controversial ingredients Archives – Beautiful With Brains Taking the guesswork out of skincare Fri, 19 Jan 2024 09:15:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.4 Cyclomethicone: What Does It Do In Skincare? https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/know-your-ingredients-cyclomethicone/ https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/know-your-ingredients-cyclomethicone/#comments Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:39:00 +0000 http://beautifulwithbrains.wordpress.com/?p=6110 What does Cyclomethicone do in skincare? If you take a look at the back of your skincare products, you’ll find Cyclomethicone has slithered its way almost everywhere. Thank its texture for it. It gives it some unique properties that make it a pleasure for formulators to work with and for us to use. And yet, […]

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]]> Is Alcohol In Skincare As Bad As Paula Begoun Says? https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/alcohol-skincare-bad/ Fri, 10 Mar 2023 01:15:00 +0000 https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/?p=119449 Is alcohol for skin, really? Whenever your skin feels tight and dry after using a new skincare product, it’s easy to jump to conclusions and blame it all on alcohol. This controversial ingredient is accused of every possible skin crime you can think of: 👉 It terribly dries out and dehydrates skin. 👉 It kills […]

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]]> Is Propylene Glycol Dangerous? https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/is-propylene-glycol-dangerous/ https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/is-propylene-glycol-dangerous/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2023 13:06:00 +0000 http://beautifulwithbrains.com/?p=18740 WTF?! There’s anti-freeze in my moisturizer?! That’s the first thing that comes up when you Google Propylene Glycol. Other worrying results include “toxic”, “carcinogenic,” and “dangerous”. It’s enough to make you wanna toss any skincare products with Propylene Glycol in the bin and write a scathing letter to your congressman. And yet… Can you really […]

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]]> https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/is-propylene-glycol-dangerous/feed/ 24 Skincare Ingredients I Avoid And Why (Hint: They’re Not The Usual Culprits) https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/skincare-ingredients-i-avoid/ https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/skincare-ingredients-i-avoid/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2022 13:08:00 +0000 http://beautifulwithbrains.com/?p=44336 Warning: this is NOT your usual toxic skincare ingredients to avoid list. You won’t find the usual suspects here. I won’t tell you to avoid silicones, parabens and mineral oil. Those are all perfectly fine (but they did make it onto my Top 7 Unfairly Maligned Ingredients). The truth is there’s nothing in your skincare that’s […]

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]]> https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/skincare-ingredients-i-avoid/feed/ 19 Why Is There Snail Slime In My Skincare Products?! https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/why-is-there-snail-slime-in-my-skincare-products/ https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/why-is-there-snail-slime-in-my-skincare-products/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2020 07:15:00 +0000 http://beautifulwithbrains.com/?p=50860 Say what?! There’s snail slime in my skincare products?! Eww! *throws them all away* Ok, not really. That was my first instinct. Because snail slime = gross. Who the heck wants to use it? Koreans. Of course. They’ve heard the Chilean farmers who grow snails for food have super smooth hands. Their cuts heal faster […]

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