February 21, 2017
When you think of stars, do you ever think supernatural? Oh no – that’s supernova. With Ursa Major products, the opposite of an explosion happens on your skin. These stars have aligned in the names of healthy and green, and the products are as superb as the constellation they’re named after.
Skin cleansing products these days contain a laundry list of ingredients that poison your skin, and aren’t so good for the environment either. Ursa Major provides an index for all of the “purely-processed natural ingredients” that they use in their products, and the toxic ones you want to look for in other products. They boast their vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and GMO-free compounds, solvents, and oils that give them their “super natural” sparkle.
Vanessa Carlton, a nutrition and wellness expert who writes for The Huffington Post, said in an article, “This industry is highly unregulated. There is no pre-product approval before a product hits the market and enters your home.” Many of the ingredients in skin cleansers are carcinogenic—meaning they cause cancer—and many others contain petrochemicals (petroleum-based chemicals) that work as endocrine disruptors (which imbalance hormones).
A few of these harmful ingredients include: artificial colors and fragrances, ethanolamine compounds (MEA, DEA, TEA), parabens (preservatives), phthalates (plasticizers), PEG compounds (polyethylene glycols—petroleum based), sulfates, and silicones. At least one if not many of these are in common cleansers and cosmetics, so it’s important to familiarize yourself with them before you do any product shopping. Either that or just look for products that contain natural and organic ingredients that have been naturally processed. These products should wear their “toxin-free” badges proudly, as Ursa Major does.
If you haven’t already, check out what ingredients make up your skincare and makeup products. It’s not as if they’ll say on the label: “Includes Cancer-Causing Chemicals,” so if you’re concerned that the products you use to wash your face with are harmful, or that they could be later in life, brush up on the synthetic chemicals list before you use or buy any more.
