Personal care items like cosmetics, shampoo, and conditioner often unnecessarily contain harmful ingredients. They are damaging to both you and the environment.
We’ve made a list of 8 common ingredients to avoid that cause hair and skin damage, longer term health risks, and environmental harm.
You won’t find any of these on The Earthling Co. labels, but you might want to double check your other products!
Silicones are often used to prevent moisture loss, but they simply sit on top of the skin or hair causing clogged pores, breakouts, and masking hair damage. It is common for hair damage to become more noticeable when switching to a shampoo without silicones because of this masking effect. Silicones are also not readily biodegradable.
Most alcohols have a drying and damaging effect. These alcohols that cause hair and skin damage usually have a “prop” in their name like isopropyl alcohol. The higher up in the ingredients list they appear, the more alcohols the product contains. Not all alcohols are bad for your hair and skin health. There are fatty alcohols that don’t have any damaging effects and help hair retain moisture like Cetearyl alcohol and stearyl alcohol.
Synthetic fragrances can have thousands of ingredients that make up the fragrance, and many of them are petroleum-based. Many of these hidden ingredients in synthetic fragrance can irritate the scalp and skin leading to hair loss, disrupt the reproductive system, and lead to an increased risk for cancer or asthma.
The Earthling Co. is committed to sourcing natural, non-toxic ingredients that are safe for human use and have a minimal impact on the environment. You can find more information in our ingredient database.
If you are suffering from hair loss, unhealthy hair growth, dry skin, or frequent breakouts and think chemicals such as the ones mentioned above may be to blame, try switching to our natural and effective hair care and skin care products.
