Clean Up Your Routine With These Non-Toxic Products for Skin, Hair and Nails

The beauty industry is seemingly ever-changing. In addition to new products being introduced to the market every day, newer and improved ingredients are being tested and used to help treat a myriad of conditions from hair loss and thinning to uneven skin tone and premature aging. But one area that’s garnering the most attention recently is the quality and safety of the ingredients in the beauty products we use on our hair and body. This is important, especially considering the fact that federal law loopholes allow certain toxic ingredients in the formulas of cosmetics that can cause a variety of harmful effects.

Luckily, more and more product lines are offering 5- and even 7-free products, which are void of these dangerous chemicals. “When it comes to beauty products, ‘7-free’ means that they are created without seven of the most common toxins found in cosmetics, including formaldehyde, toluene, dibutyl phthalate (DBP), camphor, formaldehyde resin, xylene and ethyl tosylamide,” explains Gabriel De Santino, founder and CEO of Gabriel Cosmetics. “It’s important to avoid these ingredients because the skin (even on our scalp) is our largest organ and it absorbs everything we put on it—including these toxic chemicals—and, because our nails are very porous, these add-ins are also necessary to avoid in nail polish because we can be exposed to toxins from polish when we rub our eyes or bite our nails.”

Read on for our favorite non-toxic beauty products for skin, hair and nails.

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