product safety
Product Safety: a Useful Database

I have written before about certain ingredients which are best avoided. You can check if these ingredients are in your product by looking at the ingredients list (also known as the INCI list). But I realise that for many, this is like reading “Double Dutch”.

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Angel Dusting

A common occurrence in the cosmetics world is so called “angel dusting”. This means that a minimum amount of active ingredients is added to a product. The active ingredient can be placed on the ingredients list even though there is no possibility that it can have any effect.

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