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The following ingredients have all been banned from our formulations. But these complex names are just empty words without context. Read more about each Blacklisted ingredient and why we’ve banned it here.

• 2-methoxyethanol
• acetaldehyde
• acetone
• acetonitrile
• Allergens including Nuts, Gluten, etc
• animal-derived ingredients, including fats, oils, and musks
• benzalkonium chloride
• BHA (Butylated Hydroxyanisole)
• BHT (Butylated Hydroxytoluene)
• Benzophenone
• Benzaldehyde
• Benzyl Acetate
• Benzyl Alchohol
• bisphenol A(BPA)
• butoxyethanol
• coal tar
• Dioxane 1,4
• EDTAs
• Ethanolamines including DEA/TEA/MEA/ETA
• Ethyl Acetate
• Ethoxylated ingredients
• ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
• Formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents
• hydroquinone
• mercury and mercury compounds (thimerosal)
• methyl cellosolve
• methylene chloride
• methylisothiazolinone / methylchloroisothiazolinone
• Mineral oil
• oxybenzone
• Parabens (Ethylparaben, Butylparaben,
  Isobutylparaben, Isopropylparaben, Methylparaben, Propylparaben)
• PEGs
• Phthalates
• polyacrylamide/acrylamide
• polycyclic musks and nitromusks
• Polyethylene Glycol
• PTFE/PFOA
• resorcinol
• Retinyl palmitate
• Silicones (Cyclical Silicones like cyclotetrasiloxane
  (D4), cyclopentasiloxane (D5), cyclohexasiloxane (D6), and cyclomethicone)
• Sulfates SLS and SLES
• Synthetic Dyes
• thimerosal
• toluene
• triclocarban
• triclosan
• Acrylates (Ethyl acrylate, ethyl methacrylate, methyl
  methacrylate, butyl methacrylate, hydroxypropyl methacrylate,
  tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate, trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate)
• Aluminum Salts
• Styrene (Bromostyrene,
  Deastyrene/acrylates/dvbcopolymer, sodium styrene/divinylbenzene, copolymer,
  styrene oxide, styrene)
• Carbon Black
• Lead/Lead Acetate
• Nanoparticles as defined by the European Commission
• Parrafin
• Petrolatum
• Phenoxyethanol
• Talc
• Undisclosed synthetic fragrances*

updated 03/2023