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Be In One Peace has the leading mind, body and spirit products on Earth.

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Be In One Peace products are free of sulphates, fillers, thickeners and harsh additives. They are suitable for all ages, skin types and contain only the best quality ingredients:

- Purified water

- Pure essential oils which have been re-connected back to their ancient source

- Botanical Essences

- Vibrational Essences

- No artificial colours

- No artificial fragrances

- Not tested on animals

- No animal content

Containers are recyclable.

Ingredients we don’t use!

Propylene Glycol(PG); Polyethylene Glycol(PEG); Butylene Glycol(BG); Thylene Glycol(EG) 

PG, PEG, BG and EG are all petroleum derivatives that act as solvents, surfactants, and wetting agents.  They can easily penetrate the skin, and can weaken protein and cellular structure.  PG penetrates the skin so quickly that the EPA warns factory workers to avoid skin contact, to prevent brain, liver, and kidney abnormalities.  PG is present in many stick deodorants, often in heavier concentrations than in most industrial applications (Dr. Vin Nyack, Ph.D., Biochemist; personal communication)
PG is a strong skin irritant. A cosmetic form of the mineral oil found in automatic brake and hydraulic fluid, and industrial antifreeze. In skin and hair care products, propylene glycol works as a humectant, which is a substance that retains the moisture content of skin or cosmetic products by preventing the escape of moisture or water. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) warn users to avoid skin contact with propylene glycol as this strong skin irritant can cause liver abnormalities and kidney damage. May be harmful by inhalation, ingestion or skin absorption. May cause eye irritation, skin irritation.  Exposure can cause gastro-intestinal disturbances, nausea, headache and vomiting, central nervous system depression. 
The molecular weight of PG is 60. (Ingredients with molecular weight of 75 or lower enters our blood stream).
Propylene glycol is also used as a solvent in acrylics, stains, inks, dyes, cellophane and brake fluid.  It is used as a preservative in flavored coffee.  PG can have an anesthetic effect.  Other side effects on animals exposed to PG include heart arrhythmia, stunted growth, decreased blood pressure, and even death.  BG - Butylene Glycol - is now being used to replace PG in some personal care products, even though Butylene Glycol is the only one of the glycols that has not been able to even get on the GRAS List (Generally Recognized As Safe)


Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS); Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES); Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate (ALS)


SLS, SLES, and ALS are  used as detergents, surfactants and foaming agents.  These compounds can be found in almost any kind of industrial cleaning agent. They are even more widely used as major ingredients in cosmetics, hair conditioners, toothpaste, about 90% of all shampoos, other products that foam (including those made especially for babies), and in products designed to be left on the skin for an extended period of time, for instance, bubble bath.
SLS is rapidly absorbed and retained in the eyes, brain, heart, and liver, which may result in harmful long-term effects. SLS could retard healing, cause cataracts in adults, and keep children’s eyes from developing properly. In fact, studies have shown that washing your hair one time with a shampoo containing Sodium Lauryl Sulfate could put as many nitrates into your bloodstream as eating a whole pound of bacon. And that is just ONE application.
The molecular weight of SLS is 40 (Ingredients with a molecular weight of 75 or lower enters our blood stream).
SLES is "Contaminated with a very potent carcinogen; dioxane and is very easily absorbed through the skin," states Dr. Epstein. SLES is the alcohol form (ethoxylated) of SLS. It is slightly less irritating than SLS, but may cause more drying. Both SLS and SLES may cause potentially carcinogenic formations of nitrates and dioxins to form in shampoos and cleansers by reacting with other product ingredients. Large amounts of nitrates may enter the blood system from just one shampooing!
There has been a lot of industry publicity about the safety of SLS, SLES, and ALS.  Here are the facts, from several sources including the "Alert Bulletin: by the CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review), the expert panel used by the CTFA (Cosmetics, Toiletries, & Fragrance Association)
Skin & Eye Irritant - "The Panel wishes to point out that these two ingredients (SLS & ALS) produce eye and/or skin irritation in experimental animals and in some human test subjects ...."
The panel then quotes from the 1983 JACT report ("Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Sodium Lauryl Sulfate", Journal of the American College of Toxicology, Vol. 2 #7, 1983) ..."the longer the ingredients stay in contact with the skin, the greater the likelihood of irritation, which may or may not be evident to the user ... (SLS)....causes severe epidermal changes to the area of the skin of mice to which it was applied.  This study indicates a need for tumor-enhancing activity assays...studies of rate skin treated with (SLS) found heavy deposition of the detergent on the skin surface and in the hair follicles...Further, it has been reported that 1 percent and 5 percent SLS produced a significant number of conedones (pimples and blackheads) .... These two problems - possible hair loss and conedone formation -- along with proven irritancy, should be considered in the formulation of cosmetic products."
Ulcers and More - Another research paper shows that SLS has protein-denaturing properties, causing skin to separate and become inflamed. ("Denaturation of Epidermal Keratin by Surface Active Agents", Journal Invest Dermatology, 32-81; 1959. It is this property that may leave mucous membranes in the mouth open to microscopic damage.  SLS has been shown to contribute to mouth and gastrointestinal ulcers ("Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and recurrent aphthous ulcers- a Preliminary Study" - ACTA Odontol Scan, 52, 1994: pp 257-259 and "The Effect of Sodium Lauryl Sulfate on Recurrent Aphthous Ulcers: A Clinical Study, Compendium 1997; 18(12), pp 1238-1240.) and yet SLS is an ingredient in most national brands of toothpaste.
An American Cancer Society news report quotes Keith Green, PhD., D.Sc. in refuting the internet rumor that SLS causes cancer: "Like many other chemicals, it is the manner of usage that is important. As long as you don't rub it all over your body and reapply it every hour for 24 hours, it's perfectly safe".."We did a study using diluted SLS as an eye drop.  We put the test amount on the eye of a rabbit and after a certain amount of time we found that SLS got inside the tissues, heart, brain, lungs, but in very minute amounts,"...
People DO "rub it all over their bodies", many times a day while using many different personal care products, and don't rinse it off immediately when they sit in bubble bath.  It is at a concentration of MORE than "1 percent" in most shampoos and liquid hand soaps, and other personal care products.  SLS and / or SLES and/or ALS are usually the second ingredient listed, after water.  Check the shampoo shelves of your local store, and read the labels.