Lipsticks – Are They Safe?

Please welcome back Style Essentials Guest Blogger, Lisa D’Ligouri, an eco-cosmetics expert. Lisa has been kind enough to provide us info on that necessity of necessities – lipstick. My mother won’t leave home without it. So read on EcoRicans. Know what you’re putting on your skin! It can be scary stuff.
Just what is a natural, safe lipstick?
Let’s begin with what lipstick is.
Lipsticks are essentially oils, waxes, emollients & colorants, poured into a mold. Simple as that.
But what’s in them? What are you putting on your luscious lips then ingesting? Let’s do a comparison between two lipsticks.

Who is Mother Earth?

I chose that picture at right because, as a mother, I know there is nothing more sacred than a child. A blessed gift from the Universe, God, Spirit. I want nothing more than to protect my baby. She wants nothing more than to make me happy. It’s a deep mutual love based on respect, admiration and TRUST. Neither one of us wants to disappoint the other.
Now, imagine our planet and her billions upon billions of children. Insects, birds, mammals, oceans, trees… A harmonically balanced system of life. Perfect in its complexity and simplicity. The duality of life

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