"Moisturiser, shampoo, nail varnish, perfume, cosmetics . . . . have you ever stopped to look the sheer number and range of chemical ingredients listed on "normal" toiletries? We absorb up to 60% of the chemicals contained in beauty preparations through our skin  that can add up to as much as 2kg absorbed every year."  Artificial colourants and foaming agents are harmful to the environment too, so why not simply go natural.