Clean & Clear Dual Action Moisturizer Oil-Free

Clean & Clear Dual Action Moisturizer Oil-Free

Active Ingredients: Salicylic Acid 0.5%, Inactive Ingredients: Water, Dicaprylyl Ether, Glycerin, Dimethicone, Neopentyl Glycol Diethylhexanoate, Neopentyl Glycol Diisostearate, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Methyl Gluceth-20, Dicetyl Phosphate, Ceteth-10 Phosphate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Menthyl Lactate, Steareth-20, Steareth-2, Fragrance, Xanthan Gum, Lecithin, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Hydroxide, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, BHT

This product actually rated 7/10 overall which is pretty frightening. I also looked at the list in OED and wasn’t really sure if I just didn’t know how to match up names of ingredients but I didn’t find any on that list. But the ingredient I did more research on was BHT - butylated hydroxytoluene.

BHT seems like in small amounts maybe it wouldn’t be very harmful but the more I read about studies done on animals and other such things it seems fairly dangerous if used for long periods of time. I found that sometimes it is even added to foods to preserve fats, which just doesn’t sound like something I would want to put on my face. It is used to preserve food odor, color, and flavor. Many packaging materials incorporate BHT. It is also added directly to shortening, cereals, and other foods containing fats and oils. There has been research done also that it may be hard for people to metabolize BHT. It has undergone application and review process required by the US Food and Drug Administration but that doesn’t give me much confidence.

I could definitely do some more research on what product could meet the same needs but be non-toxic. I haven’t had the chance to do so but I am going to look into more facial cleansers that would work well and not be so toxic. I plan on trying to look into more sustainably and/or organically made products that I can use not only to replace this specific product but other products in my personal care ritual as well.