Beauty to Die For: The Cosmetic Consequence

Very informative and eye opening. things everyone who uses cosmetics should know. four stars only because some of the info is a little dated, but truth is still truth.

An eye-opening book. Changed my life 3 years ago. I read this book and stopped using ALL commercial/chemical products. My skin, hair and body have never been happier since then. I big thanks to Judi Vance for writing this book!

This along with a few other books i purchase work well to research chemical ingredients. This book talks more about the finding that have been recorded in product that may or may not be harmful

This is an excellent book and one that everyone should read so they know how important it is to check all of the ingredients that you put on your skin which is the largest living organ in your body.

I represent a company that promotes all natural products, and tried spreading the word about harmful/toxic chemicals in the products we put on our skin daily. BUT .People need to see that in print. This book fills the bill.

This book invites you to think about natural skin care instead of all the comerical factory products you used to put on your body.Reading about all the ingredients is very, very useful and interesting.

I bought this book thinking that I would learn something new about the cosmetic industry. Not only did I not learn anything, I came away from the book wondering just how someone could've accumulated all of that information without being able to present it in a better way.This book is packed with non-scientific fluff (using ill-defined terms such as "toxin" and making blanket statements with no evidence such as "Scientists involved [sic] mechanical science--as I like to call it--do not understand plant science, but scientists, who know plant science, understand both [grammar and punctuation left exactly as in the book].") About 60% of the book is packed with charts and glossaries. And I have to say that this is the worst-edited book I have ever read, with constant typographical errors, misspellings, and apostrophe problems. There just doesn't seem to have been a lot of thought put into the actual execution of this book.Look, I am certainly this book's target audience--I shop at Whole Foods, use organic skin-care products and potions, and work out six times a week. I care about my body and what I put into it. But this book is not a good use of anyone's time or money, as all of its information can be found quite easily (and in most cases with better grammar) on the internet. You're better off buying _Fast Food Nation_ if you'd like clear, concise information about what you're putting into your body.

"Beauty To Die For" is a MUST for everyone to read. It is an informative book about the dangers of chemicals in cosmetics and health care products such as shampoo, toothpaste, mouthwash, deodorant, face creme, shaving crème and hair spray, just to list a few. The only way to fight the battle against toxicity due to the chemicals is EDUCATION. The information required to purchase `clean' products rather than products drenched with chemicals is in "Beauty To Die For". The glossary of product ingredients is a MUST for everyone using cosmetics and health care products...use it as your shopping guide AND read the labels before buying the products. I was shocked to read the ingredients in Baby products, some of which are carcinogenic, not to mention that many contain propylene glycol (used as an anti-freeze in cars). Have you asked yourself why it's in cosmetics, health care products AND especially in Baby products? Judi Vance has done a marvelous job of researching chemicals, their side effects, listing less toxic alternatives and putting it all together in a very concise and easy to read form. The only way to put a STOP to this insanity is to EDUCATE yourself and your friends AND demand changes in legislation. Why should we the consumer be subjected to dangerous chemicals in health care products which we all use on a daily basis? We in Canada buy our products BLINDLY on false trust as manufactures are NOT required to list ingredients on cosmetics and health care products!! Now how archaic is that? We spend millions of $$$$ on Cancer Research and next to nothing on prevention by informing consumers of a healthier way of life without chemicals.If you want to take control of your health, I strongly recommend you get a copy of Beauty To Die For by Judi Vance

Highly recommended.