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Postbiotics, PEGs, and the Label That Was Never Designed for You
Most beauty brands are still preserving with parabens because parabens are cheap. The problem with cheap is that the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics Red List names them by their disproportionate harm to Black women. This week we get into postbiotics (the byproducts of fermentation that are quietly replacing parabens), lecithin (the plant-derived emulsifier that matches the phospholipids in your own cell membranes), and the part of the PEG story I didn't have time for last week: 1,4-dioxane contamination, which the EPA classifies as a probable human carcinogen. Then we do a label detox. Where the hero ingredients actually live on the INCI list. Which trap words mean nothing legally. How to read past the front of the bottle. Bring a moisturizer, a serum, a shampoo. Cross-reference with the Sovereign Scale at lunarluxecreations.com/ingredient-checker. By the end of this episode you'll know more about preservation and emulsification than most of the people formulating for mass brands. Not exaggerating.
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By SeleneMost beauty brands are still preserving with parabens because parabens are cheap. The problem with cheap is that the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics Red List names them by their disproportionate harm to Black women. This week we get into postbiotics (the byproducts of fermentation that are quietly replacing parabens), lecithin (the plant-derived emulsifier that matches the phospholipids in your own cell membranes), and the part of the PEG story I didn't have time for last week: 1,4-dioxane contamination, which the EPA classifies as a probable human carcinogen. Then we do a label detox. Where the hero ingredients actually live on the INCI list. Which trap words mean nothing legally. How to read past the front of the bottle. Bring a moisturizer, a serum, a shampoo. Cross-reference with the Sovereign Scale at lunarluxecreations.com/ingredient-checker. By the end of this episode you'll know more about preservation and emulsification than most of the people formulating for mass brands. Not exaggerating.
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SovereignScale
ProprietaryBlends are a Lie Freebie