While many people can relate to scrutinizing ingredient lists at the grocery store, we often ignore what beauty and skincare products be sinking into our pores. Even if said products, from sunscreen to moisturizers to…
Author: Lily Tse
5 Apps To Make You More Environmentally Conscious
In between checking your Insta feed or seeing what’s happening on Snapchat, why not download a couple of our suggested apps? Our recommendations are perfect anyone looking to up their eco-conscious game.
WHY YOU NEED MY NEW FAVORITE APP: “THINK DIRTY”
“First, let me start off by saying I am an app minimalist. I’m currently still in the Dark Ages with my iPhone 6S 16GB, so I barely have room for Gmail and text threads. I’m extremely judicious with app downloads, but my new discovery–the “Think Dirty” app–was a no-brainer!”
Girl’s Guide to Going Cruelty-Free
Walking into a drugstore and seeing endless aisles of makeup can be overwhelming. Now try to narrow those products down into ones that don’t test on animals…We owe it to our furry friends to shop cruelty-free! Here are some ways to get started:
What Happened When I Tried Nontoxic Makeup For 90 Days
I love makeup and make no apologies for it. I consider makeup a tool for boosting my mood or highlighting my favorite features, but I recently started to question my embrace of it. While listening to my local NPR station, I heard experts discussing a recent study about chemicals in cosmetics. I thought: could my form of self-expression be dangerous?
【專欄作家：混血孖囡懶媽媽】一個適合天然有機控、成份控媽媽使用的APP
“奶媽我可能職業病的關係，在未懷珍珠（大孖）奶茶（細孖）時已經好注意平時用的護膚品、彩妝及日用品的成分是否溫和、天然、安全或者有機。要詳細了解每一種產品的成分並非一般媽媽可以做到，就算產品公司聲稱使用的製造成分天然溫和，都有機會只是宣傳手法…
Lead in lipstick
“You have to disclose if you’re buying a house there could potentially be lead in there. So why is it OK that we can educate people that there’s no lead on the walls, but then we can have it in our lipstick which is on our face?”
Electric Runway Episode 77: Think Dirty, Shop Clean
What exactly is inside the beauty and cosmetics products that many of us use on our skin every day? It’s a simple question with a not-so-simple answer…
Chemical Attraction: How cosmetics can damage the planet
The Think Dirty app: “A great example of a resource that allows people to decipher all of the confusing and unpronounceable chemical names so that they can assess the safety of their favorite cosmetic products.”
Battling dull skin and bad breakouts? You might want to switch to green beauty
With equal parts science and nature, the world of green beauty makes a strong case for itself.