Paraben is a commonly used ingredient in many beauty products. It’s cheap and effective as a preservative so that’s the reason that so many companies use it. But it isn’t quite as innocent as many companies would have you believe.

Parabens such as methyl-paraben, propyl-paraben, butyl-paraben, ethyl-paraben have caused a stir in the last few years because it has been found in 90% of breast cancer tumours.

Studies so far have been inconclusive as to whether paraben actually caused the tumor or not, but while the jury is still out, so will any cream in my cupboard that contains this little nasty.

You see paraben has an estrogenic effect on the body and excess estrogen has been linked not only to breast cancer but also to weight gain, depression and even infertility. This really could be a case that your moisturiser might just be preventing you falling pregnant!

It was because of this that I have decided to now use only totally organic natural cosmetics and skincare and will only be recommending such products in this blog from here on.

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