Best Skin Care Products

It’s nice to take care of your skin and achieve that healthy, radiant, glowing look. But, like sitting out in the sun for too long to improve a tan, many skin care products achieve the end result (nice skin) with questionable methods and ingredients. Moisturizers and body lotions, in particular, come with ingredient lists that are often 40 or 50 chemicals long, and although most of those ingredients aren’t particularly worrisome, some are—like BHA, an immune system and organ toxicant (and possible carcinogen), and aluminum starch octenylsuccinate, a neurotoxin that could come contaminated with heavy metals like lead or arsenic. (more)

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Highest-Rated Skin Care Products

Tom's Of Maine Shaving Cream-Mint
Tom's Of Maine Shaving Cream-Mint
  • $5.30
8.8
Dr. Bronner's Patchouli Lime Organic Lotion
Dr. Bronner's Patchouli Lime Organic Lotion
  • $9.99
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8.6
Dr. Hauschka Rhythmic Conditioner, Sensitive
Dr. Hauschka Rhythmic Conditioner, Sensitive
  • $65.25
8.6
Burt's Bees Miracle Salve
Burt's Bees Miracle Salve
  • $7.00
8.6
Ecos Orange Plus Waterless Hand Cleaning Towels
Ecos Orange Plus Waterless Hand Cleaning Towels
  • $14.25
8.6
Miessence Baby Lotion
Miessence Baby Lotion
  • $36.31
8.6
Gourmet Body Treats Tahitian Body Oil
Gourmet Body Treats Tahitian Body Oil
8.5
Weleda Almond Cleansing Lotion
Weleda Almond Cleansing Lotion
  • $18.00
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8.4
Nurture My Body Shave Creme
Nurture My Body Shave Creme
  • $21.71
8.3
The Body Shop Aloe Body Butter
The Body Shop Aloe Body Butter
  • $20.00
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8.3
Badger Evolving Balm
Badger Evolving Balm
  • $7.50
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8.3
Dropwise Essentials Moisturizing Hand & Body Lotion, Soothe
Dropwise Essentials Moisturizing Hand & Body Lotion,...
  • $2.00
8.3
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Moisturizers often use oxybenzone or cetereath-20, which enhance absorption and allow the other chemical ingredients in the product to better get into your skin. You'll also sometimes find immune system toxicants triethanolamine and DMDM hydantoin.

Triclosan, an anti-bacterial ingredient found in a huge variety of skin care products, also shows up in lotions and moisturizers, is a health concern as a skin irritant, and is an environmental concern for the way it accumulates in the environment and is hazardous to marine life.

Skin care products also use “fragrance”, a trade-secret blend of ingredients that’s an allergy concern and could conceal other more harmful chemicals such as phthalates, which are tied to a number of human health problems.

You can look for all these chemicals in the ingredients ratings here or browse our data for skin care products with high health and environmental ratings. And you can check for companies that don’t test their products on animals.

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