Are Internet Top Selling Personal Care Products Reliable?

We all use many personal care products such as shampoo, shower gel, deodorant every day. However, as you know, The content of these products is full of many chemical substances.

It is known to be harmful to health in personal care and cosmetic products. some chemical components and toxic substances have been banned over the years. However, there are chemicals that are used even though the harm is known or that are included as ‘restricted content’. What do you think is the situation with the popular products of the brands that we all know, which are among the bestsellers on the internet in Turkey? We reviewed…

First of all, let’s talk about how we did this review;

especially in the world ‘safe and healthy cosmeticsEWG (Environmental Working Group), one of the first names that come to mind in the field of ‘ and an independent, non-profit organization, is running a project called Skin Deep.

This project is the product of more than 3,000 brands selling worldwide. More than 80 thousand products has an archive. Each of the products in the archive is examined in terms of their content. carcinogen rate, allergy and immunotoxicity, developmental and reproductive toxicity, and use of restricted ingredients are scored from 1 to 10. These four general categories are evaluated according to how much carcinogens the products contain, ingredients that cause allergic reactions, toxicants and chemicals that harm the immune and reproductive systems.

An overall score is obtained by evaluating all chemicals in the content of each product. The lower the score, the less the product contains substances such as toxic chemicals or carcinogens. The higher the score, the higher the risk of the product.

If a product does not contain any harmful chemicals or toxic substances,EWG approvalIt becomes a product with the tag ‘. But it has to be said that only 2,068 of the 87,156 products available in the system of the site at the moment have this approval.

Reminder to those who jumped here without reading the details; The lower the score from 1-10, the more ‘safe and healthy’ the product

Another note: The ‘high’, ‘low’, ‘medium’ expressions written opposite the carcinogen rate of the products, allergy and immunotoxicity, developmental and reproductive toxicity, restricted ingredient use indicate the ratio of those chemicals and toxic substances. well ‘low’ is positive and ‘high’ is negative. Now let’s move on to the products.

Dove Intensive Repair Shampoo – Overall Rating:4

• Carcinogenic rate: Low
• Allergy and immunotoxicity: High
• Developmental and reproductive toxicity: Low
• Use of restricted content: High

Nivea Men Cool Kick Roll-on – Overall Rating:6

• Carcinogenic rate: Low
• Allergy and immunotoxicity: High
• Developmental and reproductive toxicity: Middle
• Use of restricted content: Middle

Nivea Aftershave Balm for Sensitive Skin – Overall Rating:5

• Carcinogenic rate: Low
• Allergy and immunotoxicity: High
• Developmental and reproductive toxicity: Low
• Use of restricted content: High

Garnier Micellar Perfect Make-Up Remover – Overall Rating:2

• Carcinogenic rate: Low
• Allergy and immunotoxicity: Middle
• Developmental and reproductive toxicity: Low
• Use of restricted content: Middle

Le Petit Marseillais Lavender Honey Shower Gel – Overall Rating:3

• Carcinogenic rate: Low
• Allergy and immunotoxicity: High
• Developmental and reproductive toxicity: Low
• Use of restricted content: High

Clinique Hydration Moisture Surge 100 Hour Moisturizer – Overall Rating:4

• Carcinogenic rate: Middle
• Allergy and immunotoxicity: Middle
• Developmental and reproductive toxicity: Low
• Use of restricted content: High

Bioderma Atoderm Moisturizing Cream – Overall Score:1

• Carcinogenic rate: Low
• Allergy and immunotoxicity: Low
• Developmental and reproductive toxicity: Low
• Use of restricted content: Middle

CeraVe Moisturizing Cream – Overall Rating:3

• Carcinogenic rate: Low
• Allergy and immunotoxicity: High
• Developmental and reproductive toxicity: Low
• Use of restricted content: Middle

La Roche Posay Effaclar Facial Cleansing Gel – Overall Rating:4

• Carcinogenic rate: Low
• Allergy and immunotoxicity: High
• Developmental and reproductive toxicity: Low
• Use of restricted content: Middle

Johnson’s Baby Bedtime Baby Oil – Overall Rating:4

• Carcinogenic rate: Low
• Allergy and immunotoxicity: High
• Developmental and reproductive toxicity: Low
• Use of restricted content: High

Finally…

There are many more preferred products and brands in our country, but unfortunately not all of them are included in this system of EWG. However, if you want to check the scores of all the products you use, examine their contents and learn more about how the system works, you can visit EWG’s Skin Deep by clicking here.