The Story of Cosmetics

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Annie Leonard:
This is a story about a world obsessed with stuff. It's a story about a system in crisis. We are trashing the planet, we are trashing each other, and we're not even having fun.

Annie Leonard:
On cosmetics labels words like 'herbal', 'natural', even 'organic' have no legal definiton. That means that anyone can put *any*thing in a bottle and call it 'natural'. And they do.

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Annie Leonard:
When cosmetics are re-formulated to be safe and labelled honestly, *then* we can feel comfortable with the choices available at the store. We can choose bouncy hair or full hair, shiny lipstick or matte. We can even choose to feel beautiful without using twenty products, but we'll know that whatever we choose, the most important choice, the choice to be safe and healthy, has already been made.