The most relevant world trend in recent years - a healthy lifestyle, involves regular exercise and balanced nutrition based on high-quality products. This trend was not ignored by the beauty industry: organic cosmetics are becoming increasingly popular .
In the middle of the seventies, leading manufacturers of cosmetic products refused to test cosmetics for animals, and only plant raw materials were used as materials. Organic cosmetics is radically different from the filling of shelves of cosmetics stores, called "natural cosmetics". Because of the lack of clear requirements, even if the content of 1% of the natural component in the cosmetic formulation is contained, the manufacturer can call the product natural.
Organic cosmetics must be certified according to international standards, BIO / Ecocert (France), Soil Association (UK), BDIH (Germany), USDA (USA), AIAB / ICEA (Italy), and the main difference between organic cosmetics and traditional one is, what:
- The organic cosmetic product consists of 95% natural plant components. It is allowed not more than 5% of the components synthesized in the laboratory, but only from the list regulated by the standard;
- organic cosmetic product can not contain products of oil refining, dyes, fragrances, artificial additives, preservatives. Preservation of the funds provides natural preservatives: essential oils, salt, organic acids contained in plants;
- raw materials for organic cosmetics can only serve plants harvested in places of natural growth in ecologically clean areas, or grown in accordance with the principles of organic farming, without the use of genetic engineering, mineral fertilizers and other achievements of agriculture;
- plants that are to be used as raw materials for the production of cosmetics, and is subject to gentle processing, not changing its chemical composition;
- the finished cosmetic product does not contain any animal origin, nor has it been tested on animals.
Natural organic cosmetics, as a rule, is odorless and packaged in a discreet cardboard package, which should be easily disposed of, that is, be biodegradable.
The concept of organic cosmetics includes a very wide range of cosmetics. These are detergents, organic soap and detergents. Especially wide range of organic detergents intended for children. A very large niche is occupied by organic cosmetics for hair, as well as decorative organic cosmetics, on which we will dwell in more detail.
Absolutely all the means necessary to ensure the health and beauty of hair are included in the group of organic hair cosmetics. Firstly, it is a full range of hair coloring agents: bezammia dyes of all kinds of colors, shades of them, unique new generation products for blonding and highlighting, unique means for caring for colored hair. Secondly, it is a wide range of products aimed at treating hair dry and brittle, hair loss, scalp treatment and aromatherapy. Wide choice of organic cosmetics for styling, modeling, fixation, curling and straightening hair. Decorative organic cosmetics is a unique decorative cosmetics. At the heart of its production are rose petals, jasmine, chamomile, crushed into the smallest powder. Natural components of flowers provide a natural hydrobaryar on the skin, protecting against aging, enrich the skin with essential oils, vitamins and plant minerals. The modern natural make-up will complete the image on the basis of the unique means of organic cosmetics, which simultaneously cares for the skin, emphasizes its natural beauty, gives it radiance, reliably protects against UVA and UVB - emissions.
The best organic cosmetics has on the packaging the designations of organic products, which must be contained in the recipe from 75 to 95%, depending on the country of manufacture.
Cosmetologists recommend using organic cosmetics brand or single brand, in this case, all cosmetic products will contain similar components. There is still no research on the interaction between the ingredients of cosmetics of various brands.
Organic cosmetics are widely represented on the domestic market, the rating of which is very high among the rest. Indeed, it is, as a rule, high-quality and safe for health. True, deep research on safety due to the youth of the product has not yet been published. Some buyers are deterred by a high price, but a quality product is not cheap,
In the post-Soviet space there are many places where you can easily buy organic cosmetics. Of course, in the first place, this is online shopping. There are a lot of resources where you can buy, really, high-quality original samples of the best brands, you just have to first familiarize yourself with the instructions of cosmetic products. In Ukraine, organic cosmetics of almost all the best world producers can be bought in stores of the GLOSSARY trade network, in Russia - in the shops of the ECOLADY network.