my list of things to avoid

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September 25, 2011 at 10:32 pm #1202
Mischa89	clearly I am obsessive about it: Acrylates Aluminum Benzalkonium chloride Benzyl alcohol BHA Boric acid Bronopol / 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol Butylene glycol Carbomer 934, 940, 941, 960, 961C Ceteareth compounds Cetalkonium chloride Cetrimonium bromide Cetrimonium chloride Coal tar Cocamide DEH Cocamide MEA Cyclomethicone Diazolidinyl urea Diethanolamine (DEA) Dimethicone Dimethicone copolyol Dyes FD+C Blue 1 FD+C Green 3 Formeldehyde Fragrance Hydantoin / DMDM Hydantoin Hydroquinone Imidazolidinyl urea Iodopropynyl butylcarbamate Isopropyl alcohol (SD-40) Lauramide DEA Lauryl dimonium hydrolyzed collagen Lead Mercury Methacrylates Methylchloroisothiazolinone Methylisothiazolinone Mineral Oil Oxybenzone Parabens Paraffin Petroleum Phenonip Phthalates Polyethylene glycol (PEG) / PEG compounds Propylene glycol Quaternary ammonium compounds (Quats) Quaternium-15 Quaternium 1-29 Sodium borate Sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES) Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) Stearalkonium chloride Talc Tocopherol acetate Toluene Triclosan Triethanolamine (TEA)
September 27, 2011 at 5:45 pm #1240
Scubagirly	If these things are so terrible should they be banned? Are the genuinely harmful? Is there science behind the ‘its not good for you, avoid it?’ or is this more of a preference thing?
September 27, 2011 at 9:29 pm #1274
LittleMamaL	Oh thank you both! I am really impressed with the comprehensiveness of your list. I am totally printing it out. Thank you for the natural line rec. I love that I can try it without committing a ton of money!
September 28, 2011 at 10:14 am #1300
almostsinglemom	Wow! That is one heck of a list! How do you remember that all! Can I steal it and print it out so when I shop I can refer to it for reference? I love that you alphabetized it!
September 28, 2011 at 12:17 pm #1353
vrosenbaum	That is a great list. Many of these ingredients have been banned, but not in the United States. The European Union has very strong regulations on the skin care products industry. Why doesn’t the US? Well anyone who knows what a multi-million dollar lobbying campaign can do to prevent laws that affect a corporation’s bottom line will understand why. The skin care lobby is way to powerful! That’s why we have to keep ourselves informed.