In my continuing series of toxic ingredients and/or chemicals found in our food and skincare products, this time around I wanted to talk about methylparabens. Methylparaben is from the paraben family of chemicals, and is pretty commonly used as a preservative in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and food. It is readily and completely absorbed directly [...]
The people over at Yes To Carrots were kind enough to send along some samples of their organic, plant-based, paraben-free, not-tested-on-animals bodycare products for us to test, and we were really happy they did! I passed along the “Eye Can C Clearly Now” eye cream and the “Pampering Hair Mud Conditioner” to my wife [...]
While it is difficult to find an all-natural mascara that doesn’t contain one bad thing or another, anyone buying it should always strive to buy something as pure as they can. After all, who wants all those chemicals in and around their eyes? In my research, here are a few products I came across that were both paraben-free and that listed their ingredients.
This weekend I received the following email from a reader:
“About paraben free skin care: can you recommend sun care products that i can buy in europe (Italy) please.”
Since I am in the United States, I don’t often hear about safe products available in other countries. I have heard, however, that the sunscreens available in Europe [...]
