Organic skincare essentially means looking after your skin by only using products with completely organic ingredients. For those that aren’t familiar with the concept, organic products are derived from natural, living things.
That means nothing that has been highly processed in a lab and nothing with lots of letters and numbers to its name. Organic products are made from minerals, from muds, oils, plants, and foods.
The result is that they are typically a lot less harsh and a lot more nourishing. And they are extremely effective at helping you maintain better skin.
Not sold? Then here are five compelling reasons to make the switch today.
Organic Product Are Good for the Environment
Many non-organic makeups and other cosmetic items you’re used to using are actually pretty bad for the environment. Creating non-organic products requires factories that produce fumes and toxic gasses.
They tend to include compounds such as petroleum, aluminum, and lead, many of which require mining and don’t play particularly well when left in land-fills.
In particular, aluminum mining is a hazardous and unrewarding job that has been known to cause cancer and Alzheimer’s for a long time. Many other harmful substances will also find their way back into the ecosystem through other means.
Apart from the fact that this is bad for the workers, it can also be harsh on the environment, being bled dry of its natural resources. It’s not an industry you should necessarily be supporting!
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Conversely, organic products use ingredients that come from natural farming and organic gardening. These are products created by working with the land, and unsurprisingly, they’re perfect for the planet. And don’t get us started on animal testing.
They Don’t Include Harsh Chemicals
What will initially attract most people to organic makeup and skincare is the freedom it affords them from harsh chemicals. These products include a lot of potentially harmful ingredients, likes of parabens and phthalates, which have been linked to cancer and type 2 diabetes, among other issues.
Even where this isn’t the case, often, the unnatural aromas and binding agents used can cause a range of reactions in the skin, leading to rashes and more problems.
Not enough for you? Here are just a few other ingredients thrown into our sunblocks, moisturisers, and concealers:
Lead
The lead was removed from school pencils due to the number of health concerns surrounding it and the high likelihood that it is carcinogenic. Despite this, lead is still used in vast quantities in a number of different makeups.
Parfum
Parfum is not just one product but a term that encompasses many different products. These are designed to add fragrance to our skincare products (because that
matters?) as well as things like fabric softeners.
They can cause a vast range of issues ranging from rashes, to headaches, to dizziness, to skin discoloration.
That’s right, the company producing the products intended to improve your skin is actively adding ingredients that can damage its tone and create rashes. So it will smell nice. Go figure!
Aluminum
There’s nothing wrong with aluminum in principle; it’s when you apply it all over your skin that it becomes an issue! Aluminum is found in antiperspirants in particular but can be found elsewhere too.
This has estrogen-like effects, which can damage your hormone balance, leading to loss of muscle mass, depression, and more.
Estrogenic Compounds
Speaking of which, there are actually so many estrogenic compounds in makeups and skin products that their disposal via the sewers has actually led to the average male’s testosterone levels dropping significantly.
Before you try using these products, the thing to know is that the skin will absorb whatever you place on it.
This means that those ingredients will eventually make their way to your bloodstream, and that’s where many of the more serious issues stem from.
Dangerous Chemicals Used in Conventional Shampoo
It’s not just your makeups and skincare products that contain these contaminants and toxins, either!
Consider shampoo…
Walking around with powerful chemicals in your hair is – unsurprisingly – not especially good for you. This means you’ll be absorbing those chemicals through your skin and also inhaling the fumes.
Of course, the risk this involves depends on the product you’ve chosen, but the question you have to ask is – do you trust the manufacturers to have done their research?
One thing we do know is that many shampoos and conditions actually contain synthetic estrogen compounds. As mentioned, these work like real estrogens and can prevent the body from producing the right amount of testosterone.
Low testosterone is actually an epidemic among men at the moment, which is often thought to be one reason.
If you use synthetic shampoos, this could contribute to low mood, low energy, weight gain, and potentially even infertility! These are all some pretty good reasons to switch to organic shampoos.
Then there are the added benefits you get from choosing one of the best organic conditioner options – you’ll be providing your scalp and hair with more natural oils and nutrients. For instance, to support better overall health, you’ll provide yourself with a more pleasant natural scent. You’ll even be able to benefit from getting the products much cheaper in many cases!
What Is Fluoride?
How about toothpaste?
Fluoride is included in most toothpaste, and we’re often told that it can be a very effective tool in combating cavities. While this may indeed be true, what we hear about less often is that it can also cause a large number of problems.
That’s because fluoride is toxic, and in high doses, it can actually damage your teeth. It may even be linked with learning disabilities.
Still not convinced about fluoride?
Consider that the chief way of making fluoride is to extract it from the airborne industrial waste given off by fertilizer manufacturers? Nice.
Now, this is where things get interesting because you see fluoride is actually already in our water. Governments elected to add it there, believing that it would improve our teeth and remove bacteria.
This upset many people, as you may have expected, and at the same time, it means that you really don’t need it added to your toothpaste! There’s actually more than enough of it in the water already for any positive effects to be enjoyed.
Oh, and by the way, fluoride is neurotoxic meaning that it actually causes brain damage!
They Are Rich in Nutrients and Smell Great
Organic products don’t contain all these things and thus will not harm your skin. Far from harming your skin, in fact, these organic makeup products will provide you with a ton of natural nutrients, including vitamins, minerals, and amino acids.
Again, these are absorbed into the body, and they can be used to make you look more radiant in the long term and the short. Often these even include natural antioxidants, which can protect your skin cells and prevent premature aging – as well as fending off cancer!
Here’s the thing to recognize: your body evolved in the wild. We evolved to thrive in our natural environments, and thus we are physically designed to benefit from the nutrients that come from the mud, the plants, and the sea.
When you apply those to your face, it’s like going home again for your body. It’s incredible for you.
Oh, and natural makeups also smell great and feel even better. Instead of being harsh, sticky, and chemical-smelling, they’ll be soft, moisturizing, and natural. Some of them even taste pretty good!!
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They Are Fun and Personal
As though all that wasn’t enough, natural makeup is just a lot of fun, and it’s highly rewarding. Imagine this conversation:
“Nice lipstick!”
“Thanks, I made it myself!”
How rewarding would that be? And when you tell them it’s homemade, organic lipstick, it’s bound to lead to a great conversation.
When you make your own organic makeup, you can create your perfect shade, feel, and tone. What’s more, you know it’s going to have a genuinely subtle and natural hue because it is made from genuinely natural and subtle ingredients.
We actually learned our idea of what’s ‘beautiful’ from our time spent in the wild when we were evolving. So if you look more natural, you will appear automatically more beautiful!!
They’re Cheap
With so many good reasons to switch to organic products, you’re probably wondering what the catch is. It must be the price, right?
Nope! The price is perhaps the best bit. As you’ll learn when you read the full ebook, many organic products can be made as easy as mixing some items in your cupboard.
This means there’s no trip to the supermarket necessary, and you can start benefiting right away.
Not only that, but it will save you a LOT of money. And even if you decide to buy organic products rather than make them, they’re still cheaper than the synthetic alternatives!
There is literally no reason not to swap.
