Dangerous and/or Toxic Cosmetic Ingredients (Part I)

Become an ingredient expert. I promise you that you will find at least one (or all) of these dangerous ingredients in almost all of your hair and skin care products.

Here are the first 10; I will give you more as time goes on (I promise)

Petrolatum (soft paraffin, white petrolatum, petroleum jelly) - this is derivative of petrol/ gasoline; it's a lung irritant and non-biodegradable environmental toxin.

Propylene Glycol (PG) - eye irritant and has been linked to conjunctivitis; can cause upper respiratory tract irritation. This is also found in your vehicle's anti-freeze.

Mineral Oil (liquid petrolatum) - causes blood and skin cancer formations in animals; eye and skin irritant; derived from petroleum; non-biodegradable environmental toxin.

Methylparaben - is used as a preservative in a lot of hair & skin care products. Known to be a skin & eye irritant; endocrine disruptor linked to breast cancer; environmental contaminant.

Polyparaben - in fact, and any other paraben is an irritant; also known to be a skin & eye irritant; endocrine disruptor linked to breast cancer; environmental contaminant.

Isopropyl Alcohol (SD-40) - human neurotoxin; skin, eye, and lung irritant; vapors causes drowsiness and dizziness, causes skin dehydration; may promote brown spots and premature aging of skin. This is also a derivative of petroleum.

Cetyl Alcohol - skin & eye irritant.

Ceteareth-(with any number after it) - Unsafe for use on broken skin; eye and lung irritant; contaminant with 1,4-Dioxane (found in fumigants and automotive coolant).

Dimeticone (Dimethicone) - petroleum derivative; environmental toxin. Used for it's silicone like properties especially in conditioners, but perpetrated as being safer than silicone.

Phenoxyethanol - linked to allergic contact uritica and dermatitis; endocrine disruptor and carcinogen in animals.