What’s on your skin care label? Have you ever asked “What’s in my shampoo? “ or pondered “ What’s in my body wash?” You are not alone. Many consumers are confused about what exactly the chemical ingredients are in skin care what they do. Get your questions about chemicals skin care ingredients answered here on our page. What’s on your label features a collection of articles that examines some of the chemicals found on ingredient labels to help you make better and more informed choices about your skin care. Learn for yourself and get detailed information about ingredients like PEG’s, formaldehyde-releasers, phthalates, TEA, DEA as well as many others you may not have heard about. Find exactly what these chemicals are, how they are made and why they are used in skin care.
What’s On Your Label? A Closer Look at Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde and Formaldehyde-Releasing Preservatives (FRPs) are chemicals used to manufacture industrial products as well as to fight microbial growth in food and cosmetics. Suspected to…
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What’s On Your Label?…. A Closer Look at 1,4 dioxane
What is it? What is 1,4-dioxane? 1,4-dioxane is an unwanted contaminant that’s created when certain chemicals are combined during the manufacturing process. Specifically, it’s created…
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What’s on Your Label? A Closer Look at Phthalates
What is it? Phthalates (pronounced thā-lates) are a group of chemicals used to soften and increase the flexibility of plastics and make them harder to…
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What’s on Your Label? A Closer Look at Triclosan
What is it? Triclosan is a microbial agent and preservative first introduced in 1957 and used as a hospital scrub in the 1970s. Later, due…
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What’s on Your Label? A Closer Look at Butylated Compounds
What is it? Butylated compounds are chemicals that are widely used as preservatives in food and in a variety of personal care products that contain…
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Whаt’ѕ оn Yоur Lаbеl? A Clоѕеr Lооk аt Coal Tar
Whаt iѕ it? What is coal tar? Cоаl tаr is a by-product of the coal burning and production process. It is a thick, viscous, dark…