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ARE YOUR COSMETICS & PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS SAFE? |
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Susan Jeske, former Ms. America ® has a background of more than 20 years in the beauty, cosmetic and personal care products industry including a successful career with an international cosmetic company. Several years ago severe health issues led her to a holistic doctor who said, “What you are using on your skin contains synthetic and toxic chemicals and is making you sick. Stop using your skin care and use products that are “natural” and “organic.” Surprisingly in 2 weeks Susan health issues went completely away! It was the first time it occurred to her that what she puts on her skin could impact her health. Realizing this she quit her cosmetic job and started on a journey of studying everything cosmetics and skin care. What she found disturbed her and is on a mission to educate the public about the dangers of toxins in their cosmetics and personal care products. Touring across the |
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"THE IMPACT OF TOXINS IN COSMETICS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM" |
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In Her Presentation She Talks About: Ø How the FDA is failing to protect our health when it comes to personal care products like shampoo, lotion, conditioner, moisturizer and make-up. Ø Which cosmetic industry-funded panel is currently in charge of reviewing the safety of cosmetics, skin care and personal care item’s. Ø Everyone who attends will receive The Toxic Twelve List - The exact compounds that puts you at the highest risk of biological mutation, reproductive complications, acute toxicity, tumors, skin and eye irritations. Ø What makes cosmetics and skin care the least regulated consumer products on the market. Ø The actual profit margin that cosmetic companies gain by using synthetic and toxic chemicals. Ø What to look for on the label of your personal care products. Ø The true industry definition of what can quality as “organic” and “natural.” Ø Recommendations for products that are natural, organic, safe and beneficial. Ø Susan also talks about ECOCERT Certification – an independent third-party certification for “natural” and “organic” claims from Europe. |
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RAVING REVIEWS I have to admit that this presentation was an eye opener for me because up until now I was focusing mainly on organic and natural food without paying a lot of attention to the labels on the skin care products. …Before your presentation I didn’t realize what a great effect skin care products have on our bodies! …Please continue educating and inspiring others to take care of their wellness. - Sofiya ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Her program was done professionally, efficiently, effectively and on a level for all to comprehend, relate to and enjoy. - Sheri M ~~~~~~~~~~~~ I thought The Toxic Twelve List given to us was helpful so that I will be more aware of looking for these when making purchases of personal care products. I liked the suggestions of using specific products that are healthier for people. You also gave good definitions for the word natural and organic labeled on the products which can be confusing to the public consumer….. I was impressed with the honesty of your testimony when you revealed to us... I am currently working as an RN Case Manager for Home care and will try to teach my clients to be more nutritionally minded in regard to a holistic lifestyle. - Anna C ~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Principal Edward Felty – |
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Some Beauty Products Pose Significant DangersMillions of women put on makeup every day, but you don't think it could be hazardous to your health. Now a former pagent queen is speaking out -- and telling you her story involving toxic beauty products. KVUE's Anchorwoman Quita Culpepper talks with former Ms. America, Susan Jeske. |
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CBS KREM Channel 2 NEWS Safe Cosmetics Are your Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Safe? |
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By Heather Gunther (published: March 19, 2009) Former Ms. America, Susan Jeske brings her campaign to USM PORTLAND — As a former Ms. America with a successful career spanning two decades in the beauty and cosmetics industry, Susan Jeske makes an unlikely advocate for rejecting conventional personal-care products. Seven years ago, she was at the top of the pyramid in an international cosmetic direct sales company, until a health crisis changed everything for her. “You name it, I had it – chronic fatigue, arthritis, weight gain, bad digestion, skin problems,” Jeske said in a telephone interview. After nine gallbladder attacks, her doctor recommended she have her gallbladder removed. She was hesitant after the doctor admitted five of the 35 gallbladder operations he’d performed resulted in complications. “As the nurse was wheeling me away, she whispered to me ‘go find a holistic doctor and do a gallbladder flush,’” Jeske said. She was skeptical, but willing after she found a naturopathic doctor who specialized in gallbladder flushes. The flush appeared to do the trick – “I expelled three cups worth of gall stones,” Jeske said. After triumphantly returning to her traditional doctor, who conducted follow-up tests and declared her gallbladder to be “fine,” Jeske was hooked. She dove into alternative health practices, eating only raw foods for two years, doing numerous organ cleanses and attending courses at the Optimum Health Institute. She got rid of all her health problems, she said, except for her itchy skin and scalp rashes. She went back to the naturopath, who suggested she stop using her conventional beauty products and start using natural, organic products. Two weeks later, her skin problems were gone. “This was a huge shock for me,” said Jeske, an admitted “makeup girl who loves products.” Eventually, she quit her lucrative job with the cosmetics company and started an intensive fact-finding mission about toxic chemicals in cosmetics and skin-care products. The