Tag Archives | cosmetics chemicals

Startling new study links phthalates found in cosmetics to early menopause

By on October 26, 2012 in Harmful Cosmetics Ingredients, Health and Wellbeing

If you’re a regular reader of our blog, you’ll know we’ve been waging a war against the widespread use of the chemical group phthalates for some time now, blogging about [… Read More]

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This ‘natural’ moisturiser may do more harm than good

By on July 23, 2012 in Beauty

  Back in February, we did this post, You Won’t Believe The Toxins Contained In This ‘Natural Skincare’ Product. It has been a popular post with our readers, because we [… Read More]

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Parabens, phthalates & PEGs: the 3 Ps of cosmetics chemicals

By on July 13, 2012 in Harmful Cosmetics Ingredients, Health and Wellbeing

Parabens As we wrote in this post, parabens are the most widely used synthetic preservatives in cosmetics and skincare products. They are found in most of the nearly 25,000 cosmetics [… Read More]

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The 2 highly toxic cosmetics ingredients that cause most skin allergies

By on June 22, 2012 in Beauty, Harmful Cosmetics Ingredients, Health and Wellbeing

Skin allergies to cosmetics and skincare products are extremely common and are about as much fun as going camping in a hail storm. If you’ve ever experienced sore, red, itchy, [… Read More]

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There’s nothing sexy about synthetic fragrance

By on March 26, 2012 in Harmful Cosmetics Ingredients

Mukti is usually the one raving about the evils of synthetic fragrances, but today it’s MY turn. On a flight from Brisbane to Sydney recently, a nicely dressed, well-groomed man [… Read More]

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