STEP THREE: SWITCH TO SAFER
LOOK FOR PRODUCTS by companies dedicated to safety, transparency, and ongoing accountability.
Leading the safer product movement is Beautycounter, a company committed to never using an ingredient related to human health risks. Beautycounter’s stringent screening process is unlike any other in the beauty industry. Beautycounter evaluates ingredients by asking three questions: Is it safe? Does it work? Do we need it? The Beautycounter Never List is a great resource to carry with you when shopping for products.
Ingredient Selection Process
Making safer products starts with safer ingredients. Their five-step Ingredient Selection Process truly sets Beautycounter apart.
Ban Intentionally: The Never List: 1,500 questionable or harmful ingredients we do not use, no matter what (including nearly 1,400 cosmetic ingredients banned in the European Union).
Screen Rigorously: Using the best available data, we screen every potential ingredient, considering it both individually and within a mixture of chemicals, as it would be in a final product. After all, if a company removes one toxic chemical and replaces it with another, nothing has been done to actually protect our health.
Learn Constantly: We regularly review emerging data on ingredients and even commission our own studies. The absence of data does not mean that a chemical is safe.
Source Responsibly
– Choose the best available ingredient options.
– Work to source ingredients from non-GMO, sustainable sources, many of which are organic.
– Over 80% of our ingredients are natural or plant-derived.
– Ask for certificates of purity, and test for heavy metal contamination.
– Work to manufacture all products in the U.S.
– Do not test products or ingredients on animals.
Share Transparently: Every ingredient we use is shared on our product packaging, online, and in EWG’s Skin Deep database. We share the source of all ingredients.
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a non-profit industry watchdog which has created a database that rates products for safety. You can enter a product name or ingredient and see a rating as well as information about the contents and concerns. There’s an app for phones that enables you to scan product barcodes. The website version is excellent for researching specific ingredients if a specific product isn’t in their database.
Environmental Working Group database: http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/
Start now! Grab your daily products and scan them! I loved knowing which products are safer and which products to throw away. I immediately threw out the products with lead and other heavy metals. We don’t have to go another day putting harmful ingredients on ourselves or loved ones!
Learn more about Beautycounter–a company dedicated to full transparency, safer formula development, safer ingredient sourcing, safer manufacturing practices, safer packaging, and batch testing for every single batch that is produced. Beautycounter is a trustworthy company with excellent safer products.