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Your Conclusive Clean Beauty Guide

Your Conclusive Clean Beauty Guide

Did you know? Each day, the average woman slathers on twelve beauty products (or over 100 unregulated chemicals!). Inside: identifying the worst personal care product offenders and cleaning up our beauty regimens using recommendations from The Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep Database. Sustainably packaged products highlighted where appropriate, too.

Why is it so hard to find clean beauty products?

 

Got clean beauty? If you’re like most American women, the answer is (probably) no. Each day, the average woman slathers on twelve beauty products (or over 100 unregulated chemicals!).

Beauty brands use the term “clean” to highlight products without controversial ingredients. But without regulation, virtually any product can label itself clean without consequence. “Clean” therefore becomes just another marketing descriptor that corporations smack on product labels to catch consumers’ attention.

On this week’s episode we identify the worst personal care product offenders then clean up our beauty regimens, once and for all.

Here’s a preview of today’s episode:

 

[2:22] The toxic truth behind “clean” beauty products

[5:40] Product labels and their misleading claims

[11:11] How to become a non-toxic sleuth with clean beauty apps

[14:55] The best non-toxic beauty products (some with sustainable packaging!) as rated by the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep Cosmetics Database

 

The Best of the Best Beauty Products are:

 

Facial cleanser: ATTITUDE Blooming Belly face cleanser

Bar soap: Opas 100% Natural Clementine Soap

Body wash: ATTITUDE Super Leaves shower gel

Toothpaste: Dr. Brite Berrylicious Antiplaque toothpaste 

Shaving cream: Soap for Goodness Sake Shaving Bar

Deodorant: Each & Every Natural Deodorant

 

Hair care:

 

Detangler: Boyzz Only No Nonsense detangler

Hair spray: Qet Botanicals

Shampoo & conditioner: Herbal Essences Bio: Renew Sulfate-Free Shampoo & Conditioner 

 

Products for children:

 

Baby shampoo: ATTITUDE 2-in-1 baby shampoo 

Bubble bath: Everyone 3-in-1 Shampoo, Body Wash & Bubble Bath

Diaper cream: Thinkbaby Diaper Rash Ointment

Baby lotion: ATTITUDE Natural Baby body lotion

 

Cosmetics:

 

Blush: Mineral Fusion 3-in-1 Color Stick

Foundation: Mineral Fusion Pressed Powder Foundation

Concealer: Mineral Fusion Compact Concealer Duo

Lip gloss: Mineral Fusion Lip Gloss 

Lipstick: Maia’s Mineral Galaxy

Mascara: Mineral Fusion Curling Mascara

Eyeliner: Mineral Fusion Eye Pencil

 

Creams and Lotions:

 

Eye cream: Mychelle Perfect C eye cream

Body lotion: Everyone 3-in-1 Hands Face and Body Lotion

Eye makeup remover: Just the Goods Makeup Remover

Anti-aging cream: Mineral Fusion Line-Smoothing Nighttime Cream

Sunscreen: Biossance Sunscreen

 

 

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Did you know? Each day, the average woman slathers on twelve beauty products (or over 100 unregulated chemicals!). Inside: identifying the worst personal care product offenders and cleaning up our beauty regimens using recommendations from The Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep Database. Sustainably packaged products highlighted where appropriate, too.

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