store in your body fat, brain tissue, breast tissue, and liver.
Others mimic ostrogen, throwing off your endocrine system in ways that quietly alter your mood, weight, libido, fertility, and emotional stability.
But here's the thing most people get overwhelmed by: it's not about fear. It's about informed sovereignty.
You don't have to learn the name of every single chemical. You don't have to become a biochemist. You just have to return to the rule of simplicity.
If you wouldn't eat it, don't absorb it. If you can't pronounce it, don't trust it. If your great grandmother wouldn't have used it, don't trust it.
