Did you know that most beauty products contain ingredients that are not recommended or have an adverse effect on the body. These ingredients can cause a threat to your own health if used in the long run.
1. Formaldehyde
This ingredient is usually found in soap, shampoo, conditioner, hair gel, nail polish, eye shadow, and mascara. Formaldehyde is a derivative of a colorless and odorless gas as an industrial disinfectant.
Formaldehyde serves to prevent microbial growth in a variety of products, ranging from building materials, to beauty products or personal care. Formaldehyde has been considered a carcinogen that can cause cancer and skin irritation.
Avoid the content of Formaldehyde, Quaternium-15, DMDM Hydantoin, Imidazolidinyl Urea, Diazolidinyl Urea, Polyoxymethylene Urea, Sodium Hydroxymethylglycinate, and Glyoxal. Ever heard of this content?
2. Perfume
Perfume content can now be found in perfumes, colognes, soaps, scrubs, lotions, shampoos and conditioners. Perfume has been shown to irritate allergic skin, dermatitis, affect the respiratory system and reproductive system.
Avoid Fragrance, Perfume, Perfume, Essential Oils and Scents. Of course, you are already familiar with this one in beauty products, right?
3. Parabens
Parabens are mostly found in shampoo, conditioner, lotion, facial cleanser, shaving gel, and tan products. Parabens itself is a collection of different chemicals that have similar molecular structures.
Parabens serves to prevent microbial growth, which is why parabens belong to the most commonly preserved preservatives in personal care products. Since the 1990s, parabens were found to have the ability to mimic estrogen in the human body and estrogen disorders themselves have been linked to breast cancer and reproductive problems.
Then in 2004, the presence of parabens was found in malignant breast tumors. Avoid Ethylparaben, Butylparaben, Methylparaben, or anything that is written as Parabens.
4. Mineral Oil
Mineral Oil is commonly found in baww oil, lotion, body moisturizer, eye cream, lip makeup, and lip balm. Mineral Oil is a clear and odorless liquid that comes from petroleum.
Mineral Oil has a light texture and easily makes the skin lose moisture. Although it sounds natural, Mineral Oil actually prevents the skin from breathing properly.
Mineral Oil coat the skin like a plastic wrap, disrupts the skin's natural immune barrier, and inhibits its ability to breathe, and absorb nutrients. This is what causes blackheads and acne to increase
Avoid Mineral Oil, White Mineral Oil, Paraffin Oil, Petrolatum, Paraffinum, and Liquid Petroleum. Do you often use care products with this content?
5. Triclosan
Triclosan content is commonly found in anti-bacterial soaps, detergents, toothpastes, tooth whitening products, shaving products, and deodorants. Triclosan was originally developed as a medical scrub for the medical world, a preservative designed to fight microbes.
Recent research shows that Triclosan can help bacteria resistant to bacteria. Triclosan can affect the endocrine system, disrupting the thyroid hormone and reproduction that irritates the skin.
Avoid the content of Triclosan and Triclocarban. What content do you find most often in beauty products?