Are Your Personal Care Products Affecting Your Hormones & Your Metabolism?

In every Nutritional Therapy protocol I deliver is some version of this: check all personal & home care products & replace with safer versions. I recommend using The Environmental Working Group as a guide and wrote more about this subject here, back in 2014 (with updates): Hormones in our personal care products?

I am passionate about the health of this planet & every being in it. Many of the allowed chemicals in personal care products are harmful to us, acting as hormone disruptors, obesogens & more. These harmful chemicals are not only getting into our bodies through our skin, possibly creating havoc to our health, they also wash into our water supply, affecting ALL OF US. This is not okay.

Some years ago I was invited to a very powerful presentation sponsored by the Junior League of Portland. Lindsay Dahl of Beautycounter was the main speaker. Beautycounter (now COUNTER) is a personal care company committed to positive change. In the past, they had taken action in legislation on many environmental toxin issues, not just personal care. I resonate very deeply w/this for many reasons & envision myself joining their efforts in Washington, DC. As the new company, Counter, I am grateful to know that the brand remains committed to continued advocacy for safer beauty products.

I’ve been using Beautycounter (now COUNTER) for many years now and absolutely love how amazing and youthful my skin looks & feels! The combo of the brand’s mission, advocacy and education to get toxic chemicals out of our personal and home care products, plus their high performance products makes them a perfect part of my practitioner toolbox.

It was a no-brainer for me to join forces with Beautycounter years ago and will continue as a Brand Partner with Counter. I’d love to help you choose safer skincare and make up for yourself and your loved ones. I offer complementary 20-minute consultations, you can book here. Or you can enjoy shopping on your own here. Emails are welcome too: holly@nourishing-excellence.com.

By Holly Morello|2025-07-07T17:33:19-08:00August 11th, 2018|Health & Beauty, News, Events & Media, Nutrition and Lifestyle, Uncategorized|Comments Off

About the Author: Holly Morello

Holly Morello is a functional nutritional therapy practitioner, wife, and mom of 3 nearly grown sons. Her passion is helping kids with ADHD, anxiety and other challenges such as behavior issues, depression, and digestive issues. She often works with entire families or at least the parents, as parents of challenging children often have their own struggles due to the stress. On the other end of the spectrum, she also love helping menopausal women who are often confused and are feeling alone by the changes to their body because they typically don’t know anything about it until they are in it. And, she's been there, as well as being an overtaxed parent! Holly's goal is for others to be empowered by hope, hope that they can heal and life will get better. Her approach is to find and address the root cause of her client's challenges and to use food as medicine plus targeted nutritional therapy to help them heal and live their best lives. Her advanced skillset includes clinical testing of gut health, hormones, food sensitivities, and nutritional blood chemistry. Holly has been an advocate of safer personal and body care products for many years and is proud to represent Beautycounter, a company who’s mission is to craft high performing safer personal care products for the entire family and who also work with legislators to get toxic chemicals out of ALL personal and home care products in the U.S. Nourishing Excellence Nutritional Therapy, LLC https://nourishingexcellence.com/ Instagram @nourishingholly Holly's Beautycounter page: https://www.beautycounter.com/hollymorello