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Learn about the harmful ingredients that are in most personal care products.
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FDA warns of Alpha Hydroxy Acids Save Your Money Save Your Face Interview with Tom Mower
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Save your money and save your face. That's Tom Mower's philosophy on skin care. "If you would use nothing but soap and water on your skin, and put your money in the bank rather than buy cosmetics, you not only would be more youthful looking, you'd be wealthier," he said. "I've never seen a skin care line that, in my opinion, would not make you age faster than if you would not use it," Mower said. That's a bold statement, considering that Mower is a research chemist and president and founder of NEWAYS International', a company that manufactures skin care and personal care products. "What makes most products undesirable and ineffective is their ingredients, specifically sodium laureth sulfate, propylene glycol and kaolin," "Sodium laureth sulfate or or sodium lauryl sulfate is a common ingredient in shampoos," he said. "It's inexpensive and a small amount gives a high level of foam. In reality," Mower said, "it's an ingredient that can inhibit hair growth, contribute to hair loss and could cause cataracts if it gets into the eyes." "Propylene glycol, found in most moisturizers, is industrial anti-freeze .Mower said. "Your skin runs on water, not anti-freeze." He said propylene glycol can penetrate into the skin and cause liver abnormalities and kidney damage according to Material Safety Data Sheets. "Bentonite or kaolin, an ingredient used in many makeup foundations, is the same stuff used to fight fires," he said. "The very foundation you put on ... is suffocating your face." Mower said he doesn't use any of those ingredients in his products. "The skin is a living, breathing organ that should be enhanced rather than inhibited," he said. Unfortunately, consumers are at the mercy of cosmetic companies. Ingredients may be listed on the package, but who knows what they do? "Even 'natural' and hypoallergenic' are misused terms," Mower said. "Poison ivy is natural. Just because a product is natural doesn't mean it's good," he said. "If you put your faith in cosmetics and skin care and the companies and their products, you're getting what you're paying for - slick advertising and packaging," he said. "Generally, the cap on the bottle of most skin care products costs more than the ingredients that are in the product," he said. As an example, he cites an $87 bottle of firming cream that contains less than 25 cents worth of ingredients. "So what did you pay for? You paid for that full-page ad, that beautiful box and the beautiful bottle." Mower said cosmetic companies take advantage of consumers who strive to look good, to take care of themselves. "Ironically, they're making their skin age faster and they're paying to do it," he said. "Now that's my opinion." Mower has become a crusader for products with integrity. That's why he established his company four years ago in Salem, Utah. That's why he constantly "researches the research," refines and improves ingredients that are superior and then develops a new product or adds it to an existing product to improve it. "More than $8 billion was spent on researching health and skin care products in the U.S. last year," he said. "Modern testing is proving time and time again that many ingredients used in skin care products aren't good for the body or the skin," he said.
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