Healthy, safe ingredients for your skin! Include spring cleaning this year for radiant skin.
Do you think that your skin could use a Spring Cleaning? If yes, then the most important step would be to know the ingredients in any skincare product that you apply to your skin.
It is not enough to rely on labeling or advertisements for natural skincare products. I’m here to make it easier for you.
Here is a great reference table:
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SKINCARE CATEGORY |
LOOK FOR |
AVOID (Ask me for the Ingredients to Avoid Handout) |
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Antioxidants |
Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), tocopherol (vitamin E), grape seed, green tea, turmeric |
BHA, BHT |
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Cleanse |
Essential oils (citrus, lavender, palmarosa) |
Triclosan |
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Hydrate |
Hyaluronic acid, glycerin (plant), sorbitol, orange flower & rose essential oils |
Propylene glycol |
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Preservatives |
Levulinic acid, sorbic acid, potassium sorbate, benzoic acid, sodium benzoate, dehydroacetic acid |
Parabens, DMDM hydantoin, imidazolidinyl urea, 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1, 3-diol |
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Scent |
Pure essential oils |
Synthetic fragrance ‘parfum’ |
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Soften |
Cold pressed plant oils and butters, rose essential oil, starflower essential oil |
Mineral oil, liquid paraffin, petrolatum, silicones |
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Texture |
Aloe vera, frankincense essential oil |
Retinol, retinyl palmitate, tretinoic acid |
I downloaded several smart phone apps to scan the UPC code that list safe and natural ingredients. Here are a few of my favorite apps:
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Environmental Working Group – Healthy Living
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Leaping Bunny
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Good Guide
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Think Dirty
I also access the following websites frequently. Here are the websites I access the most:
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Environmental Working Group – Skin Deep
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Thrive Market
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Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
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Truth in Labeling
Take a glance at “clean” products and more at:
