¡Mira que luna......! Look at that moon....! Resources for learning English: About Face By Bryan Walsh. Toxic Cosmetics.

!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English

Fernando Olivera: El rapto.- TEXT FROM THE NOVEL The goldfinch by Donna Tartt (...) One night we were in San Antonio, and I was having a bit of a melt-down, wanting my own room, you know, my dog, my own bed, and Daddy lifted me up on the fairgrounds and told me to look at the moon. When "you feel homesick", he said, just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go". So after he died, and I had to go to Aunt Bess -I mean, even now, in the city, when I see a full moon, it's like he's telling me not to look back or feel sad about things, that home is wherever I am. She kissed me on the nose. Or where you are, puppy. The center of my earth is you". The goldfinch Donna Tartt 4441 English edition

Monday, April 11, 2011

About Face By Bryan Walsh. Toxic Cosmetics.

It began, as few great scientific discoveries do, with a $400 hair treatment in West Hollywood. Siobhan O'Connor and Alexandra Spunt had decided to get Brazilian Blowouts — only to find out later that the secret straightening ingredient was formaldehyde, a known carcinogen.

That revelation prompted the two journalists to begin researching the cosmetics industry. They found that it was more toxic and less regulated than they'd ever suspected. They detail their findings in the new book No More Dirty Looks, which also highlights ways to look good and be green at the same time. Some advice from the authors:
HAIR
Many shampoos and conditioners contain sulfates and preservatives like parabens, both of which are potential hormone disrupters

Solution
Seek out organic shampoos and conditioners — the authors recommend the John Masters line — or make your own with baking soda and mayo.

EYE

Mascara contents may include mercury, a neurotoxin, and coal tar, a carcinogen; eye shadow can be contaminated with 1,4-dioxane, linked to cancer.

Solution
Activated charcoal can sub for conventional eye makeup.

SKIN

Lots of big-name moisturizers have parabens and other preservatives, while many sunscreens contain oxybenzone, a hormone disrupter

Solution
Extra-virgin olive oil is a natural moisturizer, and Soléo Organics makes a good all-natural sunscreen

LIPS

Your favorite lipstick may be contaminated with lead, a neurotoxin, as well as BHA, a potential carcinogen

Solution
Use an organic alternative like RMS Beauty Lip2Cheek, which is also a blush.

SOURCED: Artwork for TIME by Corliss Elizabeth Williams; Photograph by Danny Kim

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2002338_2002332_2002316,00.html #ixzz1JBQ60qaB

deep-seated discuss
Definition:	(adjective) (Used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held.
Synonyms:	deep-rooted, implanted, ingrained,planted
Usage:	He divined the fanatical love of freedom in her, the deep-seated antipathy for restraint of any sort.

misconstrue
Definition:	Interpret in the wrong way.
Synonyms:	be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misunderstand, misinterpret

¡Mira que luna......! Look at that moon....! Resources for learning English