Living Nature encourages our customers to research the ingredients of their skincare - but agree that the list of potential ingredients is extensive!
Below is a list of ingredients found in many skincare products - including many companies which claim to be 'natural'. Living Nature does not use any of these ingredients in their products.
Ingredient
1,2 hexanediol n
acetamide MEA n
acrylates copolymer n
aerosol sprays n
AHAs n
alcohol
alkyl benzoate n
alpha arbutin n
aluminum hydroxide n
aluminum oxide n
aluminum powder n
amino-guanadine n
aminomethyl propanol n
ammonium laureth sulfate n
ammonium lauryl sulfate n
ammonium polacrylate n
artificial colors n
avobenzone n
babassuamidopropalkonium chloride n
behenalkonium chloride n
behenamidopropyl hydroxyethyl dimonium chloride n
behenoxy dimethicone n
behentrimonium methosulfate n
benzalkonium chloride n
benzethonium chloride n
benzophenone n
benzyl PCA n
betaine n
BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) n
BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) n
bis diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2 n
boron nitride n
brassica campestris/aleurites fordi oil copolymer n
bronopol n
bumetrizole n
butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane n
butylene glycol n
butylparaben n
C 11-15 Pareth 12 n
C 12-14 Olefin Sulfonate n
C 12-15 Alkyl benzoate n
C 12-15 Alkyl octanoate n
C 13-14 Isoparaffin n
C12-15 alkyl lactate n
capryl isostearate n
Capsylyl Glycol
carbomer n
carbowax (see polyethylene glycol) n
castor oil/IPDI copolymer n
ceramide 2, 3 n
ceresin n
certified colors n
ceteareth 2 – 100 n
ceteareth 5 - 20 n
cetearyl Ethylhexanote n
cetearyl isononanoate n
ceteth -20 Phosphate n
cetrimonium bromide n
cetrimonium chloride n
cetyl betaine n
chlorphenesin n
cocamide betaine n
cocamide DEA n
cocamide MEA n
cocamide MIPA n
cocamidopropyl betaine
cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine
cocamidopropyl PG-dimonium chloride phosphate n
cocamidopropylamine Oxide n
coco betaine n
cocoamphocarboxyglycinate n
corn glycol n
cyclomethicone n
cyclopentasiloxane n
cyclotetrasiloxane n
dehydroacetic acid
diazolidinyl urea n
dicaprylyl carbonate n
dicetyldimonium chloride n
diethanolamine (DEA) n
dihydroxyacetone n
dimethicone copolyol n
dimethyl oxobenzo dioasilane n
dimethylpolysiloxane n
dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (DSS) n
dipalmitoyl hydroxyproline n
dipropylene glycol n
disodium EDTA n
disodium laureth sulfosuccinate n
disodium oleamido succinate n
disteardimonium Hectoride n
DMDM hydantoin n
EDTA n
emu oil n
Ethelhexyglycerin
ethoxydiglycol oleate n
ethyl acetate n
ethyl diglycol (see polyethylene glycol) n
ethyl methoxycinnamate n
ethyl vanillin n
ethylene glycol n
FD & C colors n
fragrance, synthetic (“botanical fragrance”, “parfum”, etc) n
fullerenes n
gelatin n
germaben n
germall n
glycereth-26 n
glycereth-7 cocoate n
glyceryl polyacrylate n
hexadecanol n
hexahydroxystearate/ Hexastearate/Hexarosinate n
homosalate n
hydrogenated oils n
hydrogenated Polydecene n
hydrogenated vegetable glyceride n
hydrogenated vegetable oil n
hydroquinone n
hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
Hydroxymethylglycinate
hydroxypropyl Polysiloxane n
imidazolidinyl urea n
iodopropynyl butylcarbamate n
isoceteth-20 n
isohexadecane n
isopropyl methylphenol n
isopropyl myristate n
kojic acid n
lactamidopropyl trimonium chloride n
