Watch the Story of Cosmetics

Annie Leonard does it again. This time she tells us about all those products in the cosmetics aisle that we use so many of every day (12 for women, 6 for men, on average). If you're familiar with her wildly...

Spring Clean Your Cosmetics: Go without these 6 ingredients

Thankfully, one can interpret spring cleaning in many ways. Some weed overgrown gardens, others dust every square inch of the house. I like to clear out my pantry and cook a mix matched feast with what I find. It's productive...

3,163 ingredients hide behind the word "fragrance"

By Lisa Frack with Becky Sutton Enviroblog readers all know that "fragrance" is a term that the cosmetics, cleaning and candle industries use on ingredient lists that discloses only that there are unnamed chemicals in the product. Which is not...

Cosmetics Safety Series - Part 3: Why it's Time for Personal Care Products to Go on Sale

I was about seven years old, and frustrated from trying to curl my straight, limp hair when my mom taught me a saying she had learned from her mom when she was a young girl: "What price beauty."This classic line...

Cosmetics Safety Series - Part 2: Mind the (data) gap

By Travis Mitchell, EWG Press Intern Now that that you've taken our cosmetics safety quiz (you have, right?), you're ready to hear about THE DATA GAP. It's like this: We think consumers deserve to know that the products and ingredients...

Not in my cosmetics: The Series

By Leeann Brown with Travis Mitchell If you love EWG's Skin Deep database, then this series is for you. If you've never even heard of our Skin Deep database, this series is also for you. And for pretty much anyone...

Toxic chemicals and you: In search of 'safe'

140,321,493 searches have been requested on EWG's Skin Deep cosmetics safety database since 2004 - and counting. That's a lot of searches, by a lot of people seeking safer personal care products. Seeking products that don't contain toxic chemicals that...

A closer look at cosmetics safety

Last month, you saw the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics' first video about cosmetics safety, What's going on with toxic chemicals in cosmetics? This month, it delves a little deeper into the issue, taking a closer look at the lack of...

EWG's Healthy Home Tip 1: Choose better body care products

Most people use around 10 personal care products every day with an average of 126 unique ingredients. The government's NOT protecting us We'd like to believe that the government is policing the safety of all of these mixtures we're putting...

9 safer shopping tips from the pros @ Skin Deep

For me, EWG's Skin Deep database has always been a place to get a score. Then, depending where in the 1 to 10 hazard range my personal care product falls (come on, toothpaste, get a 1!), either rush off to...

So what products CAN we use?

Every time a report is released that reveals toxics in our consumer products, it's only natural to wonder what you can buy once you've learned what you can't. In last week's Toxic Tub report, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics cautioned...

EWG Shopper's Guide to Safe Cosmetics: It's Easy

If you're a regular Enviroblog reader, likely as not you've searched our Skin Deep database once or twice (or if you're like me, every time you head to the store). Maybe to find safer products for your baby, maybe to...