EWG's Healthy Living

But the scanner option hasn’t worked for me once while shopping - which was a big part of its draw. The scanner immediately captures the barcode image without focusing and then freezes while processing. Even when you search by brand name, it seems like EWG has a long way to go as far as getting more brands cataloged into their system- a lot of searches (even well known brands) come up with nothing. Fingers crossed they’re working on updates to make this app as useful and easy as it can be so more consumers utilize it and brands continue to become more accountable.

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I’ve been researching a lot of products lately on this app and the Think Dirty app. I want to make sure my skin care and cosmetic routine is clean. I keep running into the same problems with this app when researching products. 1. Product inventory needs to be updated. I’m often researching very popular brands but they don’t exist on skin deep. 2. Not user friendly. I can’t “click” on the each ingredients to know more about the rating/concern. (Think Dirty has this option) Example: is the ingredient cancer-causing or just a skin irritant? I have to go to the full site to look at each ingredient in detail. 3. Product information needs to be updated. Many products are only listed for old formulas....like 2014. Nobody is using the old formulas! If you still have a bottle of cleanser or foundation from 5 years ago you need to toss it for reasons other than possible toxic ingredients.....it’s OLD and products have shelf lives, especially if they are clean products. EWG/skindeep..... please make changes! This app is important and useful. It just needs to be updated and tweaked.

I would be happier if the app included household cleaners as most store retailers sell a lot of hazardous- not “clean” cleaning products. It shouldn’t be too much to ask to expand a little. Other than that- I find it difficult to understand a lot of the chemicals explanations. I use another app for my beauty supplies only because it is a little more understandable and they break down every ingredient your looking at. Maybe I’m just having a difficult time navigating it but if This app expands to include household products then I would probably use it a lot more to learn and understand better.

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I was really interested in downloading this app to learn if any of my products were harmful. I’m definitely working towards a healthier lifestyle for myself and children. That being said the idea sounds amazing and I really like Kourtney and all. Buuuuuuuuuttt like y’all need to update your product listing. She said she’s been using this since she had her first child. Well why y’all still in beta? Hmmmph as a person of color, I feel a way because most of the products I scanned were for natural ladies like me! However, Dove soap wasn’t on there?!?!? I mean come on! Also some of my natural cleaning products. Step the game up ladies 🙃 I’ll be back when you do!

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I got this app just to try it out. It’s easy to navigate, but the breakdown of the score is kind of hard to understand. I wanted to know what the scores mean. I also hate that everything I scan is not in the system. Not. One. Thing. I’ve scanned my shampoo and conditioner which are basic brands. Lotions. Makeup. Cleaning products. I couldn’t find anything. Then I thought it could be a glitch. But I tried the next day and nothing. I give it a 1 star review because I wanted it to show me the safety of these products, but since I can’t find anything on the app it’s useless to me. I also never write reviews but it was so frustrating to me I had to share.