information she uncovered was so disturbing, Jeske said, that she felt compelled to start a grassroots campaign about the toxic ingredients in conventional personal-care products. She will share her personal journey and advice on quitting toxic cosmetics in a lecture at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, March 27, at the Abromson Center at the University of Southern Maine. Call 767-4622 to preregister for the event. “Americans are less protected than other countries. Just to give you an example,” she said, “The FDA has banned 10 chemicals from personal-care products. The European Union has banned over 1,100 known toxic chemicals.” A major component of Jeske’s platform is to encourage consumers to educate themselves about the risks of certain ingredients commonly found in traditional cosmetics. She disseminates a list of the worst chemicals in personal care products, dubbed “The Toxic 12,” and encourages people to take the list with them when they buy products. Jeske said she is optimistic about consumers wanting to become more aware about green and organic products. She stressed that the best thing to do is to “vote with your dollars” and buy organic cosmetics and care products. After her lectures, she also circulates a petition from the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics asking Congress to support safe cosmetics with stricter testing and regulation. Jeske said she is skeptical about the cosmetics industry “voluntarily self-regulating” and halting the use of inexpensive, but toxic chemicals in beauty products. “Can you believe that there is still mercury in most conventional name-brand mascaras? Or that most lipsticks contain lead?” she said. “Right now, we have to protect ourselves until we can convince the government to protect us.” |
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FORMER MS. AMERICA TO SPEAK ABOUT THE DANGERS OF SKIN CARE PRODUCTS |
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August 29th, 2009
Former Ms. America blends health and makeup at the Ritz by Anna Scott |
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Jeske, who is 47, a Californian, and won the crown in 1997, travels the country making a pitch for organic makeup and beauty products, recounting how her own mineral-oil based routine caused a severe skin irritation. “I went to my doctor and he told me it was the synthetic ingredients,” Jeske said in a phone interview earlier this week. “That’s when I started thinking about what I put on my skin.” Jeske uses 42 beauty products a week and has found suitable organic alternatives for everything but mascara. At her talk on Sunday she’ll pass out a list of to steer clear of. Also — beside the point but fun — Jeske holds the world record for singing the Star Spangled Banner at the most official events in a 24-hour-period. It was July 4, 1992. She traveled 393 miles through her home state of California and sang at 17 gatherings. |
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Would You Believe Your Skin Care Products Are Dangerous? Believe Ms. America.
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If you’ve heard of Susan Jeske you would know that she was crowned Ms America in 1997. She has spent over 20 years as a beauty consultant working for a major cosmetics company. But now she spends her time on speaking engagements warning us of the dangers of personal products such as cosmetics and skin care products in promoting the benefits of natural skin products and natural cosmetics. What happened to Susan? Several years ago Susan Jeske was experiencing some severe health problems and skin problems. Unable to deal with them successfully she consulted a holistic doctor who advised her that the likely cause was chemical ingredients in the cosmetics and skin care products that she was using. She stopped using these products and within 2 weeks the health problems disappeared. I’m sure this was a terrible shock to someone who had spent a large part of her life working for a cosmetics company as a beauty consultant, however she was awakened to the rude fact that so many mainstream cosmetics and personal and beauty products are laced with chemical ingredients. Many of these chemical ingredients are totally banned in Europe but few are banned in America. Some of these ingredients are known to cause cancer and some of these ingredients were also causing Susan’s own health problems. As a result of her researches Susan left the cosmetics company. Now she spends her time touring the country warning consumers about the risks of toxic chemical ingredients in personal and beauty products such as cosmetics and skin care products. Susan even put together a list of 12 toxic ingredients to look for on the label of any product that you intend to buy to put on your skin. If you see any of these ingredients don’t buy the product. There are many people, myself included on my website, that have been warning of the dangerous ingredients used in personal, beauty, skin care and other products for many years. These include a range of nasty chemicals and petrochemicals, and the FDA is not required to control this and does not do so. Therefore the problem gets worse. Most of these chemical ingredients are used because they are extremely cheap and by using them the companies can dramatically increase their profit margins. And the sad fact is that there are outstanding natural ingredients used in natural skin care products and natural cosmetics. These products are available now and use safe non-chemical ingredients which are very effective and which pose no health risks. However because these ingredients are more expensive than chemical alternatives they are not used in the mainstream products. It’s perfectly possible to buy high quality natural skin care products and high quality natural cosmetics right now. Small niche companies see an opportunity in manufacturing these products and marketing them to consumers who are aware of the risks with big brand skin care and cosmetics products. If you visit Susan’s website: www.susanjeske.com, you will find out more details about her speaking tour. |
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By Prue Salasky January 16, 2010 LEARN ABOUT SKIN CARE – SAFE COSMETICS
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