Clean Personal Products 🧴

WHAT IT IS

Personal care products include things you use every day: Shampoo, conditioner, body wash, lotion, deodorant, makeup. These don’t just sit on your skin—many ingredients can be absorbed into the body or inhaled.

WHY IT MATTERS

In the U.S., personal care products are not tightly regulated before they hit shelves.

Companies are largely responsible for their own safety testing, and many ingredients used here are restricted or banned in other countries.

Some commonly used chemicals have been linked (not always proven) to hormone disruption, skin irritation, or long-term health concerns.

This doesn’t mean every product is dangerous.
But it does mean awareness matters.

THINK “TOTALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES”

One product isn’t the issue.

It’s the daily, repeated exposure across many products:

Shampoo

Body wash

Lotion

Chapstick

Makeup

Sunscreen

Over time, it adds up.

You don’t need perfection—just better overall choices.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR

You don’t need to memorize ingredient lists. Keep it simple:

Fewer ingredients

Fragrance-free or naturally scented

Brands that are transparent about what they use

A helpful tool: Environmental Working Group
→ Their Skin Deep database lets you quickly check product safety ratings.

WHAT HELPS

Swap products gradually (no need to throw everything out)

Prioritize what you use most often

Choose quality over quantity

WHAT TO AVOID (GENERAL GUIDE)

Heavy synthetic fragrance

Products with long, hard-to-understand ingredient lists

“Greenwashed” labels without real transparency

SIMPLE TAKEAWAY

You don’t need to be perfect. Just be aware that what you use every day adds up— and small changes over time matter.