Wednesday, May 14

Reading Lipstick Labels

















I much prefer the digital storage of information to the accumulation of magazines, sticky notes and random sheets of paper. It allows me to forgo an organizational system in favour of heavy use of the "search" tool. Of course, if I had a filing system or notice board for such things, this would live there...

Here is a list of ingredients to avoid in your cosmetics, courtesy of David Suzuki's Queen of Green.
  • formaldehyde (farmalin or methyl aldehyde; found in imidazolindinyl urea, DMDM hydantoin and quarternium-15)
  • cocamide diethanolamine (cocamide, diethanolamine, DEA)
  • coal tar
  • parabens (methyl, ethyl, butyl and propyl paraben)
  • phthalates (dibutyl phthalate (DBP), fragrance)
  • sodium lauryl sulfate and/or sodium laureth sulfate (SLS, SLES)
  • Ethylenediamine (EDTA)
  • proplylene glycol
  • toluene
  • talc
  • petroleum (petrolatum, DEA, MEA, TEA)
  • phenylendiamine (PPD, P-diaminobenzene)
  • triclosan
Based on the Guide to Less Toxic Products, I plan to check out Aubrey Organics, Burt's Bees, Ecco Bella, Jason, Weleda and Druide for my moisturizer and lip gloss - because let's face it, that's all I've got time for these days!

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