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Ingredients to Avoid

Many products in your routine are not what they seem. Click below to find out what's hiding in your products, and how to spot them.

Petroleum

  • Parafin wax

  • Mineral oil

  • Toluene

  • Benzene

  • Anything with PEG (polyethylene glycol)

  • Anything with DEA (diethanolamine) or MEA (ethanolamine)

  • Butanol and any word with butyl: butyl alcohol, butylparaben, butylene glycol

  • EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid)

  • Any word with propyl—isopropyl alcohol, propylene glycol, propyl alcohol, cocamidopropyl betaine

  • Parfum or fragrance

Animal-based Ingredients

  • Cochineal Dye-”carmine”

  • Guanine (bat poop or crushed fish scales)

  • Tallow-animal fat

  • Collagen-animal protein from tissue

  • Retinol

  • Lanolin/ester alcohol-sheep oil glands

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