So many women put on make-up every day – without actually knowing what it contains. We have written an article on this issue and present three outstanding make-up brands. Not only do they recognise this is a problem and a unnecessary risk, they also act and adds to a solution by developing skin-friendly make-up. Read […]

By Kristina Vile, AllergyCertified Hormones play a central role in your body and in communicating between different parts of your body – they constitute a communication system without direct contact between recipient and sender. The endocrine system controls both growth and development in children, regulate body functions in adults and play a central role in […]

Last friday (01.06.2018) the polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza published an article about allergy, cosmetics and AllergyCertified. Check it out:

By Ewa Daniél What is it? Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES) and Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) are anionic surfactants. An anionic surfactant is an organic substance that creates negatively charged particles when they are dissolved in water, in that way an active washing component (the anion) is created. SLES and SLS are among the most common surfactants […]

by Toxicologist, Ewa Daniél What is it? Chromium is a metal known to be used in many different industries such as graphic, metal, cement and wood protection. It can thus be found in many different product types such as stainless steel, jewellery and as a raw material used in cement, and tanning of leather. It […]

In the last year we have declined certification of about ten products. Either because they contained ingredients we do not allow, or because the concentration of an an ingredient was too high or because we found impurities in the raw materials that we do not allow in certified products. In the following you can see […]