Breaking: The First U.S. State Just Banned Harmful Chemicals In Beauty Products

The bill (called the Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act) was actually introduced back in June—an exciting leap forward for clean beauty in and of itself, but now that bill is officially signed into law by the state governor. Consider California's beauty shelves officially cleaned up.

Under this new law, beauty products are prohibited from including any of these ingredients from the get-go. But that's not all: "It will also allow the attorney general of California to require the halt of sale of products, as well as require products to be removed from the shelves," Susan Little, senior advocate for California government affairs at the Environmental Working Group (EWG), has previously told mbg about the co-sponsored bill. "That's why the bill is so helpful." 

As for non-Californians, just because there's no state law set in stone doesn't mean you can't take it upon yourself to avoid these ingredients in your products. Just continue to peer at your labels and read up on any players that sound a bit iffy—all it takes is a bit more legwork.