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The Story of Cosmetics is here!

Have you visited storyofcosmetics.org yet? If not, you should! Learn about how major loopholes in U.S. federal law allow the $50 billion beauty industry to put unlimited amounts of chemicals into personal care products with no required testing, no monitoring of health effects and inadequate labeling requirements—making cosmetics among the least-regulated consumer products on the market. Think twice before putting on that lipstick, you might be putting on lead!

Let the Curricula Begin!

The Story of Stuff Project is excited to announce the release of Let There Be…Stuff? – a six-session curriculum that helps Christian teenagers explore the relationship between their consumption, their faith, and the health of the planet.

To celebrate Earth Day, we’re offering this incredible resource for free to the first 1,000 houses of worship or faith leaders who sign up to download it.

From the Blog

The Pot Calls the Kettle Black: Cosmetic Industry Responds to The Story of Cosmetics

Surprise, surprise: the big cosmetics companies aren’t such big fans of the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010—legislation introduced yesterday to more strictly regulate their business—or of our new movie. The Personal Care Products Council went so far as to issue a statement calling The Story of Cosmetics a “repugnant and absurd…shockumentary.” Whoa!