The Jones Road “Clean” standards are defined in our brand’s black list guidelines for awareness to our consumers, contract manufacturers, and package vendors. The ingredients selected for use in our formulations are considered safe for use in cosmetics and may be a mixture of naturally derived and synthetic raw materials. We comply with domestic and global regulatory requirements for products sold in commerce. Safety testing is conducted on all product lines, and formulas undergo a thorough toxicology assessment for its intended application.
We follow even more stringent guidelines than those set by the E.U. to eliminate over 2,200 potentially harmful ingredients from our formulas. No parabens, phthalates, sulfates, petrolatum, PEGs, cyclic silicones, EDTA, or BPA.
Our products are formulated without:
Urea
Aluminum powder
Animal fats, oils or musks
Barium
Benzalkonium chloride
Benzophenone, oxybenzone or derivatives
Bisphenol A (BPA)
Bronopol (2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol)
Butylated hydroxyanisole or butylated hydroxytoluene (BHA/BHT)
Butylene/ethylene/styrene copolymer & ethylene/propylene/styrene copolymer
Butyoxyethanol
Calcium disodium EDTA/ disodium EDTA/ EDTA/ tetrasodium EDTA
Chemical sunscreens
Coal tar
Cyclic silicones (Cyclomethicone, cyclotetrasiloxane D4, cyclopentasiloxane D5, cyclohexasiloxane D6)
Ethanolamine compounds (DEA/MEA/TEA)
Formaldehyde releasers & donors (e.g., DMDM hydantoin, diazolindinyl urea, imidazolidinyl urea, quaternium-15)
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
Gluten
Glycol ethers (Butoxyethanol)
Heavy metals intentionally added (doesn’t include trace amounts technically unavoidable that may come from mineral, pigment or plant ingredients)
Hydroquinone
Keratin
Lanolin
Mercury or mercury compounds
Methyl cellosolve
Methylisothiazolinone or methylchloroisothiazolinone
Nano ingredients
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Parabens
Petrolatum (includes mineral oil, liquid paraffin, paraffin wax, benzene)
Phthalates
Polyethylene glycols (PEG’s)
Resorcinol & 2-methylresorcinol
Retinyl palmitate/ retinoids
Sodium lauroyl sarcosinate
Sodium lauryl sulfate/sodium laureth sulfate (SLS/SLES)
Talc
Toluene
Triclocarban
Triclosan