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Want to know if the beauty, personal care, and cleaning products in your home have potentially toxic ingredients? Think Dirty has evaluated over 1.7 million products to help you identify those that might be harmful.
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While a self-care routine is important — occasional self-indulgence is necessary to stay sane — beauty brands and cosmetics can be especially harmful to the environment. The Think Dirty app helps users...
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Smartphones, laptops and gaming consoles remain at the top of holiday wish lists, but this year we at CNN Business are reflecting on the tech, services and apps that truly made a big impact on our everyday lives...
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Who says phones are just for scrolling yourself down a rabbit hole on TikTok and Instagram? As you continue your sustainability journey, you can actually use apps to your advantage. Some sustainability apps will help you calculate your carbon footprint...
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When it comes to choosing beauty products, what's most important to you? How it looks, what it does or, what its ingredients are? Sometimes beauty industry jargon can be confusing...
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You don’t have to go far to help care for Earth. These apps empower you to make a difference wherever you are.
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These tech tools can help you buy eco-friendly clothes and products, and avoid wasting food.
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Are your efforts to help the planet secretly hurting it? It might be time to rethink a few things.
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The Coronavirus concerns have some people cleaning more than ever. The U.S. Poison Control Center calls have increased by 20-percent in the last three months as people have suffered from toxic exposure to cleaning supplies and disinfectants.
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As the world is under lockdown to fight the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, we are seeing reports of wild birds, animals roaming around in the cities. Though, it gives us a really good refreshing break from the depressing news, but also make realise planet Earth can heal itself with or without humans.
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The winners of Fast Company's 2020 World Changing Ideas Awards were announced today, honoring the business, policies, projects, and concepts that are actively engaged and deeply committed to flattening the curve when it comes to the climate crisis, social injustice, or economic inequality.
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Think Dirty was founded by Lily Tse out of a personal journey to understand the truths in the beauty industry. Following her mother's cancer diagnosis, getting laid off from her advertising gig...
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I am suffering from severe hair and scalp issues. I used to recommend Devacurl, but not anymore.
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Today I’m covering Step 3 of the Happy Hormone Code and that’s CLEANSE – minimising your exposure to toxic chemicals and ensuring your detoxification systems are working.
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As we continue to reflect on the past 10 years, we explore how the beauty dictionary got updated.
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Do you long to glow and be forever youthful? Us too. However, it's no easy feat finding beauty products that can deliver. Do they even exist?
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Getting beautiful can cause problems. We most often think nothing of changing our hair color, getting a manicure or pedicure or putting on nail polish. These body enhancements can cause a number of health issues.
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Every year the magazine shines a light on the best-performing companies and industry leaders, specifically honouring those that have managed to excel in terms of both strategy and sustainability.
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Apps like 'Think Dirty' reveal what you're really using on your skin and hair - including allergens and carcinogens - We explore how beneficial they are.
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From decades of beauty trends that sell you ‘this’ new magic ingredient, it seems as though consumers are trying to be more conscious—and beauty and skincare brands see that. So what is clean beauty? And what makes your bathroom cabinet dirty?
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Packaging is, more than ever, a vital part of the marketing mix. A new breed of shoppers is avidly checking labels for ‘good’ and ‘bad’ ingredients using a variety of apps and websites, plus knowledge gleaned from the plethora of on and offline media and beauty bloggers.
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Considering how much time we not only spend on our phones and how rely on them for just about everything, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that beauty brands have taken notice by stepping the app game up.
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The four key things experts say families should look for when shopping
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We’re all just trying to do our part, and these apps can make it a little easier.
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It seems like we can’t go one week without another headline about the damage we’ve done to the planet, leading some to feel frustrated and like there’s nothing they can do about it. We’re all just looking to do our part in protecting the environment – and luckily, there’s an app for that.
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When Ovie Marshall, an esthetician at The Spa at Aestique in Hempfield, decided to use natural beauty and skin care products, she says she found valuable information in Stacy Malkan’s 2007 book, “Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry.”
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Dangerous makeup. These are two words no one wants to hear in the same sentence. Yet there are harmful ingredients in the cosmetics we use to help enhance our appearance.
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We live in a digital age; dependent on our iPhones for everything from telling the time to controlling our heating and even finding a life partner. So it was only a matter of time until technology took over looking after our skin.
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You can read all the nutrition labels in the world and make excellent choices based on that information but what good will it do if the air you breathe around the apartment or the lotions you dutifully apply to your skin are more toxic than your teenage son’s gym bag?
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Beauty is all around us. Channeling or harnessing it to be our best selves can be incredibly fun, and it can bring thought-provoking challenges as well. Here’s how to truly cultivate beauty from the outside, from choosing natural skincare strategies to making lifestyle pivots.
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As parents, we all want the best for children. Some areas seem more important than others to go the extra mile. We have 5 Quick Tips for to make healthier consumer choices.
