No-no ingredients
LYF's products are completely free of parabens, non-toxic, vegan, and cruelty free. We promise you safe, non-toxic formulations for tweens and teens to experiment with. These controversial ingredients are not included in our formulations:
- Beeswax
- Carmine
- Diethanolamine
- Fragrance
- Methylisothiazolinone (MIT)
- Mineral Oil
- Lanolin
- Parabens
- Petroleum
- Phenoxyethanol – under 1% ok
- Phthalates
- Polyethylene Glycol (PEG)
- Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS)
- Sodium laureth sulfate (SLES)
- Sulfates
- Talc
- Triclosan
- Triclocarban
- Formaldehydes
- Formaldehyde-releasing agents
- Retinyl palmitate
- Oxybenzone
- Coal tar
- Hydroquinone
- Undisclosed synthetic fragrances (allowable at concentrations below 1% of total formula)
- Acrylates (ethyl acrylate, ethyl methacrylate, methyl methacrylate, butyl methacrylate, hydroxypropyl methacrylate, tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate, trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate)
- Aluminum salts
- Animal oils/musks/fats
- Benzophenone + related compounds
- Butoxyethanol
- Carbon black
- Lead/lead acetate
- Methyl cellosolve + methoxyethanol
- Methylchloroisothiazolinone & methylisothiazolinone
- Mercury+mercury compounds (thimerisol)
- Insoluble plastic microbeads (rinse-off products only)
- Resorcinol
- Toluene
- BHA/BHT: BHT threshold is 0.1%
- Ethanolamines DEA/TEA/MEA/ETA
- Nanoparticles – as defined by EU
- Petrolatum & parrafin – all USP grade is ok
- Polyacrylamide & acrylamide
- Styrene (bromostyrene, deastyrene/acrylates/dvbcopolymer, sodium styrene/divinylbenzene copolymer, styrene oxide, styrene
- Silicones – limited to D4, D5 and D6
- EDTA
- Octinoxate
For more information about ingredients, please email info@lyfmakeup.com.