The awesome Jody Villecco from Whole Foods has written another really instructive piece over at GOOD for our No More Dirty Looks series. This one offers a primer on how to read labels, and some advice as to why that’s important.

Get out your loupe, because it’s time to read some labels.

This is by far the hardest thing to do when it comes to choosing personal care products, but it’s also the most instructive, and the most important.

Because of lax cosmetics laws, it can be very hard to know if a product you’re using is as clean and safe as you want it to be. There are laws about ingredient disclosure, however, which means that the list of things listed in your product have to be true. To help you on your way, here are some tips.

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