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Don’t know your AHAs from your HA, your retinol from your retin-A and what exactly vitamin C is doing to your skin? Here are some answers.
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In the first installment of Abby’s Apps, Abby takes a look at an app that could help users shift to a clean and healthy lifestyle. It’s called “Think Dirty” but really, you’ll want to use it for getting clean.
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It’s a necessity, otherwise they could go the way of Kraft Heinz
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With it being Earth Month, there’s no better time to reconsider your beauty regime. If you’re willing to spend extra dollars on organic produce, why lather your lashes with chemical-laden mascaras?
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Elevate has announced the 50 most innovative workplaces that will be officially recognized at The Elevated Awards. The Elevated Awards look to recognize the companies that make innovation a valued part of the way people think, work, and interact every day.
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When it comes to choosing the safest beauty products, there are few cut-and-dry answers. Ultimately, there's no simple way to determine any given product's "cleanness," though you can find tools that...
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This is an excellent app, which allows you to scan the barcode or manually search for any beauty, skincare or haircare product.
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Companies are tricking their consumers into trusting their ingredients by labeling their products “natural” and “clean.” Are they telling the truth or is it a marketing scam?
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How to decode labels, understand ingredient lists and find products that are truly healthier for your body and the planet.
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And the safe alternatives we’re loving
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Adults of all ages still struggle with breakouts, blackheads and other skin issues. In this week’s Tech on Tuesday, we check out some skin care apps to help you put your best face forward.
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You don't need Marie Kondo to declutter your house. Just get some of these apps.
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The cleaning influencer offers tips along with her new book release.
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The newest eight ventures selected by the SheEO network for funding this year have been announced.
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Together, the SheEO network and SheEO Ventures are taking on the world's to-do list, which means their business models and outcomes help achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Lily Tse wants you to think dirty and buy clean. The U of T Scarborough alum started thinking about the chemicals in personal care and beauty products after her mother’s breast cancer diagnosis. She did some digging...
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An entrepreneur seeks investment for her app that reveals the toxic ingredients found in beauty products.
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Clean beauty is not just a trend, it’s a movement. TODAY style contributor Bobbie Thomas stops by to talk to Kathie Lee and Hoda about why it’s all the buzz. Plus, Bobbie shares some of her favorite products.
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Non-toxic or “clean” products—everything from household cleaners to baby supplies to beauty products—have been on the rise in recent years...I didn’t see what all the fuss (and a few extra bucks) was about. That is, until I found myself struggling to get pregnant.
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Kan jouw huis wel een opruimbeurt gebruiken, maar heb je geen idee waar je moet beginnen? Dan kun je natuurlijk naar de Japanse opruimgoeroe Marie Kondo kijken op Netflix. Maar we helpen graag een handje door je vijf apps te geven waarmee...
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There are so many apps out on the market it can be really hard to choose which are the best for you. Here’s a list of my favorite apps in different categories...If you're looking for the best apps to help you make 2019 your most successful year yet, here they are!
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Mobile applications make it easier to track ingredients in skincare and makeup products
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Whether you want to get fit or find a new job, these apps will help you stay on track and make sure you don't abandon your New Year's resolutions by mid-January.
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"Moving in to the New Year I've been taking a closer look at what I'm putting on my skin to improve it."
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From skin care to household items, hidden toxins in the products you use every day may be impacting your health.
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Girls who are exposed before birth to chemicals commonly found in cosmetics, soaps, shampoos and other personal care products may begin puberty at an earlier age, according to a study published this week in the journal Human Reproduction.
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This week, EWG released an analysis that breaks down the rising trend of serum and essence cosmetics.
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Girls exposed to chemicals commonly found in toothpaste, makeup, soap and other personal care products before birth may hit puberty earlier, according to a new longitudinal study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, United States (U.S.).
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I believe that toxin-free, sustainable, and ethical fashion should be accessible to all. And I think the same should go for the products we put on our skin.
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In your heart of hearts, you know you should probably live with fewer chemicals. But why, exactly?
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Think Dirty and other apps let shoppers scan for toxic ingredients in cosmetics such as the Drop Dead Red lipstick once touted by Kendall Jenner.
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Founder and CEO of Think Dirty, an app that educates consumers about ingredients in beauty products.
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When battling cancer, it’s truly amazing what a swipe of bold red lipstick or a simple sheet mask can do for you physical and mental wellbeing...
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Want to know if the beauty products you’re buying are bad for you? There’s an app for that.
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Green beauty -- products containing all-natural ingredients -- is now a multi-billion dollar market.
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Think Dirty and other apps let shoppers scan for toxic ingredients in cosmetics such as the Drop Dead Red lipstick once touted by Kendall Jenner.
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Lily Tse founded Think Dirty, an app that educates consumers about ingredients in health and beauty products.
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I’m a reformed scent-a-holic. For years, I believed the more fragrance, the better. Pile it on!...But then my body rebelled. And yours might be, too, you just don’t realize it yet.
