Tip: Researching Product Ingredients

Understanding the ingredients in beauty products that you use is most important in promoting hair and skin health. Reading and understanding the label of beauty products is the first step in determining the true quality of the product. To aid in this research, there are many websites that provide safety information about beauty product ingredients. http://www.cosmeticsinfo.org This Web site contains information about the safety, testing and regulation of cosmetics and personal care products and the ingredients they contain. Safety information is contained in a database of more than 2,000 ingredients, with new ingredient safety information frequently being added. This ingredient safety information is for the most commonly used ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products, and has been reviewed by the Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) Expert Panel, an independent body of scientific experts who assess the safety of cosmetic ingredients. http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/ EWG’s data gives you practical solutions to protect yourself and your family from the health risks we all face from everyday exposures to myriad industrial chemicals.