we avoid the following ingredients because they are potential skin irritants. irritation can trigger breakouts, excess oil, dryness, sun sensitivity, and premature skin aging:
we think these are fine (even really great!), but they have the potential to clog pores, so we leave these out of our facial skin care line:
we don't use these because they’re either not great for you or potentially so, or they’re just unnecessary (recently updated to include octocrylene, we’ve stopped selling SPF products with this ingredient due to concerns about shelf stability!):
we think these might be fine for some people in some products (for example lip or body), but they are potentially pore-clogging, so we leave them out of our BE facial products:
we admire both natural and synthetic ingredients; we believe in taking advantage of technology and also the wonders of plants.
all of the following are vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free ingredients we use because they’re functional, feel great, and/or do amazing things for skin-- like providing antioxidant, anti-aging, anti-bacterial, and/or anti-irritant benefits:
with citations about why they’re great and why the controversies aren’t based on good science:
