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Apr 2019
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Beautycounter's Gregg Renfrew Explains: ...

Rebecca Minkoff
About this episode

 How do you know the ingredients in your beauty products are safe?

In this episode Gregg Renfrew  (Founder and CEO of Beautycounter) explains how the United States is  way behind other countries in regards to what ingredients can be used in  the products we put on our bodies. She also gives us helpful tips for  ways we can create our own safer beauty alternatives, and she talks  about the power of using women to start a movement.

You can also find Beautycounter's "Never List" of ingredients here: https://www.beautycounter.com/the-never-list

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