Silicons

  • What are they?

A chemical that adds a velvety texture to any formula and leaves the skin feeling plump and smooth.

  • Why we don't touch them?

It clogs skin pores, increasing risks of acne breakouts. They are also bio-accumulative, meaning they accumulate in seabed and ocean floors, take hundreds of years to disintegrate and interfere with the marine ecosystem.

  • How to spot them in ingredient lists?

Ending with cone like demithicone, cyclomethicone, cetearyl methicone.