Think Dirty Blog — ingredients

The cosmetic industry often tries out weird and dangerous ingredients. From using Arsenic in powders to Lead in foundations in the past, to Talc and other toxins today. Here is Think Dirty’s list of ingredients that you should avoid in your cosmetic products.

Parabens (methyl- & propyl-, butyl-, ethyl-) (Rated 8)

Parabens are a family of man-made chemicalsthat are usually used as preservatives. They...

Hyaluronic Acid. CBD. Collagen. Retinol. Vitamin C.

Every year, trendy new skincare ingredients emerge out of thin air, touted by brands as face-saving holy grails that you just needto add to your routine. This year’s offender? That would be Bakuchiol, a plant-derived compound claiming to be the plant-based, gentler answer to Retinol’s (aka Vitamin A) prescription-strength anti-aging,...

Disclaimer: This article is slightly longer than usual! There is a lot of important information on Talc, its usages, and the ongoing controversy, and we wanted to give the clearest picture possible. For this reason, we’ve included a TL;DR below.

TL;DR: The safety of Talc, the main ingredient in baby powder and other products, is highly 2controversial.

• Johnson & Johnson (J&J), one of the most popular...

Think Dirty Ingredient Breakdown: Nail Polish 

Welcome back to another edition of the Think Dirty ingredient breakdown, where we decode all types of controversial, interesting, and common ingredients found in our everyday products.

Today, we’ll look at several ingredients in a product used by millions of people daily: nail polish. Although nobody really needsnail polish, many people (ourselves...

Welcome back to another edition of the Think Dirty ingredient breakdown, where we decode all types of controversial, interesting, and common ingredients found in our everyday products.

In this post, we tackle a group of ingredients and called Ethanolamines. The most common and well-known compound in this group of related ingredients is called Diethanolamine, or DEA. DEA is foundin many household...