Journey of a Clean Beauty Enthusiast
I love rose-based products. They smell amazing and are usually pretty and pink. But what makes rose a good-for-you ingredient? It can take 3 different forms in your beauty products. Rose Essential Oil Derived from the rose flower, it takes tens of thousands of blossoms to produce just one ounce of Rose essential oil (!).… Continue reading Beauty Secrets: The Rose Edition
Nail care was next on my Clean Beauty swapping list! Nail polishes were at the center of one of the first personal care ingredient controversies. Back in 2000, the Environmental Working Group published a study called ‘Beauty Secrets - Does a common chemical in nail polish pose risks to human health?’. The answer was yes.… Continue reading Intro to non-toxic Nail Care and my Ella+Mila Review
Now that you know the basic rules to decipher your beauty products' labels, I’ve selected the top 7 ingredients that you should avoid in personal care products. Tip: save the list at the bottom of the page for next time you go shopping! 1. Parabens Found in: Paraben is a type of widely used preservative to… Continue reading Read the label! 7 ingredients to avoid in beauty products
After learning some basic (and scary) facts about the cosmetics industry, you now understand how crucial it is to investigate what’s in your products before making a purchase decision. You may already do it for your food, so why not do it for your personal care products? One must confess, it is all but an… Continue reading Read the Label! Some ground rules
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