Cleaning Up Your Beauty Routine

W3ll People Moisturizer // W3ll People Concealer // W3ll People Baked Bronzer // W3ll People Nudist Palette // W3ll People Mascara // W3ll People Brow Gel // ILIA Multi Stick // RMS Beauty Luminizer // W3ll People Powder

After sharing the documentary "Toxic Beauty", many of you have decided to clean up your beauty routine along with me. There is so much to learn and oh so many products to go through to find good ones. 

Unfortunately, the beauty industry is zero help when trying to find clean safe products. The industry is virtually unregulated, The Food and Drug Administration does not even require the basic safety testing of ingredients in personal care products before they are used.

Companies also take advantage of the soft regulations on beauty products and labels. They can use words such as clean, safe, natural or toxic-free, even if their products are filled with ingredients that might be unsafe because of lack of regulation. 

So the only way you can really know if the product is safe is to read the ingredients, and if you have tried to read the ingredients list of a typical product on your bathroom shelf, then you know that is easier said then done. I hope to get to a point where I can turn over any label, read the ingredients and instantly know if a chemical listed is potentially dangerous or not. Since I do not have the knowledge to do that I have to take the time to sit at my computer and look up each and every ingredient listed. Lucky there are a few resources that can help us navigate these ingredient lists. 

There are two main apps and a website I have been using to help me decide what products to ditch and which ones are safe to us: 

Though, even these apps can be flawed and opinion based, but I still think they are great for determining if a product is generally safe. If you want to explore them, just click on the photo of the one you want to try!

WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?

  1. Use less products, streamline your beauty routine and if you don’t absolutely need a product, ditch it. 

  2. Watch out for these appealing claims that actually mean nothing:

    • Natural

    • Organic

    • Non-toxic

    • Botanical

    • Clean

    • Hypoallergenic

    • Physician approved

    • Simple

    • Safe

    • Eco-Friendly

    • Green

  3. Avoid the big offenders (which you can read more about in the links below):

  4. Find products with a short ingredients list that you actually understand! 

  5. Find brands/ friends /influencers you trust

I want to note that I am not trying to be 100% clean, I am just trying to be better and make healthier choices. I am looking at this the same way I look at my relationship with food, I want most of my choices to be clean and healthy but I still want to enjoy certain splurges now and again.

“NOT ALL CHEMICALS ARE BAD AND NOT ALL NATURAL SUBSTANCES ARE GOOD.

There are people, doctors, professionals on every side of this, and I am not here to debate it, This is simply the choice I am making for my home and I am sharing my journey with all of you.

I hope this post has taught you a few things about clean makeup and clean living in general. I will continue to share my journey and choices with you, I hope you do the same in the comments below! Let’s help one another!

Also, if you’re interested in learning more about other clean beauty products I am currently using, check out the What’s in My Medicine Cabinet blog post I published previously.

Much Love,

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