Beauty product ingredients to avoid #ditchthejunk UK

Microfibre cloths actually irritate my sensitive skin and my hubby told me a couple of years ago they make their way into our waterways so I’ve never used them since.

so we all know about microbeads and their damage to the environment and thankfully most companies have removed this ingredient. Maybe I’m late to the party but I only just found out about microplastics and they are just as bad and pollute the environment.

Things like microfiber cloths and cleansing balms that contain polyethylene are two common microplastics. Now I’m torn because I love my cleansing balms! The Clinique Take the Day Off Balm, Heimish All Clean Balm are my two holy grails and they both have it 🙁

And those microfiber cloths we all think are great for the environment because they take our makeup off with just water well they are no good too 🙁

I love when awareness is created on this topic, especially when it is for such a great cause. There are so many unnecessary nasties in so many products out there!

I am not overly concerned. I don’t know the % of PHMB in garner micellar but typically a preservative is present in solution form (e.g. contact lens solution) in 0.01 to 0.0001% (2 to 4 decimal places). In the study that I looked at in the past it is only a problem when it’s present in “up to 0.3%” (I take it as meaning when it is present in 0.3% or more as it doesn’t make sense if it is interpreted as harmful if present in 0 to 0.3% and not harmful if more than 0.3%). Of course, better to be not there than to be there, but almost anything present in a huge concentration could potentially be harmful.

I made a comment on the Garnier Micellar water trial team about why I don’t use it due to banned ingredient polyaminopropyl biguanide (PHMB) linked article here:

https://kemi.taenk.dk/bliv-groennere/banned-and-potentially-cancer-causing-substance-still-found-personal-care-products

Several other brands like L’Occitane, Loreal and La Roche Posay are also implicated. Lucky there are so many other products on the market and we can vote with our $

Pity Australia doesn’t have the high standards that many European countries have then we wouldn’t have to be so aware. Thanks to overseas standards many companies have removed this ingredient from their products (those are marked with a *).

There are a lot of products there which I like to use 🙁

I’m shocked that a classic like Maybelline Great Lash mascara is on the Ditch list.

Pretty sure Essie doesn’t have formaldehyde as such in their polishes…although they do contain formaldehyde resin, which I’m not entirely sure is good or bad. If so, then I think I’ll have to dob OPI in as well.

I use coal tar shampoo sometimes. Now I’m a bit concerned. I wasn’t aware coal tar was a bad ingredient. I’ve been using to treat dry scalp sometimes. I don’t use it regularly.

I have recently switched some of my beauty products. I do my best to avoid coal tar, DEA, Formaldehyde, Lead, Mercury and Talc. All bad for my body.