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"I always love seeing what other apps people are using and I’ve gotten a few really great recommendations over the past year, so I thought I’d share a few that I’m loving (and using) lately."
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"G.I. Joe said it best — knowing is half the battle. You owe it to yourself, your health, your body, your skin, and your loved ones to make informed choices by knowing the ingredients in the beauty products and cosmetics you use."
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Lily Tse left agency life to become an entrepreneur, and now she’s on a mission to help people purchase beauty products that are good for you and good for the environment. Read on to see her global idea for tech and innovation.
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THE CULT OF skin care seems to have reached a fever pitch, with women (and men) accumulating costly, pleasingly packaged products to arrange in their bathrooms at a new pace. Self-taught enthusiasts, known as the “skintelligentsia,” exchange...
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While many people can relate to scrutinizing ingredient lists at the grocery store, we often ignore what beauty and skincare products be sinking into our pores. Even if said products, from sunscreen to moisturizers to...
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In between checking your Insta feed or seeing what's happening on Snapchat, why not download a couple of our suggested apps? Our recommendations are perfect anyone looking to up their eco-conscious game.
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Walking into a drugstore and seeing endless aisles of makeup can be overwhelming. Now try to narrow those products down into ones that don’t test on animals...We owe it to our furry friends to shop cruelty-free! Here are some ways to get started:
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"First, let me start off by saying I am an app minimalist. I’m currently still in the Dark Ages with my iPhone 6S 16GB, so I barely have room for Gmail and text threads. I’m extremely judicious with app downloads, but my new discovery–the “Think Dirty” app–was a no-brainer!"
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"奶媽我可能職業病的關係，在未懷珍珠（大孖）奶茶（細孖）時已經好注意平時用的護膚品、彩妝及日用品的成分是否溫和、天然、安全或者有機。要詳細了解每一種產品的成分並非一般媽媽可以做到，就算產品公司聲稱使用的製造成分天然溫和，都有機會只是宣傳手法...
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I love makeup and make no apologies for it. I consider makeup a tool for boosting my mood or highlighting my favorite features, but I recently started to question my embrace of it. While listening to my local NPR station, I heard experts discussing a recent study about chemicals in cosmetics. I thought: could my form of self-expression be dangerous?
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"You have to disclose if you're buying a house there could potentially be lead in there. So why is it OK that we can educate people that there's no lead on the walls, but then we can have it in our lipstick which is on our face?"
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What exactly is inside the beauty and cosmetics products that many of us use on our skin every day? It's a simple question with a not-so-simple answer...
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The Think Dirty app: "A great example of a resource that allows people to decipher all of the confusing and unpronounceable chemical names so that they can assess the safety of their favorite cosmetic products."
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With equal parts science and nature, the world of green beauty makes a strong case for itself.
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As a first-time mom, I am trying to use products on my daughter that don't contain harmful ingredients, so I immediately downloaded the app to find out if I was succeeding.
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Discover what's really in your products...
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I scrutinized ingredient lists and cross-checked with the Think Dirty app database to make sure the foundations I was testing were free of parabens, phthalates, sulfates and petrochemicals (the main substances that the clean beauty community is passionate about avoiding).
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We put together a list of the best beauty apps on the market, from skin analysis to up-to-the date hair conditions based on weather. Check out the 15 beauty apps you’ll probably want to start downloading now.
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A growing amount of research suggests chemicals in everyday products may put us at risk for health problems. A mom in Pensacola is trying to protect her family, by "switching and ditching" products around her house.
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Gupta recommends downloading an app called Think Dirty to help determine which products are the healthiest choices for your body and skin. “It’s a wonderful tool,” Gupta added. “You just scan the barcode of your toothpaste, deodorant, moisturizer or whatever beauty or hygiene product you’re inquiring about, and you can see how clean or dirty it is for your skin."
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"While we often think to clean up our homes and detox our cleaning supplies in preparation for the new season, the designer also recommends spring-cleaning your makeup collection. And there's an app that makes it easy."
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Everybody’s talking about the Clean Beauty movement, but TODAY style expert Bobbie Thomas warns consumers to beware of buzzwords like “natural” because they’re not regulated. She also explains what the symbols on beauty product labels mean.
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Think dirty is one of my favorite apps that I have been using in 2017. It is quick and easy and it can completely change the health of you and your family as you know it!
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Dry lips can be borderline unbearable, and sometimes it feels as if the things we use to fix that problem only make it worse. Why is this?
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I began by researching a safe cosmetic "starter kit," focusing on the body, shower, skin care, and makeup products I use on a daily basis. The FDA has shockingly little authority over cosmetics (more on that later), and my research taught me that terms like organic, eco, natural, and nontoxic have no legal or regulatory meaning when it comes to cosmetics. Luckily, there are helpful online resources and apps like Think Dirty (available on iPhone) that help consumers understand what exactly goes into the products they use.
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What changed my routine and really my life is the Think Dirty app. I’m obsessed. All these things I thought were good, or natural, were actually loaded with carcinogens.
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These evidence-based nuggest of truth from across wellness domains have changed my daily practice in real ways, empowering me to take control of my own health. Could they do the same for you?
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Founder and CEO of Think Dirty Lily Tse explains how she was successful at getting the word out about her company and the importance of being authentic when telling your story.
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"I might need to clean up my act. At least when it comes to the products I use."
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Here's what happened when one beauty writer went on a beauty detox in a quest to green her beauty routine.
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With eco-friendly beauty buys becoming more of an industry standard, now is the perfect time to arm ourselves with the best resources that can help us make better choices one purchase at a time. But what exactly is green beauty and how can you get on board? Here, a few amazing platforms that make natural beauty education a reality.
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The truth is that the FDA can only take action once a dangerous product is on the market and it can prove it's harmful to consumers. The good news? There are resources out there, like Think Dirty (available on iTunes), that help consumers understand what goes into the products we use.
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Content that is meant to help and inspire entrepreneurs is actually altruistic, unrealistic and idealistic, ignoring the realities of starting a company... We suggest that you avoid the meaningless, rainbow-coloured, unicorns-and-rabbits advice plastered all over social media. Here’s some real advice and interesting ideas from entrepreneurs and experts who have failed, succeeded and then failed again.
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In this presentation, Lily talks about the importance of purpose and inclusivity in building the right culture.
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For Lily Tse, the founder and CEO of Think Dirty, understanding the importance of purpose and inclusivity are crucial to building a strong company with the right culture.
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"I recently had a conversatin with Lily Tse, the founder of the Think Dirty app. With her family having a history of cancer, Lily decided to take matters into her own hands and become knowledgable about what exactly goes into our most tried and trusted beauty products. Find the full interview below."
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Advocating for people and the planet through better beauty products: my passion is promoting health and happiness through education.
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Many cosmetic and personal-care products contain ingredients that can have negative environmental or health impacts, she says...
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Just what is in our personal care products, and more importantly, how safe are they?
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Just what is in our personal care products, and more importantly, how safe are they?
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Emma Watson knows the power of a press tour. Being that she's spent half of her life on the Harry Potter circuit...
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Zaman sekarang, kayaknya nggak ada alasan untuk nggak tampil cantik. As we know, saat ini beauty product semakin beragam dan lebih mudah untuk didapatkan secara online. Selain itu, kalau kamu...
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Lily shares some of the dirty secrets behind the beauty industry, and talks about how she thinks "beauty" is the next industry in line to truly push forward in an organic, sustainable direction.
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Toronto-based app Think Dirty is shaking up the cosmetic world and revolutionizing how we buy makeup
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Toronto-based Lily Tse was 12 years into a marketing career when her itch to solve a problem-the lack of available information about the safety of beauty products-became stronger than her desire for stability. The Think Dirty app launched for iOS in 2013,...
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The world is a mess right now. An outsider's look into the current state of affairs would show a global community in shambles, suffering from a laundry list of maladies in need of a serious remedy...
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Lily Tse - Founder of ThinkDirty, a skincare product comparison app...
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Well, from where we stand, it doesn't have a formal definition. It's a movement that means different things for different people. At its core, it's reexamining how our beauty products are affecting our health and eliminating the things that make cosmetics...
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The Future is Here. Apps give us the technology to monitor and take better care of our bodies, including our largest organ, the skin...
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The humble barcode has been a regular part of grocery store shopping since 1974, with the first ever product being scanned on June 26th of that year. Since then, they have become almost invisible, with some package designs finding ingenious ways to hide...
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What's in your cosmetics and can it be harmful to your health? We'll look at the new calls for -- and resistance to -- deeper regulation of the cosmetics industry...
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The Think Dirty app provides users with a way to learn about the potentially toxic ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products. Customers can scan the product barcode and Think Dirty will give them easy-to-understand info on the product...
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The top 25 female-led startups to participate in the Fierce Founders Bootcamp were announced today. The founders will complete the first phase of programming at the Communitech Hub July 19- 21, 2016, and then return to the Hub from August 23-25, 2016....
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It's no secret that men dominated the tech world at one point in time. But it's no longer just a man's world. The times have changed and women are killing it on the technical turf, especially here on Canadian soil. These are the women who have...
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It used to be that every time I had a rough day at work I headed straight to the closest drugstore's bath products aisle to find something that could wash away the work day and let me unwind in my own...
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One look at the average startup event and you'd think entrepreneurship has a strict membership policy: must be young, male and white. Why?
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Compiled by BNN staff 1:41 PM, E.T. | March 3, 2016 The Think Dirty app provides users with a way to learn about the potentially toxic ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products. Customers can scan the product barcode and Think Dirty...
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Our team at Cup of Jo has some serious old-school tendencies. Caroline still uses a day planner. But we've each managed to get hooked on a few apps that we now can't imagine living without. Here are our current must-haves, and we'd love to hear...
