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F E A T U R E s o urci ng t heir i ngre die nts is by d oi ng o ur o w n h o me w or k. C hec k t o see if t he c o m pa ny has a n et hical s o urci ng or et hical b uyi ng p olicy or st ate me nt o n t heir we bsite a n d c hec k t heir a n n ual re p orts t o t heir s hare h ol ders. Als o d o a dee p dive t o see w hat i nf or mati o n t hey are ma ki ng p u blicly availa ble i n regar ds t o w here t heir pr o d uct i ngre die nts are s o urce d. O R G A NI C I N G R E DI E N T S Orga nic i ngre die nts are easier f or c o ns u mers t o verify. Wit h certificati o ns s uc h as C O S M O S a n d Orga nic F o o d C hai n ( O F C) reg ulati ng t he w or d ‘ orga nic’, c o ns u mers ca n rest ass ure d t hat t he e xtra d ollars t hey are s pe n di ng t o p urc hase orga nic pr o d ucts are i n fact orga nic w he n t hey see t he C O S M O S or O F C l og os o n t heir fav o urite pr o d ucts. If o n t he ot her ha n d bra n ds are usi ng t he w or d ‘ orga nic’ i n t heir pr o d uct na me wit h n o certificati o n t he n b uyer be ware. U nf ort u nately, t here are ma ny bra n ds o ut t here t hat use t he ter m si m ply f or mar keti ng p ur p oses wit h n o verifia ble ele me nts t o t heir clai m. If usi ng orga nic pr o d ucts is o ne of y o ur pers o nal val ues, agai n d o y o ur h o me w or k a n d d o n ot t a ke t he w or d of a pr o d uct na me or la bel. C hec k f or orga nic certificati o n a n d t hat t he certificati o n is fr o m a re p ut a ble b o dy. S U S T AI N A BI LI T Y Nati o nal res o urces are fi nite, s o it’s i m p ort a nt t hat t he nat ural i ngre die nts bei ng use d are n’t negatively i m pacti ng t he e nvir o n me nt. O ne e x a m ple is pal m oil. If s ust ai na bility is o ne of y o ur pers o nal val ues, e ns uri ng y o ur fav o urite bea uty pr o d ucts t hat use pal m oil are R S P O ( R o u n dt a ble of S ust ai na ble Pal m Oil) certifie d, may be of i m p ort a nce f or y o u. T he car b o n f o ot pri nt of y o ur pr o d ucts may als o be a n esse ntial fact or f or y o u. T heref ore, k n o wi ng w here y o ur pr o d ucts are ma n ufact ure d will be i m p ort a nt. L ocally s o urce d a n d l ocally ma n ufact ure d pr o d ucts will be t he best o pti o n f or y o u if l o weri ng y o ur car b o n f o ot pri nt is a pers o nal val ue. T he bea uty i n d ustr y s u p ply c hai n is a n i n- de pt h o ne, wit h t h o usa n ds of pr o d ucts o n t he mar ket wit h nat ural a n d sy nt hetic i ngre die nts t hat are s o urce d gl o bally. Lear ni ng w h o o w ns y o ur fav o urite bra n ds, w hat t heir c o m pa ny val ues are, w here y o ur pr o d ucts are ma n ufact ure d, a n d w hat i ngre die nts are i n y o ur fav o urite pr o d ucts are t he first ste ps i n u n derst a n di ng if t he pr o d ucts y o u are p urc hasi ng are alig ne d wit h y o ur pers o nal val ues. A n d re me m ber, if it s o u n ds t o o g o o d t o be tr ue, it pr o ba bly is.
