One of my blog readers said that she wanted to buy a nice soap without harmful chemicals, but she did not know how to look for it because ingredients were too confusing. “What do I type into Google?” She asked. “Natural bar soap? Hand-made soap? Organic soap?” I thought that it was time to clarify …
Toothpastes are like lipsticks – we use them every day (if you’re a woman) but give little thought to what they are made of. To form my opinion about the safety of a product, I look at its ingredients, not advertisement claims. So, let’s do that together. Today we are going to look at a …
Many of you are familiar with the Skin Deep Database powered by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a US non-profit organization dedicated to protecting human health and the environment. The Skin Deep Cosmetics Database has rated over 73,000 products and is a good way to estimate the safety of products you are considering buying. While the Skin …
I started this blog after I had been searching for a toxin-free baby shampoo for over a month. Somewhere in the midst of the research, I realized that most liquid soaps are not even soaps but detergents made of synthetic ingredients that make bubbles and lather. Those detergents (aka surfactants) often lack safety data or …
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I spent the whole year of 2014 trying all kinds of shampoos. As a result, I ruined my hair but also learned a lot. For example, I learned how to read the ingredients for any shampoo and predict accurately how it will work on my hair. I also concluded back then that so-called all-natural shampoo …
This post is for you to talk about soap-based shampoos if you have bought the Shampoo Rating List, a breakthrough way to get beautiful hair safely. If you have not yet, head over here to learn about the Shampoo Rating List. To make this forum efficient, please answer the following questions when you …
Target Up & Up Sensitive Skin Baby Wipes no longer contain a formaldehyde-releasing preservative called 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol, which may cause painful contact allergies in some people, and especially babies. Shortly after I wrote an original review, the Target Up & Up Sensitive Skin Baby Wipes were reformulated. These baby wipes now contain Phenoxyethanol and Sodium …
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In 2015, Eluxe magazine listed 9 of the best “natural” hair dyes. If you have read my blog before, you probably know that I am skeptical about the overused claim “natural,” to say the least. In 2015, I wrote an article that started by criticizing one of the “natural” hair dyes listed in the Eluxe magazine …
This post is for you to talk about Goldwell Elumen if you have bought the Permanent Hair Color Rating List. If you have not yet, head over here to learn about the Permanent Hair Color Rating List. To make this forum efficient, please answer these questions when you place a comment about Goldwell …
Have you ever wondered whether hydrating the skin is the same as moisturizing it? A lot of times these words are used interchangeably, but they actually mean different things. Some people even look for a hydrating face moisturizer because their skin is still dry even though they use a moisturizer daily. Hydrating the skin …
