Our Favorite Non-Toxic Personal Care Products
By Marilee Nelson |

We’ve had a lot of you ask us what our favorite personal care products are, so we thought compiling a list of what we use (along with some other great options) would be helpful! Ensuring that the products you bring into your home are free of harmful chemicals (ex. synthetic fragrance) is crucial to creating a healthy home, and that’s especially true for the products you put onto your body! With a market that has (thankfully!) grown rapidly over the past few years, it can be hard to sort through all of the “safe”, “natural” and “non-toxic” claims. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but we hope this makes your search for the really clean stuff a lot easier! And we are big believers in the saying "variety is the spice of life" even when it comes to personal care products. Just like you wouldn't eat the same foods everyday for years, your skin and hair like when you mix it up a bit!
Here are some ingredients that we typically avoid:
synthetic fragrance, phenoxyethanol, parabens, phthalates, BHA, BHT, formaldehyde releasing preservatives, MIT – isothiazolinone family, benzalkonium chloride , sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, petrolatum, mineral oil, propylene glycol, sodium laurel/laureth sulfate, artificial colorants, retinol, retinyl palmitate, hydroquinone, PEG ingredients, PEG ingredients, polysorbate 60 and 80, polyethylene glycol
Also, we recommend looking for your brand in the EWG database. If it is not in their database, then you can compare your ingredients using this link.
You can also investigate the ingredients one by one. Go to EWG’s Skin Deep Cosmetics Database. Type in each ingredient into the search bar. The ingredients are rated from 1 - 10 - with 1 being the safest to 10 being the most toxic. Ideally, the safest ingredients to put on the skin will be rated 1. We also love the Think Dirty app for checking particular products. We recommend only using products rated 0.
And now for our favorites...
Skin Care/Face Care
Face Wash:
- Luminance Delicate Cleanse
- Mother Dirt Face & Body Cleanser
- Dr. Alkaitis – Organic Purifying Facial Cleanser
- Primally Pure Oil Cleanser
- Aware Skin - Wash Your Face
- Branch Basics Concentrate used in the Foaming Wash Bottle (available together in the Starter Kits)
- Kiss My Face Olive Oil Soap Unscented
- Sumbody Charcoal Natural Soap - the charcoal helps to deep clean pores
- Valentina Cleansing Milk
- Activist Skincare- Sea to Skin Cleansing Gel
- Activist Skincare- Deep Moisture Cleansing Balm
-
- Primally Pure Blue Tansy Beauty Cream
- Luminance Face Cream/Moisturizer
- Luminance Hydration Face Moisturizer
- Valentina Vitamin C Cream
- True Botanicals Face Oils
- Dr. Alkaitis – Organic Day Crème
- Dr. Alkaitis Organic Nourishing Treatment Oil
- Bubble and Bee Organic Face Cream
- Aware Skin – Hydrate Your Skin - Liquid Moisturizer
- Aware Skin – Rejuvenate Your Skin Super Concentrated Moisturizer
- Terressentials Fragrance Free Moisture Cream
- Keys Luminos Facial Moisturizer
- EdenSong Honey Dew Facial Scrub - Moisturizing exfoliating scrub
- Body Butter - OY-L - They have unscented and scented with essential oils. We haven't tried them all, but the orange rose is super lovely.
- Snow Beauty Co - Moroccan Argan Oil - Glass Dropper
- Activist Skincare- Precious Oils Serum
- Valentina Rose Water
- Wildcrafted Luminance Rose Water Toner
- Teak Naturals Rose Water
- Primally Pure Complexion Sprays
- Strange Invisible Perfume
- Luminance Acne Serum
- Luminance Green Clay Clarifying Mask
- Activist Skincare- Vitamin C Superpowder
- Cocokind- Turmeric Tonic
- Sumbody Face Masks
Body Care
Body Wash/Soap:
- Dr. Bronners Liquid & Bar Soaps
- Kosmatology - Free and Clear Body Wash
- Blissfully Unscented Soap
- Aware Skin – Wash Your Body
- Dr. Alkaitis - Organic Body Wash
- Luminance Blissfully Unscented Bar Soap
- Dead Sea Soap
- The Seaweed Bath Co Detox Cellulite Soap
- Olea Estates Olive Oil Soap
- Branch Basics Concentrate used in the Foaming Wash Bottle (available together in the Starter Kits)
- Kosmatology Free and Clear Lotion Bars
- Luminance Skin Butter
- Beautycounter Body Oil Citrus Rosemary
- Keys Tortuga Hand & Body Lotion
- Activist Skincare Relief Balm- Soothes aches and pains
- Yoro Naturals Manuka Honey Cream
- Organic coconut oil, sesame oil, jojoba oil, etc.