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In this podcast, we explore how Lily has set up Think Dirty, how she uses the power of the crowds to help as well as exploring the ever important business model.
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Lily Tse, founder and CEO of Think Dirty, wants to come clean on the personal care products you use every day. Think your “all natural” face cream is a healthy alternative? Convinced your “organic” lip gloss is the real deal? Think again. They might actua...
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What apps do you depend on when you're the founder of an app yourself? 'Safe' cosmetics whizz Lily Tse tells us what scores screen time in her world Ever wondered what's really hiding in your wash bag? Lily Tse is committed to helping you to find...
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When you scroll through your Instagram feed, it’s likely that you’ll see a post or two from a health-conscious or foodie friend with the hashtags #cleaneats or #healthy. It’s no doubt that healthy eating has become a large trend among the X and Y generati...
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“I feel like these entrepreneurship programs for women have some parallel qualities, it’s definitely helpful,” said Lily Tse, founder of the Think Dirty beauty and cosmetics app, and one of six startups that received $5,000 and a placement at the DMZ from...
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This week, The Honest Company, the Los Angeles-based sustainable consumer products retailer co-founded by Alba and recently valued at $1.7 billion, debuts a new line of cosmetics and facial care products.
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We asked followers of the BuzzFeed Community for their favorite underrated app. Here are their go-to downloads. Note: Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity. Want to be featured on BuzzFeed? Follow the BuzzFeed Community on...
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We lead busy, busy lives. And we definitely don't always have time to catch up on all of our favorite beauty blogs and watch countless hours of how-to tutorials. Since we're all about upgrading our lives with our favorite calendar apps and...
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If you are familiar with the natural makeup industry, then you are well aware of the controversial ingredients frequently found in mainstream cosmetics and hygiene products. For those unfamiliar, the story is simple: researchers have repeatedly found ques
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Her findings confirmed Leonard's report: that the beauty industry is very loosely regulated. Despite claims that products are "all natural" or "organic," the lack of standardization in cosmetic labeling meant that many potentially toxic chemicals...
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Back in March, we launched MasterCard Women in Entrepreneurship, a $60,000 program designed to fuel the success of six women-led startups through cash prizes and placement at the DMZ. The program, supported by a generous donation from MasterCard, aims to strengthen the DMZ’s community of female founders and co-founders and support these women as they scale their businesses...
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Our art director turned us all on to the Think Dirty app several months ago. Since then, we’ve been scanning like crazy and comparing notes. We polled the team to get everyone’s must-have beauty buys—and then we ran the app to see which products come up clean, according to Think Dirty...
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Array of guides from Hong Kong organisations and others offer information on sustainable seafood, recycling points, water dispensers, energy efficiency and air quality...
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With so much technology and information, today, we should always be well-tuned everything. Here are some of the latest applications beauty and useful for the newspaper...
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I don’t know about you guys, but sometimes I just get exhausted trying to read and understand every ingredient on every label. As a newbie to the whole natural lifestyle thing, I can feel a bit overwhelmed and discouraged by it all...
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If you don't have time to deep clean, use our tips and top gadget picks to help you live a healthier life while saving time...
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Personal care products often include ingredients that pose a risk to our health. Navigating labels for harmful chemicals can be confusing and time intensive. To help simplify conscious shopping, we partnered with Think Dirty to recommend the most verified...
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Mobile connectivity has increased our ability to make in-situ informed choices about many things. Through the Internet of Things, from Withings wifi scales to the up and coming Apple watch, our bodies and our actions are becoming evermore quantified...
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If one of your resolutions for the new year is to live greener, more healthily, and more in line with your values, these apps will give you a hand.
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Spurred by her mom’s experience with breast cancer, Toronto-based entrepreneur Lily Tse created ‘Think Dirty’, an app that reveals harmful chemicals found in your facial wash or lipstick. The app draws from a database of over 200,000 products and ranks...
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THINK DIRTY Finally! An app that determines how toxic your favorite beauty products are. Just scan any product and receive a ranking of the ingredients and more importantly, a safer alternative...
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Is shampoo making you fat? Is soap causing cellulite? We look at the common household toxins known to disrupt hormone function. For more, download the Think Dirty app to help you navigate unwanted chemicals while shopping and read more from David Suzuki...
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If you’re always stuck trying to figure out just what DMDM Hydantoin is and why it’s in your favorite beauty products, this app is perfect for you...
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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Kirsty King from Mid-City LA is a sales director for an advertising agency, a business where image is everything. “This is my makeup I use most days when I’m working. I just put a light coat on across my face,” King says. “This is a product I’ve used for quite a while.”...
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I gave myself a mission: to find beauty products I love, using Think Dirty to help me make wise decisions for my long-term wellness.
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Nein, mit Sex hat das nichts zu tun. Durch das Scannen des Barcodes eines Produkts, vor allem bei Kosmetikprodukten, verrät „Think Dirty“ die genauen Inhaltsstoffe des Produkts.
