A not so quick note about organic beauty products!

I want to do a weekend update, but first a note about beauty:

 Thank you Whole Foods!  This is one reason why buying organic, really organic, beauty products was so difficult!  All these different companies label themselves as organic, but aren't.  Sure they use more organic ingredients than the big brands, but they aren't really organic.  Just the name is organic.  I once bought a shampoo on sale at rite aid that was some top brand "organics" line.  I didn't really care that much about organics at the time, but it smelled great and I thought, better than grinding my own rose petals.  Well I looked at the ingredients.NOTHING is ORGANIC!  I don't think there's one thing in that list that is actually natural.  So when I started looking at organic bath and beauty products, I was cautious to make sure I wasn't getting fooled again.  You can name your body wash "pure gold" but there won't be a drop of gold in it!  Same applies to organics and marketing.  So this is one of the reasons I stopped my quest for organic bath and beauty products.  Not only  were there not many "Certified Organic" (95% or more organic ingredients) but I also couldn't decide if they were just the same as the big name brands.  Now I know that most of them don't have certain major bad chemicals, according to WFs Standards (at least 2010 standards).  So I am using nature's gate and Avalon organics hair care (not saying I really like it..in fact I don't think any natural conditioner makes my hair happy, just greasy) but it works fine for now.  I don't want to buy any more beauty products until I do more research, my wallet can't handle it! Though, I do really like the nature's gate body lotion, it smells and feels great!

 
This article talks about how people are shying away from petrochemical products, because of the oil spill, people don't want to be dependent on chemicals made from petroleum, which is great, helping the environment.  But what about that which the product is actually intended: ourselves.  This raises so many questions!!

Is the lack of those chemicals, in big brands going to create a better product?  Will those big brands just replace the petrochemicals with other chemicals?  If it's great for the environment is it still great for me?

So let's say we do go all organic!  Yay!  Real ingredients for real beauty without chemicals (at every step), or so I hope!  But now the question is: When we go all organic with our beauty products are we losing some chemicals that are necessary for the demands of our society?  I once heard from a "natural" beauty line:  "we use natural ingredients and scientific advance to keep up with today's societal demands."  Basically, will I still be happy with the way my hair dries if it doesn't have chemical x or z in it? And what about all the advance in science that lead us to this petrochemicals?    If we advanced towards the chemicals to make a cheaper (not better) product, then then hell yea get rid of the chemicals and get back to basics!    But if not, then years of beauty research is going out the window!   So what now?  make my own body wash, and hope it works?

So, again, beauty is on the back burner until I answer these questions..but at least WF understands some of my issues!