Thursday, November 06, 2008

Golden seal extract and other horrors


I recently bought shampoo and conditioner at Costco for the first time--just the generic Kirkland Signature stuff. Yesterday I was reading the front of the conditioner bottle and was startled to see that one of the ingredients was "golden seal extract." My initial reaction soon turned to horror when I couldn't figure out what golden seal extract could possibly be if it wasn't the extract of some beautiful marine mammal. I don't want to kill innocent seals for the sake of my luscious locks!

I got progressively more worked up about this animal cruelty atrocity until I realized that a magical tool called Google could probably tell me everything I needed to know. Plus, I figured that if there were a logical explanation it would save me the trouble of sicking PETA on Costco, if you know what I mean (Jeremy was all ready to chain himself to the front gates of Costco, loudly condemning complicit shoppers and eating all the Polish sausages and Very Berry Sundaes he could stomach).

But as it turns out, golden seal is an herb thought to have healing properties. No wonder my hair looks so awesome.

6 comments:

MOM/SUSAN said...

My oh my.....certainly glad this had a happy ending because I was going to be completely and utterly SHOCKED if Costco was selling anything close to unacceptably obtained stuff. Whew!

Cormorant said...

Your hair does look great, it's true. Happy b-day to Clara, and THANK YOU for linking to Nemesis' election post: one of the more sane things I've heard about politics in the last little while!

Ericka said...

you are funny!! I would hate to think that the golden seal population was floundering because people enjoyed shiny hair!! thanks for investigating! now if you could only research and tell me why my son keeps me up all night due to his constant grunting and snorting.......

Emily said...

Wait'll you hear what's in the Polish dogs...

(Don't tell Jeremy)

The Tolboe family said...

You guys!!! You crack us up. WOW... we could listen to you all day. Thanks for the laugh! I am glad that, to your relief, you don't have to talk to the PETA.

Unknown said...

Man, maybe I will have to try this golden herb! Anything to make my locks look more luscious but of course not at the expense of a cute animal! Glad it had a happy ending.