Self tanning and bronzing without MI
Not everyone wants to sunbathe, and so not everybody needs the safe sunscreen and sun creams, which we covered in our last post. However, many like to bring a little colour to their skin. The EU / UK...
View ArticleLeave on versus rinse off: a clear cosmetic distinction?
Is it obvious to you what the difference between a “leave on” and a “rinse off” or (“wash off”) product is? The distinction matters when it comes to MI / MCI in some countries, because MI has been...
View ArticleFreeFrom Skincare Awards 2017 Winners Announced
Readers may be interested to learn that the Free From Skincare Awards 2017 winners were announced earlier this month. I have a vested interested here, as I co-founded the Awards in 2012. My colleague...
View ArticleMI: tighter restrictions for rinse-off products in EU
It was almost a year ago to the day that we reported on the most recent restriction on the use of methylisothiazolinone in cosmetics in the EU – to ban the use of MI in leave-on cosmetics – and...
View ArticleIngredients declaration – beyond cosmetics
Several papers concerning isothiazolinone preservatives were published in the September 2017 edition of the journal Contact Dermatitis. Abstracts were not made publicly available, but I’ve kindly been...
View ArticleDetanglers without MI
A small selection of hair detanglers for kids and grown-ups – the latest in our range of articles on safe hair products. Attitude Kids Hair Detangler (Canada / US) Preserved with sodium benzoate and...
View ArticleTattoo creams and balms
The popularity of tattoos is on the rise – as is the incidence of many forms of allergy. If you’re looking to keep your tattoo moisturised with products free not only from MI and MCI, but other...
View ArticleCan you read your cosmetics label?
This product may well be ‘Security Protected’ but every one of its ingredients is illegible — obscured by the sticker which has been placed over the listing, almost certainly by the retailer (to whom I...
View ArticleFragrance free shampoos
Our shampoos post is one of the most popular on the blog, and while there are a few fragrance free shampoos recommended in that article, here are a few others which are unscented — as well as MI /...
View ArticleIllegal isothiazolinones in cosmetics
Isothiazolinone preservatives are turning up in cosmetics in which they should not be turning up. First, in New Zealand, Stuff reported the shocking case of a woman who’d used a cleanser containing...
View ArticleIllegal isothiazolinones in cosmetics (Part II)
Following on from last week’s post, focusing primarily on the European Commission’s weekly alert on unsafe non-food products found to have been on the EU market — which included almost a dozen products...
View ArticleEcozone Products
Many in the UK will be familiar with Ecozone — a British company established at the turn of the millennium, and which focuses mainly on eco / planet friendly products for the home. They have around 60...
View ArticleAesop
Aesop are an apothecary-style luxury skincare blend, founded around 30 years ago in Australia, but available worldwide. They offer cleansers, moisturisers, toners, masques, sun care, men’s products,...
View ArticleNature Clean (Canada)
Nature Clean is a Canadian brand of household detergents and personal care products which was founded in the 60s and is still going strong. “Nasty chemical free since 1963” they say on their site....
View ArticleClairol Nice ‘n Easy — allergy gentle?
You may have heard of the recent release of the reformulated Nice ‘n Easy home hair colouring kits from Clairol, which boast a new “allergy gentle” molecule, called ME+. If not, here’s an advert via...
View ArticleMI in laundry detergent – can it really be safe?
In January 2018, a fascinating study was published in the journal Clinical and Translational Allergy, which shook the isothiazolinone-allergy community. The open-access paper can be read here. This was...
View ArticleFree From Skincare Award winners 2018
As some regular readers know, I founded and co-ordinate a skincare award in the UK — the Free From Skincare Awards, and the 2018 results have just been announced. All of the winners are safely MI /...
View ArticleMethylisothiazolinone in food?
Is there methylisothiazolinone in food? This synthetic preservative has not been approved for food preservation, and neither have any of its relatives, such as methylchloroisothiazolinone. There should...
View ArticleLow allergy cosmetics
Many of those affected by allergy to methylisothiazolinone and methylchloroisothiazolinone are also allergic to other preservatives, or fragrances, or unrelated allergy-triggering ingredients in...
View ArticleAllergy face masks
The idea of using an allergy filter face mask to prevent the uptake of triggers and therefore breathe only purified air is an appealing one — but which one to choose? Lots of masks filter particulates...
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