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Ingredients We Do Not Use

There is a growing list of ingredients in skincare
that Eesha 
will not use. Here are a few:

  • Ammonia - added in shampoos, hair colours, liquid hand soap, body wash

  • Avobenzone - found in sunscreen, moisturiser

  • Benzalkonium Chloride - found in deodorants, sunscreens, moisturisers

  • BHA & BHT

  • Bronopol

  • Carbon Black

  • Cocamidopropyl Betaine

  • Coal Tar - found in hair dyes, anti-dandruff shampoos

  • Cyclomethicone

  • Diazolidinyl Urea 

  • Dimethicone

  • FD & C Dyes (Food Drugs & Cosmetic)

  • Formaldehyde releasing preservatives

  • Imidazolidinyl Urea (German) 

  • DMDM Hydantoin — releases formaldehyde

  • Diethanolamine (DEA) 

  • EDTA (also known as Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid) - found in hair colour, moisturisers.

  • Glitter - microplastic

  • Homosalate - found in sunscreens,

  • Hydroquinone - found in fragrances and skin lightening creams

  • Lead - found in lipstick, eye shadows, blushes, compact powders, shampoos and even body lotions

  • Mineral Oil 

  • MEA/DEA/TEA (known as Ethanolamines) - found in foundation, fragrances, sunscreens, mascara, hair dyes

  • Methylisothiazolinone and Methylchloroisothiazonlinone - found in shampoo, conditioner, body wash 

  • Octinoxate - found in sunscreens

  • Oxybenzone - found in sunscreens, lotions, lip balms, cleansers, fragrance, baby products, 

  • Palm oils and derivatives

  • Parabens - Methyl, Propyl, Isobtyl Butyl, Proply and Ethyl Paraben

  • Petrochemical

  • PFAS and PFCS - found in Sunscreen, hair products, shaving creams

  • Phenoxyethanol

  • Phthalates

  • Polyethylene glycols (PEGs)

  • Propylene Glycol

  • Quaternium-15

  • Resorcinol - found in hair colour, bleaching product

  • Siloxanes or Cyclical Silicones, SLES, SLS (Sodium Lauryl Sulfate), Sodium Lauryl/Laureth Sulfate

  • Synthetic Colours

  • Synthetic Fragrances

  • Talc

  • Teflon - found added in cosmetics to improve the texture of some products

  • Toluene - nail polish

  • Triclosan - found in mouthwash, shaving cream, toothpaste  

  • Triclocarban

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