Check out The Coveted, and here’s a great piece from Huffington Post

We had a fantastic turn-out at last Saturday’s Green Makeover event at the San Francisco Library. More than 150 people came out to hear about the Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry, including many moms, teens, and women and men of all ages and ethnicities. The energy was huge! Stay tuned for Q&As from the event, which I promised to write about here. In the meantime, here are a few comments:

From Claudia: It’s always really compelling and such a call to action after I leave a Safe Cosmetics event! I’d love to learn a little more about how to get involved and I know some of my coworkers (as I mentioned, 14 and ALL women) would be interested as well…

From Janice: It was such an honor to experience your presentation “live” on Saturday at the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics event in San Francisco and to talk with you afterwards at the book signing table. I introduced myself as the 60+ new grandma, who recently had cancer surgery (parotidectomy) and radiation treatment. I was so inspired by your talk; in addition, the other presenters, the informative hand-outs, and the various vendors with their knowledge to share all contributed to an extremely stimulating afternoon…

From Alexandra (13): I have been researching a lot lately and am absolutely inspired by all the amazing girls my age. Although I am only going into 8th grade, I feel that I have made a huge impact on my school by being one of the 1st members of my school’s Eco-council and being a student leader for our green movement. I want to do more though. The cosmetics industry does need a makeover and I want to help…

Yes! We all have a role to play in this important project. If you haven’t done it already, sign up for the Safe Cosmetics Action list to stay updated about the work of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. Email me with organizing ideas or questions at stacy@safecosmetics.org