Elave has developed formulations with the most sensitive reactive skin in mind so we have avoided all common skin irritants like soap and perfume and worrying chemicals. Our 'free from' list is comprehensive and avoids all the common triggers for eczema, dermatitis and sensitive skin. save your skin - our goal. Did you know that before you leave your house you’ve exposed yourself to over three hundred potentially toxic chemicals? Increasing chemical exposure all around us - and increasing instances of dry skin conditions.

It’s an obvious link but don’t take our word for it. We have put together this site to be an informative link to expert reports from newspapers, web campaigns and medical research to show you how to identify the harmful chemicals in skincare. Just as we watch what we eat and put into our bodies more and more of us are watching what we put on our bodies. We hope that elave skincare and this site will help all of you make safer skincare choices.

We have included links below to informative articles and research on chemicals in skincare.

What is Phthalates?

http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=what+is+phthalates&meta=
http://www.phthalates.org/

What is Parabens?

http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=what+is+parabens&meta=
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1574062,00.html
http://www.checnet.org/healthehouse/chemicals/chemicals-detail.asp?Main_ID=268
http://www.thinkbeforeyoupink.org/Pages/CosmeticCompanies.html

What is SLS / SLES?

http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=what+is+sodium+laureth+sulphate&meta=
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1574062,00.html
http://www.natural-health-information-centre.com/sodium-lauryl-sulfate.html
http://www.health-report.co.uk/sodium_lauryl_sulphate.html

What is Formaldehyde?

http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=formaldehyde+in+skincare+causing+irritation&meta=
http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=what+is+formaldehyde+in+cosmetics&meta=

Why is perfume irritating? - colourings irritating? - soap irritating? - alcohol irritating? – lanolin irritating?

http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=why+is+perfume+irritating&meta=
http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=colourings+in+skincare+causing+irritation&meta=
http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=alcohol+in+skincare+causing+irritation&meta=
http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=soap+in+skincare+causing+irritation&meta=
http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=lanolin+in+skincare+causing+irritation&meta=
http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=chemicals+in+skincare+causing+irritation&meta=