lauramide MEA n
laureth-7 n
lauryl amidopropyl betaine n
magnesium aluminum silicate n
MEA-containing ingredients n
melanin n
methoxycinnamate n
methydibromo glutaronitrile (MDBGN) (severe allergies)
methyl glyceth-20 (glucose glutamate)
methyl glycol n
methyl Propanediol n
methylchloroisothiazolinone n
methylisothiazolinone n
methylparaben n
methylsilanol mannuronate n
mineral oil n
myristic acid n
myristyl alcohol n
myristyl ether sulfate n
myristyl Lactate n
myristyl myristate n
nonoxynol 10 n
nylon-12 n
octinoxate n
octisalate n
octocrylene n
octyl Dodecyl Neopentanoate n
octyl methoxycinnamate n
olefin Sulfonate n
oleth (2-50) n
oleth-20 n
oleth-3-phosphate n
oleyl betaine n
oleyl Oleate n
oxybenzone n
PABA (para-aminobenzoic acid) n
panthenyl triacetate n
para-aminobenzoic acid (see PABA) n
parabens n
paraphenylenediamine n
parfum n
parsol n
PEG (see polyethylene glycol) n
PEG 35 (stearate) castor oil n
PEG-10 Sunflower Glycerides n
PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate n
PEG-150 distearate n
PEG-150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate n
PEG-20, 100 stearate n
PEG-40 hydrogenated castor oil n
PEG-55 Propylene Glycol Oleate n
PEG-6 Caprylic/Capric glycerides n
PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate n
pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate n
pentaerythrityl tetrastearate n
pentasodium Pentetate n
pentylene glycol n
petrolatum n
phenoxyethanol
phenylbenzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid n
phenyl-butyl-nitrate n
phenyltrimethicone n
phthalate n
polaxamer 335 n
polyacrylamide n
polybutene n
polyethylene glycol (PEG) n
polyglyceryl -10 Behenate/Eicosadioate n
polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate n
polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate n
polyimide 1 n
polyisobutene n
polypropylene glycol n
polyquaternium 7, 10, 11 n
polysilicone-15 n
polyvinylpyrrolidone n
potassium alum n
potassium Myristate n
Potassium Sorbate
PPG-30 n
propanediol n
propyl gallate n
propylene glycol alginate n
propylene glycol n
propylparaben n
providone (see polyvinylpyrrolidone) n
pvp/va copolymer n
quaternium-15 n
salicylic acid n
silica dimethyl silylate n
silica silylate n
simethicone n
soapstone (see talc) n
Sodium Acrylate n
Sodium Benzoate
sodium bisulfite n
Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate n
sodium cetearyl sulfate n
Sodium coco-sulfate n
sodium cocoyl sulfate n
sodium dehydroacetate n
sodium hydroxymethylglycinate n
sodium laureth sulfate n
sodium lauryl glucosideoxyacetate
sodium lauryl sulfate n
sodium lauryl sulfoacetate n
sodium methyl oleoyl taurate n
sodium myreth sulfate n
sodium PEG-7 olive oil carboxylate
sodium polyacrylate n
sodium sulfate n
sodium trideceth Sulfate n
sorbitan isostearate n
soyamide DEA n
soyamidopropalkonium chloride n
stearamidopropyl dimethyl amine
steardimonium chloride n
steareth-2, 20, 21, 100 etc n
styrene-pvp copolymer n
sulfated castor oil n
Suttocide
synthetic fragrance n
tallow n
TEA-Carbomer n
TEA-Lauryl Sulfate n
tetrahydroxypropyl ethylenediamine
tetrasodium EDTA n
thiotic Acid n
Tocopheryl Acetate
tribehenin n
triclosan n
tridecyl neopentanoate n
triethanolamine (TEA) n
triethoxycarpylysilane n
Trihydroxystearin n
trimethylsiloxysilicate n
trisodium EDTA (see
tromethamine stearate n
tropolone n
Unigerm
urea n
vanillin n
wheatgermamidopropyl dimethylamine
