How safe is your skincare?

If you care about what you put into your body you should equally care about what you put onto it.

There are thousands of nasty chemicals that can be found in everyday skincare, even in very popular brands, that can negatively effect not only the integrity of your skin barrier, but your overall health.

Below is a list of the most common nasty ingredients to look out for 👇🏻

☠️Parabens (look for words ending in -paraben eg methylparaben) - mimic oestrogen in the body and interfere with hormonal function
☠️Fragrance / Parfum - damage skin barrier, disrupt hormones, trigger allergies
☠️PEG compounds - allows ingredients to be penetrated faster into the skin
☠️Oxybenzone - found in sunscreens, linked to cellular damage, irritation and hormonal disruption
☠️Sodium laureth sulfate (SLS) - skin irritant, damages skin barrier, can trigger allergies
☠️ Phthalates (DBP, DEHP, DEP) - cause hormonal disruption
☠️Ethanolamines (MEA/DEA/TEA) - linked to allergies and skin barrier damage
☠️Coal Tar Dyes (look for “CI” followed by 5 digits) - contains heavy metals which can be neurotoxic
☠️ Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) - synthetic antioxidants used as preservatives that disrupt hormones and can cause liver damage
☠️Formaldehyde releasing preservatives
- quaternium-15
- DMDM hydantoin
- methenamine
- imidazolidinyl urea
- diazolidinyl urea
- sodium hydroxymethylglycinate
- 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3 diol

If you see any of these on the label chuck it out they aren’t doing you or your skin any good 👋🏻