I went to the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics talk last weekend, hosted by Ava Anderson.  After the presentation by Mia Davis, of Clean Water Action, I asked a number of AA Salespeople how her products are preserved.  The answers varied from "they're safe for a year" to "she doesn't use any preservatives".  Clearly she may be edcating about many things, but not how her products are actually manufacturered and how, or if, they are preserved.  So I looked up the ingredients in her products. Her marketing says "no parabens" but the reality is, she uses Parabens.  She just greenwashes the fact by listing them on the ingredients list as "Japanese Honeysuckle", a natural source of Parabens which is chemically identical to the synthetic variety. It's greenwashing!  And it's a shame because if she wasn't making false claims for the scores for the ingredients in her products...they sound very nice. www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_17679.cfm