Organic Beauty Products Make Beauty Green

Organic Beauty Products Make Beauty Green

With concerns about pollution and global climate change in the headlines, organic beauty products are more popular than ever. By selecting organic beauty products, you can rest easy in the knowledge that you are part of the solution, not part of the problem, when it comes to the environment.

What Are Organic Beauty Products?

Generally speaking, an organic certification means that a beauty product supplier has followed a specific set of standards for creating, processing, packaging and shipping the product. Organic beauty products are free of synthetic chemicals and genetically modified organisms. Once a specialty niche, beauty products made using natural ingredients are becoming more and more mainstream as consumers demand environmentally sustainable products.

In order to be labeled "100% organic," a beauty product must have all organic ingredients. Products with 95% or more organic ingredients are entitled to refer to themselves as "organic." The lowest organic designation is "made with organic ingredients," used on products that contain 70% or more organic ingredients.

Organic beauty products are nothing new. Ancient Egyptians wore cosmetics in their every day lives, using plant dyes and metallic extracts to enhance their features, similar to the way we use makeup today. Fortunately, environmental concerns have caused consumers to return to the organic origins of beauty care. These days, it's possible to buy organic lipstick packaged in a biodegradable container made of sustainable hemp or corn fiber.

How To Find Organic Beauty Products

You can find out if your beauty products are organic by reading the list of ingredients on the package. Look up any ingredients you don't understand (or can't pronounce) and find out what they are.

Another way to identify these natural beauty products is to check a product's safety rating. It is fairly easy to locate a cosmetics database service that allows you to check your beauty products' rankings for free. These services do not list organic beauty products; rather, they rank all beauty products based on their toxicity and use of chemical ingredients.

Fortunately, many organically sustainable beauty products are readily available today. Natural health and beauty products are available in virtually every category of beauty care: nutritional supplements, the beauty treatment that works from the inside out; skin care routines that cleanse, moisturize and protect your skin using all organic ingredients; cosmetics, so you can show your best face to the world with organic beauty products; and nail care products, so you don't have to use toxic polishes and removers to keep your nails looking their best.

Organic beauty products are a trend that's here to stay. Beauty products made of natural ingredients are good for your skin, good for your health, and good for the environment.

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About Ian del Carmen:

Ian del Carmen is the president and CEO of Fireball Planet Corporation.

Check out his blog at http://IanDelCarmen.com. Or visit Fireball Planet at http://FireballPlanet.com


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