Since ingredient labels aren’t always straightforward, it often falls on consumers to decode them. Here’s what to watch for and how to cut through the buzzwords.

Some people have extensive beauty routines, whether it is how much makeup they apply, the skincare they do, or whether they ...

Common personal care and beauty products like lotions, soaps, shampoos, eyeliner, and even eyelash glue can contain formaldehyde or preservatives that release formaldehyde—a known carcinogen ...

A common beauty item could lead to blindness, a leading doctor has warned. Dr Saurabh Sethi, a US-based doctor trained at ...

The most common are parabens, imidazolidinyl urea, Quaternium-15, DMDM hydantoin, phenoxyethanol, methylchloroisothiazolinone, and formaldehyde. All have been linked to skin allergies. The beauty ...

The use of formaldehyde in clothes can irritate skin conditions, such as eczema. But it’s often very difficult to tell whether clothing was made using the chemical. Labels generally won’t tell ...

it may be due to an allergy to dyes or formaldehyde resins used in the manufacture of the clothing. Generally, textile dermatitis conforms to a pattern that coincides with places on the skin where ...

Of 64 women, researchers found that 53% reported using soap, lotion, shampoo, conditioner, skin lightener, eyeliner, eyelash glue and other beauty products that contained formaldehyde and ...

Over the years, I've tested dozens of moisturizers in my search for products that hydrate, smooth, and soften my sensitive skin without irritating it. It's not been an easy feat, given the amount ...

Since these products go directly on our skin, the health risks get personal, fast. A new study by the Silent Spring Institute — a research organization investigating environmental links to breast ...

DMDM hydantoin was the most common formaldehyde-releasing preservative. Roughly 47 percent of skin-care products and 58 percent of hair products with formaldehyde-releasing preservatives contained ...