SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION- COSMETIC PRODUCTS AND BOTTLED WATER

From the “story of Cosmetic”, I examined the ingredients listed on the labels of cosmetics or other skin care products and know what those ingredients are. I also realise the toxic cosmetic ingredients are commonly found in your everyday personal care products.

We are now a day are constantly bombarded by the media to use the different cosmetic products that we believe its benefit to us, all we focus on is the benefit side of the product, but we never realise that the ingredients inside the product will harm our health and cause disease to our body, like cancer.

We buy all these products thinking they are “good” for us and apply them daily, trusting that the long and unpronounceable list of ingredients are not hiding anything that could potentially harm us. But the truth is the cosmetic harm our health a lot!!! We don’t understand the disadvantage of these toxic ingredients, because we only receive little guidance from product manufacturers, whose advertising and labelling are too often misleading and not objective sources of information.

Many people may not realize that many of the skin care products and cosmetics you are buying contain ingredients that are not only harmful to your skin, but also to your long term health. Many of these ingredients are cancer-causing substances (known as carcinogens) and are used by the cosmetic industry simply because they are cheap! Cosmetic companies themselves are held responsible for the safety of their own products, because there’s no requirement for safety testing of products before they are sold to the public. As a result and driven by profit rather than a concern for human health and well-being, personal care products are often filled with hazardous chemicals.


From the video, I have learnt that there are numbers of ways to avoid these toxics. Firstly, examine the labels of your cosmetics and skin care products carefully, and learn to recognize ingredients that are harmful to your skin and to your health. Many web sites have lists of potentially harmful ingredients in addition to those shown above (e.g. Environmental Working Group).
Don't be fooled by the words 'natural' or 'organic' on the front of the label. Many products contain at least one or two natural or organic ingredients, but they may also contain harmful synthetic chemicals as well.
In the future whenever possible, I will choose the products with 100% natural ingredients such as essential oils and herbs, which both benefit to our health and environment.

For the other video review “the story of bottle water”, After I watched the video, I realise how much unnecessary money I have spent on the water bottle and also make me realise how often I bought the bottles, the reason of buying it, is they are convenience and easy to get. The other problem that I cannot believe is most of the bottled water comes for the water tap, which shows the lies that the spring water company give to the consumer and the irresponsible that company give to the society and environment.