Harmful Ingredients Exclusion List

Creating products that are not only good for the environment but good for my customers, friends, and family has always been incredibly important to me.

I personally am super scent-sensitive, and a lot of the reason I decided to make my own body and self-care products is because I love scents, but many of the commercially-available ones gave me headaches, made me sick, or irritated my eczema. Many of my closest people also have skin- and scent-sensitivities that give them migraines, rashes, and other not-fun reactions - so I have deliberately selected the gentlest, most chemical-free synthetic fragrance oils* (FOs) I can find to make my products.

Additionally, I only test my products on myself, my friends, and my family; there is never any animal testing at any phase of my production (including in the making of the materials I purchase). 

If you'd like to get technical with it, I've included a list of ingredients often found in fragrances that the FOs I use will never contain, directly from my supplier. Because they exclude so many nasties, not every ingredient is listed, but this should give you a good idea.

Phthalates are esters of Phthalic acid and are used to dissolve raw materials when making fragrance oils. They have been used for decades in a myriad of pharmaceuticals, household, and industrial products.

• Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP)
• Dibutyl phthalate (DBP)
• Diethyl phthalate (DEP)
• Diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP)
• Diisononyl phthalate (DINP)
• Dimethyl phthalate (DMP)

• Ambergris
• Castoreum oil
• Civet oil

These ingredients are flagged for potential acute and reproductive hazards and are banned by the FDA. 

• Cloflucarban
• Fluorosalan
• Hexachlorophene
• Hexylresorcinol
• Iodine complex (ammonium ether sulfate and
• polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate)
• Iodine complex (phosphate ester of alkylaryloxy
• polyethylene glycol)
• Methylbenzethonium chloride
• Methylisothiazolinone
• Methylchloroisothiazolinone
• Nonylphenoxypoly (ethyleneoxy) ethanoliodine
• Oxychlorosene sodium
• Poloxamer-iodine complex
• Secondary amyltricresols
• Tribromsalan
• Triclocarban
• Triclosan
• Undecoylium chloride iodine complex

• 1,3-Dibromo-2-methoxy-4-methyl-5-nitrobenzene (Musk KS)
• 1,3-Dibromo-2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-6-methyl-benzene
• 1,3-Dibromo-2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-6-methyl-benzene (Musk alpha)
• 2-Pentylidene cyclohexanone
• 2,2-Dichloro-1-methylcyclopropylbenzene
• 2,4-Dienals
• 2,4-Dihydroxy-3-methylbenzaldehyde
• 2,4-Dodecadien-1-ol
• 2,4-Hexadien-1-ol
• 3- and 4-(4-Hydroxy-4-methylpentyl)
• cyclohex-3-ene-1-carbaldehyde (Lyral)
• 3-Bromo-1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2-one
• 3-Methyl-2(3)-nonenenitrile (Citgrenile)
• 3,7-Dimethyl-2-octen-1-ol
• 4-Methyl-7-ethoxycoumarin (Maraniol)
• 4,6-Dimethyl-8-tert-butylcoumarin (Butolia)
• 6-Isopropyl-2-decalol (Decatol)
• 6-Methylcoumarin (Toncarine)
• 7-Methoxycoumarin
• 7-Methylcoumarin
• Acetyl ethyl tetramethyl tetralin (AETT, Versalide)
• Acetyl isovaleryl (5-Methyl-2,3-hexanedione)
• Alantroot oil (Elecampane oil)
• Allyl heptine carbonate
• Allyl isothiocyanate
• alpha-Methyl anisylidene acetone (1-(4-
• Methoxyphenyl)-1-penten-3-one)
• Amber dioxane (Karanal)
• Ammonium nonadecafluorodecanoate
• Ammonium pentadecafluorooctanoate
• Ammonium perfluorononanoate
• Ammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate;
• Ammonium heptadecafluorooctanesulfonate
• Amylcyclopentenone
• Anisylidene acetone (4-(p-methoxyphenyl)-3-
• butene-2-one)
• Benzene
• Benzyl cyanide
• Benzylidene acetone (4-Phenyl-3-buten-2-one)
• Birch wood pyrolysate (Crude)
• Boldo oil
• Bromostyrene
• butane-2,3-dione (diacetyl)
• Cade oil - Juniperus oxycedrus L. (Crude)
• Carvone oxide
• Chenopodium oil
• Cinnamylidene acetone
• cis-and trans-Asarone ((E)-and(Z)-2,4,5-Trimethoxypropen-1-yl benzene)
• Colophony
• Costus root oil, absolute and concrete
• Cresol (mixed isomers)
• Cyclamen alcohol (3-(4-Isopropylphenyl)-2-methylpropanol)
• D&C Yellow #11
• Diethyl maleate
• Diethylene glycol monomethyl ether
• Dimethyl citraconate
• Diphenylamine
• Esters of 2-nonynoic acid, (Except Methyl octine carbonate)
• Esters of 2-octynoic acid (Except Methyl heptine carbonate which is IFRA Restricted)
• Ethyl acrylate
• Ethyl methacrylate
• Ethyl non-2-enoate
• Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether and its Acetate
• Ethylene glycol monomethyl Ether and its
• Acetate
• Fig leaf absolute
• Formaldehyde
• Furfural
• Furfuryl alcohol
• Furfurylidene acetone
• Geranyl nitrile
• Hexahydrocoumarin
• Hydroabietyl alcohol, dihydroabietyl alcohol
• Hydroquinone monoethyl ether (4-ethoxy-Phenol)
• Hydroquinone monomethyl ether (4-methoxy-Phenol)
• Iodoform (Triidomethane)
• Isobutyl­paraben
• Isophorone
• Isopropy­lparaben
• Lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate; lithium
• heptadecafluorooctanesulfonate
• m-Cresol
• m-Phenylen­ediamine and its salts
• Massoia bark oil
• Massoia lactone
• Mercury
• Methoxydiglycol
• Methyl crotonate
• Methyl methacrylate
• Methyl Salicylate
• Methylene glycol
• Moskene (1,1,3,3,5-Pentamethyl-4,6-dinitroindane)
• Musk ambrette
• Musk ketone
• Musk tibetene (1-tert-Butyl-2,6-dinitro-3,4,5-trimethylbenzene)
• Musk Xylene
• Nitrobenzene
• Nonadecafluorodecanoic acid
• o-Cresol
• o-Phenylen­ediamine and its salts
• p-Cresol
• p-Methylhydrocinnamic aldehyde
• p-tert-Butylphenol
• Paraform­aldehyde
• Perfluorononanoic acid Perfluorooctane
• sulfonate (PFOS); heptadecafluorooctane-1-sulfonic acid
• Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
• Peru balsam crude
• Phenyl acetone (Methyl benzyl ketone)
• Phenyl benzoate
• Pseudo Methylionones
• Pseudoionone (2,6-Dimethylundeca-2,6,8-trien-10-one)
• Quaternium-15
• Quinoline
• Safrole, Isosafrole, Dihydrosafrole
• Santolina oil
• Savin oil (Juniperus Sabina L.)
• Sodium heptadecafluorononanoate
• Sodium nonadecafluorodecanoate
• Styrax (Crude)
• Tobacco leaf absolute (Nicotiana affinia)
• Tobacco oil/extracts
• Toluene
• trans-2-Heptenal
• trans-2-Hexenal diethyl acetal
• trans-2-Hexenal dimethyl acetal
• Verbena oil
• Xylene

* Fragrance oils are predominantly comprised of synthetic chemicals. This makes them more stable, long-lasting, and consistent, and also means if you have a plant allergy, they shouldn't affect you.