Clean

We have embarked on a journey to deliver the quality cosmetics you have become accustomed to, while making them CLEAN whenever possible. CLEAN cosmetics means different things to different people, so we wanted to share with you what it means to us. When you see a blinc product with a CLEAN symbol, it means it has been formulated without:



• Sulfates – SLS + SLES
• Parabens
• Formaldehydes
• Formaldehyde-releasing agents
• Phthalates
• Mineral Oil
• Palm Oil
• Retinyl Palmitate
• Oxybenzone
• Coal Tar
• Hydroquinone
• Triclosan
• Triclocarban
• Synthetic fragrances are allowed provided they are disclosed and meet all of the above criteria and are at concentrations below 1% of total formula
• Acrylates: specific to the ones below
. ethyl acrylate
. ethyl methacrylate
. methyl methacrylate
. butyl methacrylate
. hydroxypropyl methacrylate
. tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate
. trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate
• Aluminum Salts
• Animal Oils/Musks/Fats
• Benzophenone + Related Compounds
• Butoxyethanol
• Carbon Black
• Lead/Lead Acetate
• Methyl Cellosolve + Methoxyethanol
• Methylchloroisothiazolinone & Methylisothiazolinone
• Mercury + Mercury Compounds (Thimerisol)
• Insoluble Plastic Microbeads
• Resorcinol
• Talc: Asbestos free talc is ok. Brands need to conduct testing to ensure no contamination.
• Toluene
• BHA/BHT: BHT threshold is 0.1%
• Ethanolamines DEA/TEA/MEA/ETA
• Nanoparticles - size range 1 nm-100 nm; larger than this range ok
• Petrolatum & Parrafin - *PAH-free white petrolatum USP ok
• Phenoxyethanol- under 1% ok
• Polyacrylamide & Acrylamide
• Styrene: specific to the ones below
. Bromostyrene
. Deastyrene/acrylates/dvbcopolymer
. sodium styrene/divinylbenzene copolymer
. styrene oxide
. styrene
• 1,4 Dioxane thresholds:
i. 10 or < ppm for rinse off products
ii. 3ppm or < for leave-on products