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.