i just read all of these comments and phew - don't you all have anything better to do? most people don't have skin that is so sensitive. those who do should be careful of what they put on it. natural/unnatural? who cares!

Phenoxyethanol is also a xenoestrogen that can make you sick. Your estrogen receptors read it as dosing of bad estrogen so your body responds as though it has received bad estrogen in excess, which is a carcinogenic cycle women are at risk for. It has the same bad effect as drinking out of #1 hardness plastic bottles, using parabens, or using styrophone for heating foods. I react to #1 hardness plastic bottles with hurting ovaries. You can learn your bodies real responses by cleansing it in prolonged healthy fasts (I use Johanna Brandt's The Grape Cure when I can get the self-discipline in order). Watch your responses after cleanses to plastic bottled drinks, certain products with known xenoestrogens, there is fact behind this information.

Unfortunately, this item caused an allergic reaction on my eyes. After using it a couple of different times (resting in-between to see if it was the product), my eyes were swollen, itchy and red. I have narrowed it to down to the phenoxyethanol. I have contact allergies./atopic dermatitis so I am very conscientious of ingrediants in products. The most offending for me also inlcude parabens and propylene glycol. Even if a product states that its "hypoallergenic" or "natural," it is important to be familiar with ingredients especially if you have sensitive skin.

I have a question for Gabriel a couple posts above. I agree with much of your list. Phenoxyethanol and especially ethylhexyglycerin are bad news as they can irritate the skin. I am really puzzled as to why you have sodium pca on the list. Na-PCA is an awesome ingredient and is the primary natural moisturizer in human skin. I've been using this for almost 30 years in a spray sold by TwinLab and it is wonderful. People say I look 10 years younger. But anyway, unfortunately Twinlab recently changed their formula and added in the phenoxyethanol and the ethylhexylglycerine and now the product irritates my skin and I can no longer use it unless I can find an older bottle. The older formular was self-preserved as they used to put monolaurin in it. Shame on TwinLab for ruining a great product. BTW, did you think Na-PCA was a chemical preservative?

Hi! I have seen Breast Cancer ruin two of my beloved ones' life quality. It doesn't help a lot when your breasts are gone, that you used to be beautiful with shiny makeup. This Ingredient does not cause cancer, but a lot of others do. I am shocked to read all these comments and wonder; If a celebrity was advertizing for quick-silver as anti-age, would you smear it all over you? It is ok to let people make their own choices, but if noone yelled about this serious issue, you wouldn't even know you had a choice, now would you? Another thing, caring and sharing author, and God Bless you for doing so! - Rules and regulations in Europe are more strict than in USA.
If a european product contains dangerous chemicals, it won't be certified organic, no matter what manufactorer try to call it. It is tested, you know. And not compared with food, as in the US. Because there are parabens in some berries, natural parabens some call it. Why you safely can eat them, but not add them to your skin: Your skin absorbs anything you add to it, down to your veins, and all around our body, it is transported, It doesn't have our digestive system to break anything down. It just takes it in. In our second layer of skin, is our veines. The only question now is: Which Ingredients do you want transported around your organism? Cancer-causing chemicals, or nutrition?
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