Clean Beauty

I was featured in the Cosmetics Magazine Spring issue on Clean Beauty. We worked on this before COVID-19 became a real concern, but in the interest of continuing to share non-COVID info as well, I thought I’d post.  The term “Clean Beauty” is not defined by any regulatory body nor is there universal agreement around what it means. The most common way I’ve seen it used is in reference to skin care products that do not contain a lengthy list of ingredients, some of which have been deemed toxic or harmful; however, consistency as to what is “toxic or harmful” is still quite controversial. Some decisions that something is harmful are not rooted in a lot of scientific evidence. Further, describing or labeling something as “clean” or “natural” is not regulated, and in fact some of the so-called “natural” products or those using the buzzword “botanical” can in fact cause skin reactions like irritant or allergic contact dermatitis. 

The article is available as a PDF linked here.

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