Monday, October 25, 2010

Eye Opener: Ecological Working Group

The cosmetic product I use everyday that I chose for this review is Old Spice Antiperspirant Deodorant.  This review is done from cosmeticdatabase.com and is really helpful for finding out about your products or ones you may want to try.

The product that I chose to review, partially because I use it every day, is Old Spice Antiperspirant Deodorant Invisible Solid.  I really like this product and have used it since it came out a couple years ago. (The Fresh Collection is newer, but I used their other scents before these were available)

The deodorant scored fairly well in all categories except one: neurotoxicity/allergies/immunotoxicity/miscellaneous irritation score of 8/10.  This is due to the fragrance ingredient.  And while I like the way it smells, it isn't something I need.  So if it was possible to offer the product free or fragrance I would be okay with it.  And as it is currently, it isn't a big enough concern for me to consider a switch, although I think it would be interesting to investigate new products.

3 comments:

  1. I agree that switching products probably isn't your biggest concern. At least it is only the fragrance part that could be an issue, which is something that is easily changeable if you ever wanted to switch to non-scented. I am glad your product turned out to not be so bad.

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  2. Dane your lucky that yours scored pretty well, mine definitely didnt.I also agree with Alicia your lucky that it is only the fragrance part that scored bad. Maybe we should all use old spice :) Nice post

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  3. Dane your score seems pretty reasonable compared to mine. I chose Listerine and the score was a moderate hazard. It's good to see that your product is mostly safe to use and doesn't offer much of a threat health wise. Nice post.

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