clean beautyWhy I Launched a Teen Skincare Line — and Think Most Teen Skincare Marketing Should Be IllegalItaly is investigating Sephora for marketing anti-aging to kids. A clean-beauty founder on teen skincare, "cosmeticorexia," and the line she won't cross.
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clean beautyWhy I Launched a Teen Skincare Line — and Think Most Teen Skincare Marketing Should Be IllegalItaly is investigating Sephora for marketing anti-aging to kids. A clean-beauty founder on teen skincare, "cosmeticorexia," and the line she won't cross.
clean beautyCalifornia Wants to Card Kids for Retinol. Good — Here's What It Still Can't Fix.California wants to card minors for retinol and AHAs. A clean-beauty founder on what the law gets right, what it misses, and the real fix.
clean beauty swapsClean Morning Routine Swaps: A Seven-Product Side-by-SideA clean morning routine swap covers the seven products most people touch before they leave the house: cleanser, moisturizer, SPF, deodorant, body lotion, hair product, and toothpaste. Replacing all seven cuts daily exposure to fragrance, parabens, and PEGs by an estimated 80%. You don’t have to swap every product the same day — the math still works if you stagger the changes over a few weeks and start with the highest-exposure offenders.
endocrine disruptorsPhthalates and Fertility: What 30 Years of Research Actually SaysMultiple peer-reviewed studies — including the CHAMACOS cohort at UC Berkeley, the Mount Sinai Children's Environmental Health Center research, and the EWG's urinalysis data — link phthalate exposure to reduced sperm count, altered ovarian function, miscarriage risk, and pregnancy complications. Phthalates are still legal in U.S. personal care, and they most often hide inside the word "fragrance" on the label. Which means even a clean-looking bottle can be carrying them, and you would never know from reading the back.
Clean TeenThe 5-Product Teen Skincare Routine (And Why More Is Worse)A teen skincare routine should be five products or fewer — a gentle cleanser, a barrier moisturizer, mineral SPF, a spot treatment for active breakouts, and a lip balm. More than five products on developing skin usually disrupts the barrier and worsens breakouts. The fix isn't more steps or trendier serums. It's fewer products, better formulas, and the right ones for skin that's still figuring out how to be itself.