Hair Care
Shampoo:
- Nurture My Body All-Natural Everyday Shampoo Fragrance-Free
- Penny Lane Organics 100% Natural Shampoo & Conditioner Fragrance-Free
- Carina’s Organics Nature’s Botanical Therapeutic Unscented
- Keys Care Mangrove Foaming Shampoo
- Christina Moss Naturals
- Morrocco Method Shampoos – These do have a scent. All types rated zero on EWG except Pine Shale so avoid that one.
- 100% Pure
- Sumbody
- Griffin Remedy & Avalon Organics Scalp Treatment Tea Tree - These aren't as clean as the above and have ingredients we typically avoid (like potassium sorbate), but they are convenient options available at many grocery stores. While we like to only recommend products that have ingredients with a 1 on EWG's Skin Deep, these are definitely better than most shampoos out there. However, if skin issues like eczema are a factor, we would recommend using one of the other options listed above.
- Penny Lane Organics Natural Shampoo and Conditioner Fragrance-Free
- Carina Nature's Blends Deep Conditioner
- Carina Blends Daily Light Conditioner
- Carina Botanical therapeutic Essence Daily Moisturizing Conditioner
- 100% Pure
- Sumbody
- Andalou Hair Sprays
- Carina Pure and Natural Fast Drying Hairspray
- Intelligent Nutrients Certified Organic Perfect Hold
- John Masters Hair Spray
- Primally Pure Dry Shampoo (options for dark and light hair)
Baby
Shampoo & Body Wash:
- Branch Basics Concentrate used in the Foaming Wash Bottle (available together in the Starter Kits)
- Carina’s Unscented Baby Shampoo and Body Wash
- Dr. Bronner's Unscented Liquid or Bar Soap
- Primally Pure Baby Bar
- Primally Pure Baby Kit
- Luminance Organic Body Lotion
- Farm to Girl Organic Baby Bliss Lotion
- Lina Hanson Global Baby Serum
- Primally Pure Body Oils
- Keys Avo Jel - Petroleum jelly alternative
- Keys Vapor Jel - So great during colds and runny noses! Has menthol & eucalyptus.
- Organic coconut oil, sesame oil, jojoba oil, etc.
- Primally Pure Deodorant
- Primal Pit Paste – unscented preferred
- Luminance Natural Deodorant
- Living Clay – Detox Deodorant
- Terressentials
- Life Stinks
- Bubble and Bee Organic Deodorant Sampler
- Sumbody Be Fresh Deodorant Pads
Because this can be an everyday problem in the South!
- Primally Pure Nature Spray
- Kosmatology Bug Repellent
- Bubble and Bee Insect Repellent
- Butterbean Organic Sunscreen
- Real Purity Insect Repellent
- Mosquito Extreme Bracelets
- RediCare by Keys
- Best Beach & Sport Sunscreens by EWG
- Keys KPRO Tinted Moisturizer with Sunscreen
- Keys Solar RX Broad Spectrum SPF 30 Sunblock
- Luminance Non Metallic Sun Screen
- Adorable Baby by Loving Naturals - love how moisturizing it is
- Badger Sunscreen
- Goddess Garden Organics Sport Continuous Spray
Oral Care
Toothpaste & Teeth Whitening:
- Earthpaste
- Himalaya Botanique - Whitening Complete Care Toothpaste
- 100% Activated Charcoal Powder (they are typically all good if they only have charcoal. Here are two good options on Amazon: Lily & Lush and Natural Riches)
- Brittanie’s Thyme Teeth Whitening Powder
Nails
There really aren't any perfect nail polishes, but these are the best options we know of if you don't like to go bare nails.
Make-Up
We finally put together our list! See it here. What are your favorite personal care products? Comment below!

Marilee Nelson
Marilee Nelson is an Environmental Toxins expert who has spent nearly 30 years advocating for the chemically-sensitive and chronically-ill. She is a Board Certified Nutritionist, Certified Bau-Biologist and Bau-Biology Inspector and specializes in Food As Medicine. She has helped thousands of families and individuals identify, heal and recover from toxic exposures and is on a mission to revolutionize the way American families view their health.