Ingredients to Avoid in Products

These are ingredients that I avoid in products altogether, doesn't matter what the product is. There are a few controversial ingredients that some people avoid that are fine, in my opinion, as long as they are properly handled. See those ingredients HERE

All about Umbrella terms on a label HERE

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+ 1,4 Dioxane

+ 2-Bromo-2-Nitropropane-1,3-Diol (Bromopol) 

+ Aluminum Hydroxide (Cl77002)

+ Benzalkonium Chloride

+ Benzophenones

+ Benzotriazole (commonly found in detergents)

+ Benzylparaben

+ BHA & BHT

+ Bismuth Oxychloride

+ Bisphenol A (BPA) (In packaging)

+ Butoxyethanol

+ Butylparaben

+ Carbon Black

+ Carmine (ground up cochineal bugs)

+ Citric Acid (depends, see more HERE)

+ Coal Tar

+ Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine

+ Diazolidinyl Urea

+ Diethyl Phthalate (DEP) 

+ Dimethicone (Depends, see more HERE)

+ DMDM Hydantoin

+ Ethanolamine Compounds (MEA, DEA,TEA)

+ Ethoxylated Compounds (Ingredients ending in -eth, Phenoxyethanol, Polysorbate, PEGs, etc)

+ EDTA (Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid)

+ Ethylparaben

+ Formaldehyde

+ Formaldehyde-Releasing Preservatives 

+ Fluoride (See more HERE)

+ Fragrance/Aroma/Parfum

+ Grapefruit seed extract (due to contamination of preservatives commonly found in it, not the extract itself)

+ Homosalate (HMS)

+ Hydroquinone

+ Hydroxyacetophenone

+ Hydroxyapatite (See more HERE)

+ Imidazolidinyl Urea

+ Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate (IPBC)

+ Isobutylparaben

+ Isopropylparaben

+ -isothiazolinones (example: methylisothiazolinone)

+ Japanese Honeysuckle (naturally contains para-hydroxy benzoic acid (PHBA), which might behave in a very similar way to synthetic parabens)

+ Mercury and mercury compounds

+ Methenamine

+ Methylisothiazolinone

+ Methylparaben

+ Microplastics (example, some tea bags will say that they don't have microplastics, typically wouldn't be on a label)

+ Mineral Oil

+ Nanoparticles (ingredients that are nano size), this wouldn't be on a label, it would be a question for the company 

+ Octinoxate

+ Oxybenzone

+ Parabens

+ PEGs  (Polyethylene Glycol)

+ Petroleum (Mineral oil, Petroleum, Petrolatum, etc)

+ Phenoxyethanol (Click here to see my POST)

+ Phthalates

+ Propylparaben

+ Propylene Glycol

Quarternium-15

+ Resorcinol

+ Retinyl Palmitate/Retinol

+ SLS

+ Sodium Methyl 2-Sulfolaurate

+ Soy

+ Synthetic Dyes

+ Synthetic Flavors

+ Synthetic Fragrance (Depends, see more HERE)

+ Titanium Dioxide (Loose Powder) (See more HERE)

+ Talc (can be contaminated with asbestos (human carcinogen))

+ Triclosan

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I choose organic as much as possible to reduce Pesticide Exposure