It pays to read the label!

We apply so many things on our body that it only makes sense that we read the label and make sure that what we feed our skin is SAFE.

However, we could not always understand what the written ingredients are all about. So it’s time to download the FREE Read the Label app on your smartphone (iPhone or Android) and refer to it every time you’re buying beauty products. It’s a simple dictionary-type tool that instantly shows whether a certain ingredient is safe, low risk, medium risk or high risk and gives you a link to more information on the ingredient, courtesy of the Environmental Working Group’s cosmetic ingredient database (www.ewg.org/skindeep).

If your smartphone isn’t handy, just visit www.readthelabel.ph and try it there instead.

What’s even more exciting is that you can also have a chance to win one of over 1,000 prizes such as an all-expense paid eco-trip for two to El Nido AND an eat-all-you-can organic buffet for you and 100 of your friends! All you have to do is join “Read the Label Challenge” and pledge to make your home a green zone. Meaning, NO MORE harmful chemicals. So chuck those chemical-laden products in the bin and next time you’re out shopping, don’t forget to read the label!