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[Heifer73]

Hi

As anyone use these products and how green are they?
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Heifer

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[Indica Mama]

Hi Heifer73
I would be very wary of Avon being in any way natural, other than adding a few natural ingredients to their usual bases.
They don't give an ingredients list on their website, so it may be worth dropping them a line asking for the full ingredients lists for their products.

I have just checked with the EWG Cosmetics database and low and behold they have all the info you'll need.

Avon Planet Spa African Shea Butter Calming Moisture Mask:
WATER; GLYCERIN; BUTYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCERYL STEARATE; BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII (SHEA BUTTER); PEG-50 SHEA BUTTER; RETINYL PALMITATE; ASCORBYL PALMITATE; BETA-CAROTENE; TOCOPHEROL; PANTHENOL; SODIUM HYALURONATE; ZEA MAYS (CORN) STARCH; FRAGRANCE; HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE; CARBOMER; TRIETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHORIC ACID; DIMETHICONE; INOSITOL; PEG-20 METHYL GLUCOSE SESQUISTEARATE; DISODIUM EDTA; IMIDAZOLIDINYL UREA; METHYLPARABEN; BENZOPHENONE-4; ORANGE 4; YELLOW 10; RED 33; BLUE 1

Here is a link so you can look for yourself at the other products they also have in the range.
http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/wordsearch_free.php?hq=avon+planet+spa&go=go

How Green? Mmm pretty dark orangey red really. Sorry I couldnt be of more positive help.

IMx
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[Salena]

I am very very very careful when it come to cosmetics as there are not as many regulations as there are with food. I basically ignore the words natural, green and even organic and look at the ingredients instead.

There's a great book called Skin Deep by Pat Thomas http://astore.amazon.co.uk/thbigrid-21/detail/1905744234 that can help you make sense of the ingredients as it can be a mine field or better still if you have the time make your own...it's great fun and at least you know what's in it.
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