May's Beauty Products
How To Clean Up Your Beauty Routine - Not only are the products better for the planet, but they work better than before...
Lipstick:
Lick your lips and the ingredients in conventional options like cadmium and lead go straight into your body.
The Swap: Pigment-rich, nontoxic formulas with rose or grape seed oils. Try Kosas Lipstick in Stardust £22.
Perfume:
Phthalates improve the lasting power of scents, but they may have hormone-disrupting effects. Be wary of the term fragrance on ingredient labels, which may be masking phthalates.
The Swap: Explicitly phthalates-free perfumes lines like Atelier Cologne in Iris Rebelle £113 have chic, refined scents.
Shampoo:
The scalp can absorb a particularly large amount of what you put on it.
The Swap: Look for formulas free of sulphates (these chemicals can be irritating) so try Alba Botanical Daily Clarifying Shampoo £8.99
Sunscreen:
Two arguments for switching to mineral SPF, lab studies show that UV-blocking chemicals like oxybenzone may be hormone disrupters while another study found that oxybenzone can damage coral reefs as it ends up in the ocean via wastewater.
The Swap: It is recommended that the mineral UV Blockers zinc oxide or titanium dioxide found in the gentle-on-sensitive skin Drunk Elephant Umbra Physical SPF 30 £29.99
Nail Polish:
One study found that chemicals in lacquers could leach into your body via your nails.
The Swap:
Polishes labelled "5-Free" or "8-Free" like Tenoverten in Liberty £13.99, have stripped away chemicals like carcinogenic and formaldehyde.
Lipstick:
Lick your lips and the ingredients in conventional options like cadmium and lead go straight into your body.
The Swap: Pigment-rich, nontoxic formulas with rose or grape seed oils. Try Kosas Lipstick in Stardust £22.
Perfume:
Phthalates improve the lasting power of scents, but they may have hormone-disrupting effects. Be wary of the term fragrance on ingredient labels, which may be masking phthalates.
The Swap: Explicitly phthalates-free perfumes lines like Atelier Cologne in Iris Rebelle £113 have chic, refined scents.
Shampoo:
The scalp can absorb a particularly large amount of what you put on it.
The Swap: Look for formulas free of sulphates (these chemicals can be irritating) so try Alba Botanical Daily Clarifying Shampoo £8.99
Sunscreen:
Two arguments for switching to mineral SPF, lab studies show that UV-blocking chemicals like oxybenzone may be hormone disrupters while another study found that oxybenzone can damage coral reefs as it ends up in the ocean via wastewater.
The Swap: It is recommended that the mineral UV Blockers zinc oxide or titanium dioxide found in the gentle-on-sensitive skin Drunk Elephant Umbra Physical SPF 30 £29.99
Nail Polish:
One study found that chemicals in lacquers could leach into your body via your nails.
The Swap:
Polishes labelled "5-Free" or "8-Free" like Tenoverten in Liberty £13.99, have stripped away chemicals like carcinogenic and formaldehyde.
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