Reading a label in thirty seconds

You do not need a chemistry degree. You need four habits that take about half a minute at the shelf.

Short lists are not automatically good, but long lists are almost always doing something other than making the product work. Start by noticing length.

Fragrance and parfum are doing the same job on a label, which is standing in for a list you are not being shown. Essential oils, by contrast, are named for what they actually are.

Is there a person behind this, or a customer service portal? You can learn a great deal about a company by how hard it is to ask them a direct question.

Nothing on a label beats two weeks of your own experience. Change one thing at a time and pay attention. You already know how you are supposed to feel.