Skin and Body care product ingredients

The Benefits of Curiosity

Do you remember when you were young and curious?

Do you recall how everything was worth investigating as a child. Why crabs scuttled under rocks at the beach? Why ants scurried around when it was going to rain? Curiosity led to some great discoveries, conversations and learnings. As adults, we are often too exhausted to be curious! We can google the things that we really need answers for and the “stuff” in between usually just falls by the wayside.

It pays to be curious about skin and body care products before you use them. Many activated charcoal skin and body care products contain a range of natural and organic ingredients that will nourish your skin. But sometimes the ingredient list contains items that are worth being curious about. We have just added a Resources page to our website which contains some links for websites, tools and apps we hope will help you discover something new about the skin and body care products you use.

Some websites, tools and apps are ready for you to explore on our Resources page when your curiosity kicks in. Here’s a sneak peak in the meantime:

The latest websites, tools and apps

What do you know about the ingredients in your favourite activated charcoal skin and body care product? A lot? Just a little? Here are a few tools to help you navigate the market to find skin and body care products that are just right for you, your ethics and your skin.

Think Dirty this app “empowers ingredient-conscious consumer to choose the safest beauty + personal products”

EWG’s Skin Deep Cosmetic Database  – EWG’s Skin Deep database “gives you practical solutions to protect yourself and your family from everyday exposures to chemicals”. An App is also available

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) – “dedicated to establishing and protecting the rights of all animals”

Leaping Bunny – “connecting compassionate consumers with cruelty-free brands”. Free app also available for iPhone and Android

Campaign for Safer Cosmetics – “Since 2004, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics has used smarts and sass to pressure the cosmetics industry to make safer products.

Nourished Life – this site has a really fantastic Glossary of Ingredients for non-toxic ingredients

Women’s Voices for the Earth – “amplifying women’s voices to eliminate the toxic chemicals that harm our health and communities”.

US Food and Drug Administration –  responsible for protecting the public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices; and by ensuring the safety of USA’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation

Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances – learn more about the mandatory information standards for cosmetic labelling which have been introduced to increase consumer welfare and wellbeing by providing specified information about goods or services they may be buying

Let us know what websites, tools and apps you use when you are curious about activated charcoal skin and body care products. C&B

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