It’s what we leave out that counts. The bar for CLEAN keeps moving and we move with it.
Here is a list of our excluded ingredients:
Parabens
Sulfates: SLS & SLES
Phthalates
Mineral Oil
Formaldehydes
Formaldehyde-releasing agents
Retinyl
Palmitate (unless RSPO certified)
Oxybenzone
Coal
Tar
Hydroquinone
Triclosan
Triclocarban
Synthetic fragrances (allowable at concentrations below 1% of total formula)
Ethyl acrylate
Ethyl methacrylate
Methyl methacrylate
Butyl methacrylate
Hydroxypropyl methacrylate
Tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate
Trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate
Benzophenone Related Compounds
Butoxyethanol
Lead
Lead Acetate
Methyl Cellosolve
Methoxyethanol
Methylchloroisothiazolinone
Methylisothiazolinone
Mercury
Mercury Compounds (Thimerisol)
Insoluble Plastic Microbeads
Resorcinol
Talc
Toluene
BHA
BHT: BHT threshold is 0.1%
DEA
TEA
MEA
ETA
Nanoparticles – as defined by EU
Petrolatum
Parrafin Phenoxyethanol (and) Caprylyl Glycol (unless ECOCERT approved)
Polyacrylamide
Acrylamide