Clean up your skin care

Did you hear this week about the EPA policy that allows companies to keep secret certain chemicals if divulging their makeup will affect profits? (If you didn't, read about it here.) Pretty scary, huh? But before you get too overwhelmed thinking about all the unknown, and possibly unsafe, chemicals you're surrounded by, why not consider the chemicals you can control: What you personally use in your home every day. By choosing certified organic skin care products for your bath and body, you're ensuring that what's on your skin, every day, is the cleanest you can get. While there's currently no certification in the United States for organic bath & body products, a lot of natural skin care is already certified by the same standards used for food, USDA Organic. And these are pretty stringent standards when it comes to lotion and shampoo! If many organic skin care products makers have their way, these standards might soon apply to all personal care that calls itself organic: the Natural Organic Standards Board has already recommended to the National Organic Program that they do. Until then, check out some of our favorite USDA Organic skin care at Nature's Basin, from brands like Erbaviva and Badger.