{"id":337060,"date":"2016-04-26T16:35:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T08:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/9-toxic-ingredients-to-avoid-in-beauty-products-337060.html"},"modified":"2019-05-03T11:33:01","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T03:33:01","slug":"9-toxic-ingredients-to-avoid-in-beauty-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/healthy-practices-hk\/wellbeing-tips-hk\/9-toxic-ingredients-to-avoid-in-beauty-products-337060.html","title":{"rendered":"Bad Cosmetics: 9 Toxic ingredients to avoid in beauty products"},"content":{"rendered":"

You\u2019re at the store and you\u2019re thinking of buying a new face moisturiser<\/a>. You spend ages looking through the ingredients list. Mineral oil? Fragrance? SLS? Labels on cosmetics and beauty products can be a tough code to crack. While improvements are slowly being made to regulations with regards to the safety of products<\/a>, it is still hard to trust the claims that manufacturers make when it comes to the advertising of their products.<\/p>

Unfortunately, the whole industry has adopted an \u201cinnocent until proven guilty\u201d approach to the ingredients used. No ban will ever be put in place until a chemical is scientifically proven to cause harm to humans. The best things that we, as consumers, can do is to avoid chemicals<\/a> that we know are harmful (even if they continue to be widely used).<\/p>

Limit the amount of toxins you expose your body \u2013 check out the gallery above for 9 harmful ingredients you should be avoiding in beauty products.<\/p>

Angela Goh<\/em><\/p>

Photos: Getty Images<\/em><\/p>

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