Our Standards

We take pride in stocking the most effective natural beauty products available.  Each product that we stock meets our 3 simple standards.

1. It is a superior product.

2. The product is free from the "Ten Synthetic Ingredients to Avoid", a guideline created by Aubrey Hampton (a champion of the organic products movement, and one of our heros) and widely used by many, including the Organic Consumers Association.

3. The product is free from "The Dirty Dozen Ingredients in Personal Care Products", a standard created by The Green Guide.

You will not find any of these ingredients in the products we sell:

• Imidazolidinyl Urea and Diazolidinyl Urea

• Parabens

• Petrolatum 

• Propylene Glycol
  

• PVP/VA Copolymer
  

• Sodium Lauryl Sulfate

• Stearalkonium Chloride 

• Synthetic Colors
  

• Synthetic Fragrances
  

• Triethanolamine

• Antibacterials

• Coal-Tar Colors

• Diethanolamine (DEA)

• Formaldehyde

• Glycol Ethers

• Heavy Metals: Lead and Mercury

• Phenylenediamine (PDD)

• Phthalates

• Toluene

• Talc

For more information about these and other harmful ingredients, please visit any of these sites! Feel free to suggest another site to us by using the 'product recommendation' box to your left:

Compact For Safe Cosmetics
The Breast Cancer Fund
Think Before You Pink
The Cancer Prevention Coalition, and here
Not Just A Pretty Face
The 2004 study about parabens in breast tumors in the Journal of Applied Toxicology
Dying to be Beautiful (article)
Are your products safe?
Keys-Soap Dirty Dozen