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Scan your product’s barcode and the app will determine any ingredients that may not be as eco-friendly as you first thought, whilst also offering greener alternatives. Be prepared for a few surprises: some of our favourite products came out ‘dirtier’ than expected, but it explains which ingredients they see as un-ideal, and why, so you can have a look and decide for yourself.
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This app tells you exactly what’s in the personal care product you’re about to buy. You scan the barcode, and it shares information about potentially harmful ingredients (and gives alternatives, if you want them). It’s useful for fact-checking label claims like “all-natural” and “organic.” Kyle Shearer of our Events Workgroup says, “It helps me make informed choices on products that I am bringing home.”
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The iPhone 6 comes out in two days (and the much-debated Apple Watch launches early next year). Not to mention, iOS 8 is here, meaning nearly everyone has Apple on the brain these days. Whether you’re just upgrading your software, or going all in, we thou.
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TA natural-sounding chemical used in dozens of personal care products is a known carcinogen.
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First things first: Think Dirty is not a porn streaming service, despite what the name may lead you to believe. Launched in 2013, it’s an inspired app for consumers who are unaware of the harmful chemicals that may be marinating on the bathroom shelf.
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In ancient Greece both men and woman covered their face in makeup made from white lead – needless to say they were poisoning themselves. Unfortunately, when it comes to the beauty industry, it seems not much has changed in the course of two millennia...
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Reading teeny ingredients lists is tough, especially when you're out shopping. These three free apps make it easy to evaluate a product's ingredients and narrow down your choices. Just scan a product's bar code to see the ingredients it contains a...
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Before your mind gets stuck in the gutter, this app determines how toxic your beauty products are—a pretty brilliant idea, since ingredient details aren't always easy to find. Scan a product's barcode or search the database by product name; the app ranks
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Lily is the Founder and CEO of Think Dirty, a mobile app that makes reading cosmetic and personal care product labels and learning about ingredients simple, easy and fun.
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With app which center on beauty products now hitting consumers' screens thick and fast, CosmeticsDesign take a look at whether the swiftly evolving mobile space poses an opportunity for brands, or a risk.
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女士們每日用在皮膚的產品，例如護膚品、化妝品、沐浴用品等，動輒有十多種，你知道當中有多少產品含刺激性或潛在毒素嗎？應用程式 Think Dirty聲稱可以測化妝品毒性。記者測試數款化妝及潔膚護理產品，部分國際品牌致癌性竟爆表，究竟這些app可信度有多高？
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These little beads seem helpful when we're exfoliating skin, but they're actually harmful environmental concerns, damaging the purity of lakes and rivers. Microbeads are often listed as polyethylene and polypropylene. However, many consumers are unaware of the ingredients they use in cosmetics.
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Miranda Kerr is a big fan of using natural beauty products, so what's the betting she'd have some fun with this clever detoxing app? Maybe you consider yourself a bit of a beauty ingredients whiz; you can reel of the benefits of hyaluronic acid...
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But when I stumbled upon the new beauty app ThinkDirty, I realized it was time to pay more attention to what I'm putting on my face. The app allows you to scan the bar code on a beauty product — and then spits out a ranking based on the amount of cancer-causing substances in the product, ranking it on a scale from 0 to 10, with 10 being the most "dirty" in a totally nonsexual way.
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It’s Earth Day! Yay! But to make it really count, why not start something now that you can do long after 4/22. We have an idea that deals with something you likely did to kick off your AM.
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The Think Dirty app lets you scan barcodes to learn if a product contains potentially harmful substances.
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We’re using an increasing number of cosmetic products on a daily basis, but as the beauty industry isn’t required to list ALL of the ingredients on their product labels, it begs the question; do we really know what we’re putting on to our skin?
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At the end of the night when I suds up my face, I worry about removing all of my waterproof mascara. I’m not thinking about whether my skin-cleansing pads might make me sick. After all, I bought them at the local drugstore, not on the black market—and toxic chemicals are what the FDA is supposed to protect me from, right?
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"I never realized the environmental impact cosmetics had on our health," says Think Dirty® founder Lily Tse. Discovering many ingredients were possibly linked to breast cancer, Lily was shocked to learn that the cosmetics industry was not regulated like the food and drug sectors.
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It’s do or die time for cosmetic and personal care brands. Customers want goods they can trust won’t lead to serious health issues down the line, and retailers are backing them up by putting pressure on vendors to provide just that. Walmart and Target recently announced they’ve begun assessing and phasing-out products that contain harmful ingredients from store shelves. It’s a big, bold move that has set the tone for today’s health-conscious consumer landscape, and while the race is on to provide them with safer goods, there are also new platforms doing their bit to inform people about what they’re putting on their bodies.
