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The right ingredients for your skin type
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The right ingredients for your skin type
When choosing a product, read the list of ingredients and remember this simple rule: if you can’t pronounce it, and wouldn’t eat it, don’t put it on your skin.
Avoid chemicals with:
- DEA (diethanolamine)
- MEA (monoethanolamine)
- TEA (triethanolamine)
'These chemicals are already restricted in Europe due to known carcinogenic effects. Dr. Samuel Epstein (Professor of Environmental Health at the University of Illinois) says that repeated skin applications . . . of DEA-based detergents resulted in a major increase in the incidence of liver and kidney cancer. Often used in cosmetics to adjust the pH, and used with many fatty acids to convert acid to salt (stearate), which then becomes the base for a cleanser. TEA causes allergic reactions including eye problems, dryness of hair and skin, and could be toxic if absorbed into the body over a long period of time.
From Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)'
Oily skin
Ingredients to look for
• organic lemon peel oil
• witch hazel
• burdock
• green clay
• organic echinacea
• organic lavender
• lemon myrtle
• plantain
• calendula
• tea tree
• lemon myrtle.
Blemishes
Ingredients to look for
• organic thyme
• plantain
• marshmallow
• natural green clay
• organic echinacea
• witch hazel
• organic lavender
• lemon myrtle
• tea tree
Dry skin
Ingredients to look for
• organic geranium
• hops, chamomile
• gotu kola
• horsetail
• avocado
• rosehip seed oil
• horsetail
• nettle
• roman chamomile
• rose essential oils
Sensitive skin
Ingredients to look for
• organic bergamot
• chamomile
• iron oxide rich red clay
• organic chamomile
• organic St John's wort
• lavender wort
• horse chestnut
• essential oils like carrot and chamomile
• nut and seed oils and butters
• chamomiles (German and Roman)
• calendula
• carrot
Normal/combination skin
Ingredients to look for
• organic seed butters and oils
• organic rosehip seed oil
• jojoba
• calendula
• chamomile
• olive leaf
• lavender
• organic olive leaf
• calendula
• marshmallow
• pink clay
• organic marshmallow
• calendula
• organic orange peel oil
Products I use and love. They are certified organic to intenational food standards. Free of harmful chemicals, synthetics and GMO.
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