ARE YOU SURE YOUR'E USING THE RIGHT SHAMPOO?

Did you know that your shampoo is your slow killer? 

3 liters of shampoo, 2 liter shower body gel, and 1 kg soap are what approximately spent in one year by a woman.

Whenever you buy shampoo, take a close look at the ingredients you are using. Do you see Sodium Laureth sulfate? (SLS)Sodium Lauryl Sulfate? Ammonium Laureth Sulfate(ALS)? Formaldehyde? Parabens?Ethoxylated alcohols?Dioxane?Polysorbates?Then you need to worry!

Sodium laureth sulfate which is used in most of the shampoos in the market, it is the second ingredient in shampoo. SLS ,ALS are a foaming agent which is derived from oil refiiing. It is used in industrial products, such as detergents for cars, degreasing agents for cleaning engines and tools for cleaning floors. Sodium Laureth Sulfate is also a component of many personal care products including soaps, shampoos and toothpaste.

SLS,ALS,  turns your hair into dry and brittle hair; it also dries the skin of scalp. It works as a perfect cleanser cleaning all the dirt from the hair but it also fasten the aging of scalp skin making it old faster ,which leads to thinning hair and hair loss. 

When you wash with your usual shampoo that contains SLS, it gets deep into your hair, the root and injures the root, which leads to more oily hair. 

As a result we become addicted to shampoo, just like addiction to drugs. It has been founded that SLS,ALS are carcinogenic, which means it leads to cancer. Some of the symptoms that can occur after using SLS it itchy scalp and red eyes.

So, why do manufacturers of cleaning agents keep producing a dangerous products knowing that it does harm to people? Simple! It brings a lot of money. Fact is a fact that we use these cleaning agents all the time, no stopping; it has become an essential routine to follow.

Dioxane,ethoxylated alcohols, dioxane, polysorbates, and laureths all are cancerogenic and destroy the liver.

Formaldehyde- is another chemical substance that is toxic and leads to serious health problems

Parabens (Methylparaben, Ethylparaben, Propylparaben)-are added to soaps and shampoos to act as a preservative. Basically, to give the product a longer shelf life. However, researches have shown that it is also carcinogenic and has lead to breast cancer

So what to do then?

• Try to change to more organic shampoos such as from The Body Shop or Caviar which can be found in Cosway.

• Soak your hair into water for minimum 5 minutes while taking shower,so the water can close the roots which makes some chemical less penetrable into skin

• Try to avoid the above mentioned chemicals in your cosmetics as much as possible

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