With the launch of our clean beauty category, we asked our estheticians about the most common clean beauty terms, phrases, and what they mean when navigating the clean beauty industry.
Clean
The majority consensus is that ‘clean’ means products that are free of known or suspected toxins1. Keep your eyes peeled for products listed as clean if you prefer to reduce your exposure to known or suspected toxins when possible. Some ingredients to be mindful of when checking your product labels are:
Parabens
Fragrances
Aluminum Compounds
Ethoxylated Agents
Formaldehyde
Refined Petroleum
Hydroquinone
Talc
Triclosan
Silica
Oxybenzone
For the full list of ingredients that are excluded from being featured in our clean beauty category, check out our page here!