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The average woman uses 12 beauty products a day, and the average man uses 6, but all too often the ingredients inside these items remain a mystery. Because the cosmetics industry isn’t required to list all components on their labels, there didn’t seem to be much hope of ever finding out what we are putting on ourselves- until now. Enter the ‘Think Dirty’ app.
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Some of the ingredients in make-up might be harmful, but a new app helps users pick the products with the least-bad additives.
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Toronto-based entrepreneur Lily Tse has created ‘Think Dirty’, an app that shows you the exact ingredients found in your facial wash or lipstick.
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The cosmetics industry isn't required to disclose all of the unhealthy chemicals in its products. But with a new app, one daughter of a breast cancer survivor is enabling greater transparency for shoppers.
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The cosmetics industry isn't required to disclose all of the unhealthy chemicals in its products. But with a new app, one daughter of a breast cancer survivor is enabling greater transparency for shoppers.
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Few of us really know what we are smearing on our faces, hands and bodies when we pick up creams and lotions these days. (Unless it’s coconut oil, then okay, you know.) But seriously, ever tried to pronounce those long, dinosaur-sounding words in most products’ ingredient list? Cue Think Dirty, an app* created by some innovative folks in Toronto, and used for deciphering what the heck is actually in our beauty products so we can make educated choices about them.
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Lily Tse, CEO and founder of Think Dirty, will demonstrate the pervasive influence mobile apps can have on consumers. The Think Dirty mobile application rates over 55,000 beauty products according to the health and safety risks of their ingredients. Consumers are using the mobile app to assess the safety of cosmetic products.
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Think Dirty was on the list of being interviewed!
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A second session will be devoted to digital marketing and will look at the impact of mobile devices and digital marketing on consumer behaviour towards personal care products. Lily Tse, CEO and founder of Think Dirty - a mobile application that rates over 55,000 beauty products according to the health and safety risks of their ingredients - will demonstrate the pervasive influence mobile apps can have on consumers.
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The Think Dirty app is the perfect solution for beauty shopping. Simply open the app, scan the product and it's info pops up on the screen for you.
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Making time to consider the environment in your daily schedule isn’t always easy. Sometimes it’s just simpler and less time consuming to ignore your better judgment and throw that tuna can in the garbage or pick-up that cheap, drugstore lip gloss.
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New smart phone app Think Dirty is aiming to change the way consumers shop for beauty products. The apps allow shoppers to scan products on the spot to find out a product's ingredient list. Some apps rank a product based on their ingredients, which can encourage or deter a sale.
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The holiday shopping season officially kicks off on Black Friday, and so begins that annual hunt for the perfect present, at the best price -- and with the fewest poisons.
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Don’t go throwing out all of your beauty products…
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This week's featured apps are Think Dirty, YouTube and IKEA Catalogue.
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Think Dirty, Shop Clean: free A handy iphone app which is available free from the itunes store. Using barcode scanning technology to identify products and rate them on a scale of 0-10 based on product ingredient listings (0 being you can almost eat it, to 10 meaning that no green girl worth her kale would touch it) . Hailing from Canada, the app indicates if a product has any potentially harmful ingredients and allergens using The National Library of Medicine's Hazardous Substances Data Bank , the Environmental Working Group and other not for profit organizations. With a clever design it makes shopping for your green friends and family more like a game than a puzzle.
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Toronto's ideaBOOST media and technology startup accelerator announced its latest cohort of six companies yesterday. The program takes place at the Canadian Film Centre's Media Lab (CFC Media Lab). The swanky ceremony was hosted by CBC's.
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Today's Notable Young Entrepreneur is Lily Tse, who founded the Think Dirty app to educate consumers about the potentially toxic ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products. What was the.
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Making an informed decision about cosmetics and personal care products just became a whole lot easier—thanks to the development of two new apps that will deliver specific product ratings and ingredient information right to your fingertips
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A new app aims to inform customers of potential toxins that could be lurking in your makeup.
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Whoa. I think Grist has found one of the most helpful apps I've ever seen. The environmental news site recently reported on Think Dirty — a free app that tells you if a beauty product contains potentially toxic chemicals.
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CityNews reporter Saphia Khambalia with the app that lets you know the toxic chemicals you may be applying every day.
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Looking to order food, get directions, or find a date? There’s an app for that. There’s an app for almost anything you could possibly need. And now, there’s even an app to tell you what toxins are in your makeup.
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Beauty Industry: App designed to help reveal potential toxins that exist in products
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Consumers worried about what might be lurking within their cosmetics and skin care products can turn to new applications that scan bar codes to review the items for safety.
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Consumers worried about what might be lurking within their cosmetics and skin care products can turn to new applications that scan bar codes to review the items for safety.
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More and more women are asking questions about the safety of the ingredients used in their make-up products.
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The Think Dirty App allows barcode scanning to find products.
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With labelling terms like organic, holistic, and natural dominating the beauty aisle, it’s really hard to figure out what products are safe, and which ones we should avoid.
