Eco-beauty: the 7 cosmetics that we could easily do without

Eco-beauty: the 7 cosmetics that we could easily do without

Many of the products we use for body care we could easily eliminate them, doing a favor to the environment but also to our health.

Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerous The fact is that we regularly use one long series of cosmetics and body care products: soap e detergents to wash ourselves, creams of all kinds to make every inch of our skin softer and to keep us young, shampoo, balm e Masks various to have hair shiny and silky. And then foundation, eyeshadows, powders, lipsticks and the more you put it.

The news is that we could easily give up on many of these products, doing a favor to the environment but also to our health. In addition to packaging bulky and unsustainable, in fact, conventional cosmetics contain several chemical additives: think that, according to a research of a few months ago, between lipsticks, moisturizers, perfumes and the like, women spread 515 chemical agents on their face, body and hair every day!




In common cosmetics, the ones we buy regularly, there is one hidden endless series of polluting and harmful substances, including derivatives of the Petroleum, silicones, elements not biodegradable and molecules of unknown effect.


What to do? The first solution is the choose the products to be used very carefully, preferring theeco cosmetics, is in the always read the labels (perhaps with the help of the very useful biodizionario), inquiring, verifying the certifications and never blindly trusting advertising, promotional activities and operations greenmarketing. The second is to open your beauty case or bathroom cabinet and ask yourself if we really need all the products that are inside. The answer, in the end, after careful and reasonable meditation, is likely to be a big "no". As in the case of these 7 products, Only apparently indispensable.

Index

Lip stick

Okay, a lot of us are lip balm-addicts and they carry the infamous colored tube always with them, keeping it safe in their purse, ready to use, as soon as a little dryness is felt on the lips. Few people know, however, that many of these compounds contain alcohol and various other preservatives: and so you go on to apply and reapply the lip balm, doing more harm than good to your lips, without realizing that you are helping to dry them. Also because in most cases our lips are able to keep the necessary moisture on their own. And, if not, you can always resort to natural emollients such as'olive oil or buy truly nourishing and protective organic products, paying close attention to certifications and Labels. Furthermore, it is possible to self-produce a homemade lip balm with simple steps.


Specific creams for each single part of the body

It is a distinctly feminine trend, the one for which, for every square centimeter of one's body, an ad hoc product must necessarily correspond. Nothing more false. For example: it is true that the skin of the feet is thicker and harder than that of the arms or legs, but this does not mean that there is a need to buy a specific category of products! Just use one for the care of your body moisturizer as natural as possible, choosing from the different lines and categories of organic cosmetics the one that's right for us.


Facial tonic

It is a cosmetic that we believe we need only because we tend to use the wrong products, such as facial cleansers and alkaline soaps. This gives the marketing departments of major cosmetic companies enough arguments to convince us that we need another product, for to restore the necessary balance to the skin of our face after each wash. Obviously, there is a much simpler and cheaper solution: choose a gentle and eco-friendly cleanser (perhaps with the help of ours Guide to eco-cosmetics) and, if we really feel the need to rebalance the Ph of our skin, use natural substances, such as a ecobio tonic or delle enjoy di vinegar or lemon diluted in water.

Body scrub

The skin peels and regenerates by itself, periodically losing dead cells: this means that there is no need to rub it with who knows what specific product. For this reason, we avoid buying yet another cream or yet another ad hoc detergent and increasing the amount of waste we produce daily, also exposing ourselves to hidden and unhealthy chemical components: it is sufficient to wash by massaging the skin with a sponge. And if we really don't want to give up the scrub, we can always produce it at home, opening the pantry and following the tips for a vegan and do-it-yourself scrub.


Special creams and masks for hair

To keep up with advertising, it almost seems that for any minimal need of your hair there is a specific product, a mask to be applied after shampooing, or a very effective pre-treatment cream. Well, these products (and, unfortunately for us, many shampoos and conditioners on the market) can contain "aggressive" substances for both hair and scalp, capable of altering its balance and worsening the situation. The advice, therefore, is of do not multiply the products in use, but if anything to reduce them, always preferring the eco-friendly ones. And if we really don't want to give up some special treatment, to feel more beautiful and pamper ourselves a little, we can focus on do-it-yourself, rediscovering the always useful grandmother's remedies.


Shaving foam

In this roundup, boys certainly could not miss, whose "environmental impact" strictly depends on the way in which they choose to shave. Well, like most soaps, too shaving foams are generally alkaline and they have no other function than to smear "something" between the razor blade and the skin. If their usefulness is all here, and if you really don't want to limit yourself to a shave based on hot water, the best thing is choose an eco-sustainable product that does not contain too many chemical devilry. Why not try theolive oil? It is a great lubricant, and simply spread it on the face before razor razor, protecting the skin and also eliminating the need to apply an aftershave. And if you want to be 100% eco-sustainable, you can follow the 5 tips for a truly green shave.

Aftershave

As we have anticipated, even aftershave is dispensable: its main characteristic and its main source of utility reside in fact in the perfume. Furthermore, aftershaves often contain alcohol, synthetic fragrances and chemicals such as butilidrossitoluene (o butylated hydroxytoluene, also known by the acronym BHT). In short, a mix that you boys can easily do without! And if you really want to spread something on your face after shaving, try a slightly less toxic product, such as cheap rum or a po ' aloe vera.

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