About
Toxic Beauty Author Dawn Mellowship
I’m Dawn Mellowship the author of Toxic Beauty: The Hidden Chemicals in Cosmetics and How They Can Harm Us and three other books. I am also a journalist - writing about health and environmental issues, an ethical fashion columnist for High Spirit Magazine and a Reiki practitioner and Teacher.
I was born somewhere in the United Kingdom (not that I’m at all evasive!) and studied a BA in Politics at the University of Sheffield. At the age of 24 after a somewhat reckless lifestyle I damaged my back and unable to find a cure I undertook a Reiki course. My life was transformed from that moment onwards. Suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities I quickly realised that my diet and choice of consumer products was contributing to my ill health. As a result I became vegan, switched to organic foods and streamlined my beauty regime, ditching conventional cosmetic products in favour of more natural alternatives. I am still battling the illness, but without Reiki and my healthy lifestyle I would never have been able to write four books in two years!
It’s my goal to help people make improvements in their lives on all levels and educate consumers about the toxic nature of chemicals in the cornucopia of products we purchase on a daily basis, starting with beauty products. I hope you enjoy reading my blog!
