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Old 08-02-2010, 06:18 AM   #4
Westcoastgirl
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Re: Concern for the peril of personal-care products

Hi Laurel,

I have not used any of these products but I went to the website I suggested and put Arbonne in the search box. They had rated two of the Arbonne products. One was moderately toxic and the other was good.
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