R OSS M AC D O U G A L D F O U N D E R A N D C O S M E TI C C H E MI S T, BI O L O GI ‘ Gree n was hi ng’ is a ter m use d t o descri be w he n a bra n d ma kes clai ms t o be gree n a n d nat ur al t hr o ug h t heir mar keti ng, yet w he n y o u delve a little dee per, c ha nces are t here is m ore eff ort p ut i nt o t he perce pti o n rat her t ha n t he act ual practice. Ter ms li ke ‘ nat ural’, ‘ orga nic’, ‘ nat urally derive d’, ‘gree n’ a n d ‘ der mat ol ogist a p pr ove d’ are all s o me clai ms t hat are see mi ngly ever y w here o n s ki ncare la bels b ut sit i n a grey area of c o nf usi o n a n d u ns u bst a ntiate d clai ms. U nf ort u nately, u ns u bst a ntiate d a n d mislea di ng clai ms still a b o u n d i n t he bea uty i n d ustr y, s o it’s i m p ort a nt t o ma ke y o urself i nf or me d w he n it c o mes t o t he p urc hases y o u ma ke. D o y o ur o w n researc h a n d d o n’t t a ke t hi ngs at face val ue. A great way t o delve a little dee per is t o rea d t he i ngre die nts la bel o n t he bac k of t he pr o d uct, t he n researc h eac h i ngre die nt. If t he pr o d uct is dee me d ‘ nat ur al’ b ut t here see ms t o be a h uge list of c he micals o u n di ng i ngre die nts o n t he bac k, c ha nces are it is n’t as nat ural as it is ma ki ng o ut. Researc h t he bra n d, t heir i ngre die nts, lear n a b o ut t heir pr ocesses a n d h o w t hey’re ma de. I n m ost cases, y o u ca n als o as k t he br a n d or ma n ufact urer directly – if t hey have n ot hi ng t o hi de, t hey will be o pe n a n d h o nest wit h y o u a b o ut t heir practices a n d w hat’s i n t heir pr o d ucts. At Bi ol ogi, we av oi d gree n was hi ng at all c osts by offeri ng f ull tra ns pare ncy regar di ng t he s o urci ng, ma n ufact uri ng a n d s u p ply of o ur pr o d ucts t o hel p c o ns u mers ma ke i nf or me d c h oices. Bi ol ogi pr o d ucts are create d t hr o ug h a pla nt-t o- b ottle pr ocess usi ng l ocally-s o urce d fr uits a n d q uite literally p utti ng t he m i n t he b ottles. We rely o n t he eart h’s nat ural res o urces t o give us o ur i ngre die nts f or o ur pr o d ucts ( w hic h are nat ural a n d n ot sy nt hetically ma de), s o bei ng tra ns pare nt, et hical a n d s ust ai na ble is i ncre di bly i m p ort a nt t o us. Bel o w are s o me c o m m o n ter ms t o be mi n df ul of: N at ur al – Nat ural is a ter m see n o n a l ot of bea uty a n d s ki ncare pr o d ucts, h o wever it is ofte n mis use d. I n s o me cases, it ca n mea n t hat o nly a s mall perce nt age of a pr o d uct’s i ngre die nts is pla nt base d, or w hat was origi nally ‘ nat ural’ has n o w i n fact g o ne t hr o ug h a pr o d ucti o n pr ocess w hic h res ults i n a less-t ha n- nat ur al f or m. N at ur all y d eri v e d – I n esse nce t his refers t o i ngre die nts t hat are derive d fr o m nat ure b ut t he pr ocess mea ns t hat it is t he n delivere d i n a n u n nat ural f or m (s o it s o u n ds nat ural b ut may be la de n i n c he micals). Cl e a n – Clea n is ofte n a rat her p uzzli ng ter m t hat is s hr o u de d i n c o nf usi o n a n d h ol ds ma ny differe nt mea ni ngs. It c o ul d refer t o t he i ngre die nts t hat are free fr o m sy nt hetics, b ut it ca n als o refer t o t he bra n d’s s ust ai na bility practices or refere nce t hat t he pr o d uct is vega n, or et hical, etc. I deally, t he ter m ‘clea n’ s h o ul d refer t o a nat ural pr o d uct usi ng ra w pla nt e xtracts a n d wit h o ut a l o ng, ever-ev olvi ng list of i ngre die nts t hat ca n be li n ke d t o har mf ul healt h effects. P ar a b e n-fr e e – T here has bee n a s urge lately of bra n ds clai mi ng ‘ n o para be ns’ – a n d rig htly s o beca use t hey are sy nt hetic preser vatives t hat have bee n li n ke d t o t hi ngs li ke ca ncer, h or m o ne disr u pti o n, D N A da mage a n d i ncrease d s ki n agei ng. To kee p o n t he safe si de, tr y t o av oi d a nyt hi ng e n di ng wit h t he w or d para be n, s uc h as i ngre die nts li ke met hyl para be n, b utyl para be n, et hyl para be n, pr o pyl para be n a n d is o b utyl para be n. C B M w w w . c o s b e a u t y . c o m . a u 8 1
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