What conservatives should be avoided in cosmetics?
What conservatives should be avoided in cosmetics?
In the cosmetic universe, many ingredients are to be banned. These are ingredients that can be found in the Care composition, but which have many negative effects:
- Irritation
- Allergies
- Skin dryness
Suffice to say that offer such products in your Beauty or spa institute is out of the question! Especially if you want to take care of your customers, and make sure they want to come.
But among all the (sometimes incomprehensible) ingredients that are found on Care labels, Which are to be avoided?
In the heart of the debates, we find the conservative.
And even the Conservatives in natural cosmetics, who can also have side effects, If they are not well chosen.
When you study Cosmetics composition labels, Some ingredients are therefore to be avoided. But which ones?
Green Spa, your supplier of organic cosmetics, presents the various preservatives to prevent at all costs in your products.
The parabens
First of all, it is impossible to do an article on the Conservatives to banish without talking about parabens.
You must have heard of it, a decade ago: parabens are among the ingredients we don't want.
They can cause allergies, are harmful to the environment, and in the long term, for the skin.
Unfortunately, there are still parabens in many Cosmetic products. Especially the non -biological cosmetics, Because organic regulations prohibit the presence of parabens in Natural cosmetics.
But the worst on the parabens is that they drape themselves different names. No supplier will proclaim loudly “parabens”On his label.
No, it is much more subtle: the parabens bear the name of paraoxybenzoate, hydroxybenzoate, or even E214 or E219, to mislead you.
So beware of the exact composition of the products you offer: do not hesitate to find out about each component you do not understand.
The triclosan
More classic, triclosan is also a synthetic antibacterial which has conservation properties.
Admittedly, it acts effectively against the formation of bacteria in creams. But in parallel with this efficiency, it acts on the functioning of the thyroid, creates residues carcinogenic and cause inflammation.
Without forgetting that it is, of course, harmful to the environment. Everything we love!
Good to know:
Since 2017, many cosmetics manufacturers have been fighting to obtain a pure and simple triclosan ban, responsible for far too many ailments. It's for the moment a failure, but we cross our fingers!
Cerimonium Broamide
That's it: we enter the category of improntable curators.
CETrimonium BRIMIDE is a allergen famous in the cosmetic world. So famous, that it is still allowed in the composition of products, whether creams face or body creams.
It is often found in Face tonic lotions, as well as in hair products. But know that it is a very bad ingredient for Dry and sensitive skins.
It is one of the ingredients found in moisturizing creams ... and which tend to dry the skin. To avoid!
Put it
Sorry for James Bond fans, but in this case, MIT is only the methylisothiazolinone, a curator who is effectively replacing parabens.
It is often found in shower gels and shampoos Not bios. Provided by all dermatologists worthy of the name, methylisothiazolinone is a very powerful skin irritant.
Redness, itching, eczema: it has many side effects which are not necessarily appreciable for your scalp.
Good to know:
MIT is so famous in the United States, it was elected Allergen of the year 2013 ! Sacred award for a curator that is unfortunately still found in bad cosmetics.
Put it
THE Benzyl Alcohol (also called Benzyl alcohol) is used in Non -biological cosmetics, but is also very widespread in Organic cosmetics.
It has the distinction of avoiding the development of bacteria in Creams and scrubs, But also to effectively tighten skin pores.
Phenoxyethanol
Phenoxyethanol is one of the conservatives that we can rarely avoid ... we find it in almost all non -biological cosmetics.
The reason he is also known is because in addition to participating in the Product conservation, it is also a perfume fixer and an effective stabilizer.
But this is a derivative of glycol ethers, which has many side effects for quality and skin care.
The formaldehyde
Finally, if you can, avoid at all costs Formols. They are certainly very effective preservatives, but they have the distinction of breaking down by producing a harmful gas.
Bad for health in case inhalation, it is classified as a class A allergen. And to refine pleasure, it is also a carcinogen agent known by the International Center for Research on Cancer.