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1. “They (Brilliantearth.com) use Canadian diamonds and recycled gold, which means the money from each sale never supports slavery, child labor, or terrorism.”

Most of the gold being fashioned into jewelry today can be labeled
“recycled gold,” so don’t be fooled into purchasing hollow titles.

The aforementioned “Canadian diamonds” are called “conflict-free diamonds.” Even Conflictfreediamonds.org admits on the “learn more” page of their website:

“The majority of diamonds (on the market) are conflict-free – but which ones? Unless a conflict-free diamond has gone through a certification program, it is impossible to know the diamond’s origin.”

Let’s face it — when we buy diamonds, which are hardly everyday purchases, we’re looking for the best possible price; having an unnamed party telling us the lifecycle of the rough stone before cutting, which may or may not be true, to supposedly ease our consciences, is patently absurd. Be on guard for items separated into 2 groups: Ethically/morally safe to buy because we say so, and unethically/immorally unsafe to buy because we say so.

2. “Skip the perfume or cologne this year. Most commercially produced fragrances are really bad for you; they’re full of chemicals that we’d probably all be better off not breathing in. Instead, go with a natural essential oil.”

According to WHOM??? What does “really bad” for you mean? This is stated as fact, yet we’ve never heard of a study or even a single case of anyone, unless allergy related, was harmed in ANY WAY by using perfume or cologne!

Natural essential oils, which are IN most of the perfumes/colognes on the market today, have even MORE of a chance of triggering allergies and asthma, because they’re CONCENTRATED FRAGRANCE!!!

Such untruths stated as matters-of-fact cause me to be very suspicious of the balance of information presented by the writer of this article, named “Heather.”

ElizabethG

Thank you so much for the nomination!