Healthy alternatives
Any wax-based or natural wax or vegetable oil (beeswax for example).
| Brand name | Product description |
| Clapham’s | Leather Protector |
DIY
To maintain your leather shoes, rub them gently with a soft cloth and a bit of safflower, olive, almond or walnut oil.
Ingredients to avoid in products you choose
- Butyl acetate: irritating to skin, eyes and upper respiratory tract
- Dyes (coal tar): carcinogen, skin sensitizer, photosensitizer
- Dipropylene glycol methyl ether: neurotoxic, eye and respiratory irritant, reproductive effects
- Petroleum products: possible carcinogen depending on the degree of purification (possible contamination by butadiene), allergen