Episode 151: Clean Beauty for Sensitive Skin
Do fragrances, chemicals, and ingredients you can’t even pronounce leave your skin red, itchy, and inflamed? Join green beauty pioneer Joy McCarthy as she shares science-backed secrets to finding skincare and makeup that soothes and nourishes sensitive skin.
Joy McCarthy is a Holistic Nutritionist and founder of JoyousHealth.com, a Taste Canada award-winning blog and co-founder of Hello Joyous, an organic + plant-based beauty brand with a rock-solid mission: to help people find more joy in the everyday. Joy is an expert in skin health disorders especially rosacea and eczema with a background in Integrative Dermatology.
She is an author of three bestselling cookbooks: Joyous Health, The Joyous Cookbook and Joyous Detox, a World Gourmand Cookbook Award recipient. She is the host of the Joyous Health Podcast where she interviews natural health experts all around the world.
A trusted nutrition expert, Joy has been featured on Marilyn Denis, The Social, CNN and CBC. Joy is a regular natural health expert on the popular daytime television show Cityline. Joy lives in Toronto with her husband Walker and their daughter Vienna. You can find Joy on Instagram, Pinterest and on Facebook and Tik Tok.
In this episode, you'll learn more about:
Why your products need to be pH balanced and how imbalanced skin pH can trigger rosacea, eczema and acne
How to avoid sneaky “greenwashing” of paraben-free items
The importance of natural & organic products
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