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Mineral Oil (Paraffinum Liquidum)

What Is It?

An extremely cheap and common petroleum derivative (refined crude oil petrochemical) which is found in 98% of skincare products sold in the US.

Warning: Health Risks

Petrochemicals contain neurotoxins which damage the nervous system. Mineral Oil forms a film on the surface of your skin that cannot be absorbed, thereby blocking the pores and the skins natural respiration. It traps dirt and bacteria and blocks the absorption of vitamins, minerals and botanicals that may be in a product. Johns Hopkins University named Mineral Oil in cosmetics and moisturizers as the #2 cause of aging (first being direct exposure to sun). It may also cause allergic reactions and dryness, as well as promote acne and skin disorders.

And the saddest part about it is, we have women within the feminist community Attacking each other, when we are supposed to come Together and stand up for our rights and equality. We are women, and we are in this together.

Female friendships that work are relationships in which we help each other belong to ourselves.

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Independent women are dangerous: they know they don’t need a man to survive.

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If your concept of what a real woman is consists of socially constructed, painfully distorted images of what the media infers a woman should be, then “your” opinion of who I am is inaccurate, delusional, and ignorant. I have not adopted your ignorance as part of my belief system, and refuse to do so. You have no right to define me; I define myself.

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—	Sincerely, Me.

Guillem Mari