Month: September 2022

Japanese Honeysuckle Extract

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✨Antimicrobial preservative often found in cosmetics

✨Behaves similar to parabens 

✨Can mimic as estrogen and act as a hormone disruptor 

✨The main chemical compound found in this is Parahydroxy Benzoic Acid or (PHBA) 

✨Parahydroxy Benzoic Acid (PHBA) 

✨Also known as; Lonicera Japonica (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract; Extract of Lonicera Japonica; Lonicera (Honeysuckle) Extract; Lonicera Extract; Lonicera Japonica Extract; Lonicera Japonica Flower Extract

✨ These preservatives can lead to; hormone disruption, decreased fertility, linked to cancer, endocrine disruption

Avobenzone

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✨Oxybenzone has been in the news, but what about Avobenzone? 

✨It is the main active ingredient in “reef safe” sunscreens 

✨This ingredients is often times found in “oxybenzone free” sunscreens 

✨Avobenzone has been found to react to chlorine which may cause a chemical/toxic reaction

✨Only protects against UV rays for only 15 minutes

DIY Make Up Remover

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Simple, clean, and cheap!

✨Grapeseed oil, only one ingredient needed. (I also sometimes will put a few drops of lavender essential oil in mine)

✨Clean, simple, easy.

✨ Glass dropper- https://amzn.to/3ty4Vx2

✨ Grapeseed Oil- https://amzn.to/3isf4oS

✨ Reusable Bamboo Cloth- https://amzn.to/3wBdgSD

✨ I personally like using this better than coconut oil, I feel like it’s less oily, and works great!