March 2023

Everyday Clean Makeup – The Best Nontoxic Makeup Products!

Everyday Clean Makeup – The BEST Nontoxic Makeup Products! These are my holy grail products I use most days! Below, you can find each product’s safety scores according to the Environmental Working Group and the Think Dirty app, as well as links & downloads to each product’s safety report from EWG. I also triple check […]

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You Deserve to Know about Harmful Ingredients in Makeup (why switch to clean beauty?)

You deserve to know about potentially harmful ingredients in makeup Harm Reduction In Cosmetics: My Take On Clean Beauty & Why The U.S. Beauty Industry Needs To Change There is scientific evidence that some ingredients in cosmetics are hazardous to our health. Indeed, the European Union has banned or restricted the use of many of

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Toxic Ingredients In Makeup & Skincare: The Dirty Dozen Part 1

PEG Compounds, Siloxanes & Petrolatum Temporary surface moisture that can dry out your skin Part 1 of my series on the common cosmetics ingredients that carry the highest risk of potential harm to our health. PEG Compounds Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) and Polypropylene Glycol (PPG) are compounds derived from petroleum. They are commonly used in cosmetics

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Can We Trust CosmeticsInfo.org?

Founded by the Personal Care Products Council during a rebrand, is CosmeticsInfo.Org an unbiased cosmetics ingredient resource?   Formerly the Cosmetic Toiletry & Fragrance Association, the Personal Care Products Council (PCPC) rebranded in 2007 and created an ingredient database called CosmeticsInfo.org. I have found this website helpful in gathering basic information about ingredients and an

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My Shades

My Foundation & Concealer Shades Some of these are not clean enough for me anymore, but I thought I’d include them here in case you are the same shade as me and want a hint at what other products might fit your skin tone. In general, if there is a “light with cool undertones” option,

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