Women can use up to 20 different products in their daily beauty routine, without realizing that many of them contain harmful chemicals such as parabens, BPA, phthalates, disodium EDTA or fragrances, among many others. The list of ingredients and products to avoid can seem discouragingly long, but we have selected our 5 favorite eco-personal care products to make the task easier for you, and to help you protect the environment too.

Fragrances are chemical compounds which are added to a product (perfume, face lotion, candle, etc) to give it a scent. Of course, most of these chemicals (there are about 3000 of them…) are synthetic and derived from petroleum. 

Finding a Safe Sunscreen might prove a bit discouraging and infuriating, as most sunscreen chemicals are far from innocuous. According to the EWG ^[1], 84 % of the 785 sunscreens they tested offer inadequate protection from the sun's harmful rays, or contain ingredients with safety concerns.

With over 500 chemical substances used in conventional perfumes, the safety of which is not checked and regulated by the FDA, it is very important for skin allergy and asthma sufferers to switch to natural, organic perfumes.