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WASHINGTON Nearly three-quarters of women shop for beauty and personal care items at Walmart each week, according to the findings of The Benchmarking Co.'s 2010 Pink Report.

The report, dubbed "Women & Walmart: Seeing Through the Eyes of the Beauty and Personal Care Consumer," focuses on how Walmart affects the beauty industry, and why and how women shop for beauty and personal care products at the retailer.

WASHINGTON —A new report by activist group Campaign for Safe Cosmetics alleging that a number of popular brand-name perfumes and teen body sprays have “secret” chemicals that could be harmful to consumers is “erroneous” and “does a disservice to consumers,” stated John Bailey, chief scientist of the Personal Care Products Council, in response to the claim.

Newcomer Pure & Natural is rolling out in February a cleansing bar and the packaging takes eco-conscious living to a new level in the mass market.

The bar is 98 percent natural, hypoallergenic, paraben-free and enriched with pure glycerin. The unique packaging, comprised of 100 percent post-consumer paper, is embedded with baby’s breath seeds that can be planted.

The cleansing bar is one of three products in the brand’s collection, which also includes a body wash and liquid hand soap that have 100 percent recyclable packaging.