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Check The Label: What Are These Skincare Ingredients?
Why it’s important to use natural ingredients
The main reason why you should be ditching your poisonous skincare items and opting for better organic and natural products is because you’ll literally be switching to a much healthier lifestyle. Typical skincare products contain so many harmful ingredients in the form of toxic chemicals that reportedly have damaging effects on our bodies, such as: hormonal imbalances, development of tumors, and many more. On the other hand, organic and clean products contain ingredients that are actually super healthy for us, like lots of good antioxidants that do wonders for you skin. These ingredients can not only prevent any harmful effects that other products might cause, but they can even reverse the damage done by other free radicals that you come into contact with.What makes a skincare product “clean”
A clean beauty product is considered simply a product that does not contain any of the known toxic skincare ingredients that can be extremely detrimental to our health. You might think that you don't use any products that don't fall under clean beauty, but until you check the label, there's no way to know for sure. Since the cosmetic industry has very low set rules and regulations, many companies can use this to their advantage and describe their products in ways that would lead consumers (you) to believe that they are natural and good for you. Unfortunately, until you check the ingredient list there is no way of knowing for sure. What to watch out for:- Parabens: if it has “paraben” in it, then you know you don’t want it. Parabens are used because they keep your products safe from bacteria. But at what cost? They have been labelled as endocrine disruptors because they can lead to hormonal imbalances, and have even been linked to the growth of breast tumors
- Artificial Fragrance: this usually won’t be specified so there is no way of knowing exactly what goes into making these fragrances. But if you’re interested in clean products, then “artificial” fragrances probably aren’t high on your priority list
- Sodium Lauryl Sulfate: this is put in products to help give them a foamy consistency once you're using them. This ingredient can irritate the skin, especially for sensitive skin types, and even trigger allergies
- Phthalates: these are mainly found in fragrances, hair spray, and nail polish. They have been labelled as endocrine disruptors and can cause hormonal imbalances, reproductive problems, and other issues
- Formaldehyde: this is a preservative and it is considered a known carcinogen, with links to the development of asthma, neurotoxicity and other harmful disorders
- Oxybenzone: usually this can be found in moisturizers, lip balms, sunscreen formulas, and more. Again, this is considered a known endocrine disruptor, and it can even have a negative impact on thyroid function
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