Author: Ruth Winter

You wouldn't eat anything without knowing what it was. Don't you want to take the same care with what you put on your face, hair, and body? Find out whats in your hair and beauty products with this latest edition of Ruth Winters A Consumers Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients.

This updated and expanded 6th edition gives you all the facts you need to protect yourself and your family from possible irritants, confusing chemical names, or exaggerated claims of beauty from gimmick additives.
Virtually every chemical found in toiletries, cosmetics, and cosmeceuticals - from body and face creams to toothpaste, hand lotion, shaving cream, shampoo, soap, perfume and makeup - is evaluated in this book, including those ingredients marketed as being all natural, for children, and for people of colour. The alphabetical arrangement makes it easy to look up the ingredients in the products you use.
With new substances popping up in products we utilize every day, and with the continuing deregulation of the cosmetics industry, this title is more indispensible than ever