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Lily Tse of the Think Dirty app. Although many products are labelled “all-natural” or “organic,” there is little transparency in labelling cosmetics and personal care products. Tse’s app is a tool for consumers to find information easily.
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A regular series, The Wang Post sits down with rising Asian entrepreneurs. This week, they spoke with Lily Tse, the founder and CEO of Think Dirty®, about her entrepreneurial path and her venture to educate other women on safe cosmetics and personal care products.
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A new app has been launched for the iPhone to enable consumers identify potential toxins in cosmetics and personal care products.
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TORONTO – If you’re concerned about the ingredients in everyday health and beauty products, navigating the beauty counter might feel like walking through a minefield. From five-syllable ingredients nearly impossible to decipher, to products labelled “natural” when they’re anything but, the average consumer likely has no idea what is in their personal care products.
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Let’s start from the beginning: where were you born, and where did you grow up? I was born in Hong Kong, and I moved to Baltimore, Maryland when I was 18 years old to attend an art college. When I was 19, my family moved from Hong Kong to Toronto, Canada; I followed them and finished my university studies there.
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It's called "Think Dirty" and if the app takes off it could lead to a new generation of formulation savvy consumers who will be telling formulators what ingredient they do and do not want to see in their products.
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Consumers worried about what might be lurking within their cosmetics and skin care products can turn to new apps that scan barcodes to review the items for safety.
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ideaBOOST, the Canadian Film Centre’s (CFC) “business accelerator with a difference” has announced 11 shortlisted candidates for its third cohort of entertainment technology startups. The 11 teams will now pitch their visions in front of ideaBOOST founding partners Shaw Media, Google and Chorus Entertainment on November 4.
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Described as an “independent source that allows you to compare products as you shop,” new mobile app Think Dirty rates personal-care products based on the perceived safety of their ingredients, referring to government lists of prohibited chemicals, peer-reviewed journals, NGO reports and regulatory guidance.
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Think Dirty miiiight be the best app ever (I see you, bus-finder app, but you ain’t helping me avoid cancer).
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Buying safe cosmetics has never been easier, with the help of your smartphone. The new Think Dirty app by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics takes the guess work out of buying safer health and beauty aids, turning the power of educated purchasing into your hands.
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During the month of October, Think Dirty, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, and the Breast Cancer Fund are uniting for "30 days of dirty." Think Dirty is a "consumer movement led by a mobile app," which invites beauty product purchasers and users to find out what's in their cosmetics.
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Seeing that this is a list of my beauty faves, October being Breast Cancer Awareness month and in celebration of the newly launched Think Dirty app, I thought it was apropos to start off with this must have app.
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Finally we finish this round-up on an app, Think Dirty, created by former advertising art director Lily Tse, who is based in Toronto.
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To promote their official launch, Think Dirty®, a new app that makes personal care shopping much cleaner, has launched 30 Days of Dirty, an inaugural campaign to inform consumers of the potentially toxic ingredients in cosmetics and to raise funds for Breast Cancer Fund.
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A new iPhone app wants you to “Think Dirty®” and join in on “30 Days of Dirty”
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To promote their official launch, Think Dirty, a new app that makes personal care shopping much cleaner, has launched 30 Days of Dirty, an inaugural campaign to inform consumers of the potentially toxic ingredients in cosmetics and to raise funds for Breast Cancer Fund.
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You may know what you're putting in your body, but do you know what you're putting on it? A new app called Think Dirty is here to help.
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As any startup knows, gaining momentum in the early stages can be extremely difficult. But for the six recipients of this year’s Spin Master Innovation Fund, the task just became a little easier.
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TORONTO, ONTARIO – (Marketwired - Sep 18, 2013) - Today the Spin Master Innovation Fund announced the 2013 recipients of the Spin Master Innovation Program. In partnership with Spin Master Ltd. and co-financing partner the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) is pleased to introduce the next group of highly innovative entrepreneurs to the rest of the country.
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Toronto,Ontario - Spin Master Ltd. and the Canadian Youth Business Foundation Announce Recipients of the Spin Master Innovation Fund.
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There are also some apps to help ethical shopping. Think Dirty (iOS) lets you scan cosmetics products barcodes to find out about the "potentially toxic ingredients" that lurk within them. More than 10k products are in its database.
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Think Dirty [free, iOS] is the easiest way to learn about the potentially toxic ingredients in your cosmetics and personal care products. It’s an unbiased source that allows you to compare products as you shop.
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With an app name like “Think Dirty,” you might not know what to think. However, the Think Dirty app isn’t as dirty as you might be thinkingor is it? As a matter of fact, the purpose of this free Healthcare & Fitness app is to get you to think clean. The Think Dirty iPhone app is all about providing unbiased product comparison information for personal care products. These products, for men and women, range from face wash and cosmetics to shampoos and more. Think Dirty’s vision is to turn iPhone users into better informed consumers, enabling us all to “Think Dirty – Shop Clean.”
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