How Low Can You Go?

No, we're not going to play virtual limbo, but wouldn't that be fun?  I'm imagining myself on a beach at a luau, wearing a beautiful lei and getting ready for the limbo.  However, it's not beach limbo time, it’s Toxic Limbo time!  Sing with us, “All around the natural world, gonna get the toxins out!”  How low can YOU go when it comes to safe, natural personal care products?  Take the Earth Mama Angel Baby How Low Can You Go Challenge to find out!

Here’s The Challenge:

Gather some of the most common pregnancy and baby care products you use regularly on your pregnant body or on your baby. You can include shampoo, lotions, soaps, diaper cream, stretch mark oil, hemorrhoid cream, etc.  Go to the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics’ Skin Deep database and enter a product name in the search field (for example, Angel Baby Shampoo & Body Wash). Look for the Hazard Score for that product. The Hazard Score tells you the toxicity rating: 0 is lowest, 10 the most toxic. Click the product if you want to see specifically which ingredients add up to create that score. If your product isn’t listed, ask yourself why.  Is there something in the ingredients list that the company might not want you to see?  If your product isn’t listed, you can enter individual ingredients to check their toxicity rating.

Add up the Skin Deep toxicity rating for all the personal care products that you use on a daily basis on your pregnant or nursing body, or on your baby, to find out what your score is. Then answer these questions.

1. What was your Skin Deep toxicity rating score?
2. Were you surprised with the score and/or ingredients?
3. What would you like your score to be?

Don’t worry – there are no right or wrong answers, and everyone wins when mamas are informed and empowered. The biggest surprise is how high the toxin score can be, even for products that are labeled “natural” or “organic.” The only way to lower your score is to know what to look for, and there’s a whole tricky business trying to trick busy mamas with unclear labeling. That’s why Earth Mama supports the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2011.

Here’s The Action:

The Safe Cosmetics Act of 2011 needs your support! The Safe Cosmetics Act of 2011 (H.R.2359) is designed to give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authority to ensure that personal care products are free of harmful ingredients and that ingredients are fully disclosed. It’s pretty simple, right? Earth Mama Angel Baby is hoping you’ll use this handy action tool from our friends at the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics to tell your rep to close the loopholes that allow “cancer-causing chemicals in baby shampoo, hormone disruptors in fragrance and lead in lipstick.”

Enter To Win The Prize:

You can win Earth Mama’s A Little Something for Baby, filled with zero toxin essentials for an angel on the go:

1. Take the How Low Can You Go challenge
2. Use the Action Tool to contact your representative
   
3. Leave a comment below sharing your score to enter to win A Little Something for Baby (includes naturally safe Angel Baby Shampoo & Body Wash, best selling, rash busting Angel Baby Bottom Balm, soothing Angel Baby Lotion and pure, virtually scent-free Angel Baby Oil).  Leave your e-mail address in your comment!
4. LIKE Earth Mama Angel Baby on Facebook (click here) and Toni The Chic Momma on Facebook (click here)
   

One US winner, who has completed all four steps above, will be selected at random to win the fabulous prize from Earth Mama Angel Baby!  Entries will be accepted until August 26, 2011 at midnight CST.  Good Luck!  Many thanks to Earth Mama Angel Baby!

While awaiting to see if you win this wonderful prize, check out: Mama's Blog, Earth Mama Angel Baby's Facebook Page, Mama Melinda's Twitter Page, Earth Mama Angel Baby's Twitter Page and Mama's Healing Hearts Baby Loss Facebook Page


Happy Blogging!

Toni The Chic Momma