How safe are your skin care products?
I recently listened to a podcast on potentially problematic ingredients in skin care and other beauty products, which I think is important to be aware of.
Here is the link to the Life Kit episode, and below is a list of the main ingredients of concern.
Ingredients of concern
Phthalates in Fragrance
Be aware of the ingredient listed as 'fragrance'. It often contains phthalates used to make the scent in cosmetics more stable
Phthalates are hormone disrupters
Formaldehyde
Used in hair straightening or smoothing products
A known carcinogen
1,4 dioxane
A byproduct of the manufacturing process
A known carcinogen
Note it can be present in ingredients with the following prefix, word or syllables: PEG, polyethylene, polyethylene glycol, polyoxyethylene, F or oxenol
Parabens
Synthetic antimicrobial chemicals that are used as preservatives
They are hormone disrupters
Resources
Here are a couple of websites that provide information about product and brand safety.
To check for clean ingredients:
https://consciousbunny.com/clean-ingredients-checker/
Conscious beauty brands:
