If most of us knew what chemicals were lurking in our everyday nail polish, we'd never polish our nails! Seriously. Lab tests have discovered some pretty gnarly ingredients in nail polish including the toxic trio—dibutyl phthalate, toluene and formaldehyde, all of which pose health risks, especially to salon workers. Luckily, there are harm-free nail polish lines popping up on the market every day, like Base Coat, founded by Tran Wills, which is 100 percent non-toxic and promotes healthy nail growth and strengthens nails. It's also organic, vegan and cruelty-free, so you can feel good about your polish on the regular.
This entire hair care line qualifies as 7-free, but we have to give a shout out to the Coconut Milk Repair Masque, which softens, adds shine and reduces breakage all without the use of harsh chemicals that have long been staples of the hair care industry (sulfates, silicones, alcohols, phalates, etc.). All ingredients are plant-derived, such as jojoba oil, olive oil, coconut oil, sweet almond oil, avocado oil, vitamin E, citric acid and rosemary essential oil.
Dawes Custom Cosmetics Miracle Plumping and Moisturizing Lip Treatment, $25
This all-natural, cruelty-free, cosmetic line, is not only free from harmful chemicals, but it also offers organic and vegan options in both lipsticks and lip glosses. After all, shouldn't we feel good about what we're putting on our lips and likely ingesting on the regular? Perhaps the second coolest perk about this company is that they allow you to create custom-curated lip hues by choosing one of the 600 possible combos of base, scent, flavor and enhancement. The options are pretty much endless and they're all 100 percent safe.
This concealer covers all the bases. Not only is it crease-proof and long-wearing, but it provides next-level protection from environmental pollutants (which is always a plus) thanks to all-natural fermented algae. It's both vegan and cruelty-free, as well as free of parabens, fragrance, mineral oil, talc, gluten, phthalates and certain damaging sulfates, so you can feel good about what seeps into your pores on a daily basis.
