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The 5 Most Common Allergens in Skincare and What to Use Instead

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One of the biggest reasons people switch to natural skincare and personal care products is because they experienced some sort of allergic or irritant reaction from synthetic chemically-based products. What’s important to understand, though, is that even natural products can cause allergies, and because many plant-derived ingredients are called something other than the plant they […]

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The Toxic?Wait?How Many? Ingredients to Avoid in Cosmetics

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We’ve been hearing a lot lately about the Toxic 12 and the Dirty Dozen chemical ingredients to avoid in cosmetics (skin care, hair care, makeup, body care products, etc.). I have written about some of these ingredients in past posts and have referenced the Toxic 12 list on several occasions. I’ve never posted an actual

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Why Synthetic Fragrances Stink

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Quite a harsh statement about ingredients that are supposed to make products more sensually appealing, isn’t it?? Most people consider fragrance to be a pleasant thing. There are many people who only purchase certain products because they love how it smells. Many stores, like Bath and Body Works, The Body Shop, and Aveda depend on

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