Change is usually not an easy thing and trashing all of your personal care items and making them all from scratch could seem like an overwhelming task.

Personal care products have become a multi-billion dollar industry in the United States. There are over 850 companies in the US that manufacture personal care products with a combined annual revenue of $43 billion dollars. As consumers we are seduced on a daily basis by the intoxicating aromas, flashy packaging, and the enticing promises of everlasting youth these products offer. But there is a dark side to this as well, the ugly truth about personal care products.