Comments on: Are You a Drug Dealer?

By: admin

admin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:32:31 +0000

Joanna, absolutely! Please feel free to reprint,

By: Joanna Schmidt

Joanna Schmidt — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:29:19 +0000

Well said, smart lady!

I’d like to reprint this on The Soap Bar for others to see, too. Spreading the word… let me know if this is okay.

-Jo

By: admin

admin — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:48:39 +0000

Julie
I would have to absolutely, positively disagree with what you are stating here. First, Herbs are also chemicals. Everything in nature is a chemical. You are a mixture of chemicals. The demonization of ‘chemicals’ in our products is actually quite irresponsible. It is even more irresponsible to claim that herbs do not have any side effects. This is vastly untrue and incredibly false information to pass around. Nor are any results that herbs create any more permanent than any synthetic substance of similar nature. Last, the cost of herbs is not cheaper than chemical cosmetics.

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:41:53 +0000

Over the years, the importance of herbs has increased in the cosmetic industry. The main benefit of using herbs over chemicals in cosmetics is that they are natural and they do not have any side-effects. Also the results are permanent. Most herbs do not cost a lot like chemical cosmetics.

By: JACOB

JACOB — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:16:37 +0000

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By: Cindy Jones

Cindy Jones — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:26:35 +0000

Kelly, you have certainly stimulated alot of discussion on this topic which is a very good thing. Thanks.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:28:39 +0000

I wasn’t aware that the government was actually putting anything in our products. Can you elaborate on that? Thanks!

The government’s many bad choices/regs/decisions don’t make bad formulation safe. I honestly don’t understand that logic.

Besides, if the big guys have to prove medical claims, why not the little guys?

By: Sandy

Sandy — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:04:16 +0000

I agree with this article 100%. The cottage bath / body industry has no business making medical claims or hints. I really don’t see what the FDA (good or bad) has to do with inexperienced people making medical claims.
And to be honest, do you really think it’s a good idea to allow someone who has just graduated from formulating in a kitchen and moved up to formulating in a backyard shed (from lowe’s) to sell you any type of cure or treatment?
I know that all sounds harsh, but this really is a recipe (formula?) for disaster.

By: Sindy

Sindy — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:54:20 +0000

One question comes to mind~ with all the Extra Goodies the Gov is putting in our products, preservatives and things that have been TESTED safe for us~(then we find out they are not really as safe as we thought) Wonder what the requirements are for herbal or organic products. I know I’m not stating my position clearly, I’ve been up all night so I’m tired. BUT maybe ya’ll can figure out where I’m going. My son is going to school for Medicine(Botany), but he wants to work in the discovery field, finding new drugs to combat disease. He’s looking into All Natural Remedies, he says most drugs are now synthetic and only but plant based so he’s looking into I guess this Chinese method of herbs and healing? In fact, In addition to his college tuition, he NOW wants to attend an herbalist school (I heard there’s a good one in NY) Where you go and learn about plants, herbs, etc and live in the woods for a couple of weeks.

Any way you look at it, it’s great info~Info SO many people choose to ignore or just don’t know as newbies, so it’s good to keep putting it out there. I just think we all should have the right to eat, drink, and medicate as we choose, not as the Gov dictates. Unfortunately, we have to base our regulations on what is good for the whole, not what is good for a few. But we should have choice. That’s where I get aggravated. I don’t want the Gov to be able dictate WHAT I purchase or WHATS available to purchase. It’s like soap, I CHOOSE to use handmade soap. I know for a fact it’s different than store bought soap I would hate to think the Gov feels it’s no longer safe for folks to make since some people learn to make soap on Monday and sell at market on Friday and usually are selling lye heavy soap. It’s all good now, but what about the future? Which is why it’s so important to keep our voices vocal and in their face~!
Again~ Thanks Kelly

By: admin

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:24:21 +0000

Maggie, I have to concur that the FDA is certainly not perfect. We hear in the news periodically about drug recalls due to additional, dangerous side effects that slipped past the initial FDA review process. It is this imperfect record that is also driving the FDA Globalization Act of 2009. I am still hopeful that the cosmetics portion will be separated out of that bill by the time is is finally up for vote.