I just found out some of my favorite products have Parabens!

I recently discovered this site, COSDNA, which posts the ingredients of most cosmetics available in the market and I decided to check out the ingredients of my Skinfood Peach Sake BB Cream. Of course, I couldn't really read the ingredients before at the back of the product since it's in Korean so I had no idea what I'm putting on my face. I just knew that Skinfood uses natural ingredients so I was favoring it from other brands.

I really like Skinfood so maybe I was ignoring the fact that they don't advertise themselves as 100% natural. Of course, saying they "we use natural ingredients" is not the same as "we ONLY use natural ingredients." So anyway, after years of almost everyday use, I was finally able to check out the ingredients and I JUST FOUND OUT IT HAS PARABENS!

For those of you who aren't familiar with the controversy surrounding Parabens in cosmetics, read THIS article. Summary: Parabens are used as preservatives to increase the shelf life of cosmetics. This is so widely-used and is present in almost everything we use on a regular basis. It has been linked to breast cancer.

Another product I use regularly is Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser. I thought I was doing my skin a favor by using a gentle, unscented cleanser for my face, but, apparently, I was harming myself with this product, which also has parabens, along with other harmful ingredients.

Other harmful ingredients I was able to research came from here. I must say, when I saw the ingredients, I was shocked at how almost everything at our house contains these baddies. Please check out that link and do more research on what ingredients are harmful, why they are harmful, and what names they are usually under when listed as ingredients. Everyone, we must start the habit of CHECKING THE LABELS of the products we are using.

So now, I have the dilemma of finding a replacement for my Skinfood bb cream. I use it daily after moisturizing and I use it as my foundation because I only need light coverage. Plus it has spf 20, and I don't get pimples. Hmph. Someone help me! I have oily and sensitive skin and I need something that provides the stuff I just enumerated. I need to stop using my Skinfood bb cream. I love it but why would I risk it? Search is now on for my new moisturizer/foundation/sunblock!

Check your favorite products now!! What do they contain? Know more harmful ingredients? Tell me all about it! All comments are much appreciated.