{"id":4932,"date":"2010-08-31T04:30:43","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T09:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=4932"},"modified":"2010-08-31T04:30:43","modified_gmt":"2010-08-31T09:30:43","slug":"organic-beauty-how-do-we-really-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/organic-beauty-how-do-we-really-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Organic Beauty – How Do We Really Know?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Increasingly we see \u2018Certified Organic\u2019 on natural beauty products, but what does this really mean? And is it important?<\/p>\n

I believe the answer is YES.<\/p>\n

Many products will carry the word Organic<\/strong> or Naturally Organic<\/strong> or some other combination containing the buzz word. The problem is this labeling is not actually regulated, meaning the product may contain 1 or 2 ingredients that are organic but may also contain some \u2018nasties\u2019 \u2013 synthetic chemicals that are far from organic.
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Organic vs Certified Organic<\/h3>\n

Products that carry the Certified Organic<\/strong> logo on the other hand have gone through the certification process which involves meeting standards on all ingredients for production, handling, processing and labeling. There is no law or regulation that states these processes must be undertaken by any brand and there is no law that states any action can be taken with brands falsely labeling their products as organic. The whole thing is self \u2013regulated!! Great for the brands who don\u2019t want to bother!<\/p>\n

Ah, but for the brands who do bother there is an up-side. The consumer is becoming more savvy, this is a good thing. If you make the choice to go organic with your beauty then don\u2019t always believe what it says on the bottle- look for the logo \u2013 then you know!! There are also other certifications that show a brand values the integrity of their products and is completely transparent regarding their ingredients, these are the brands to look out for.<\/p>\n

If a brand goes through the certification process then it shows they are bothered about the concerns of their customers and that they value the term organic \u2013 it is not something that should be thrown onto all packaging just to make more sales!!<\/p>\n

The food industry uses the term \u2018organic\u2019 but is regulated, meaning they can\u2019t say its organic unless its certified. The cosmetics industry is a different kettle of fish, maybe one day it will catch up!!<\/p>\n

Finding Brands with Organic Integrity<\/h3>\n

So this is what you should look out for:<\/p>\n\n\n
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And these are some of my favourite brands providing it:<\/p>\n

Weleda<\/a>
\nAlva<\/a>
\nSuki<\/a>
\nNeals Yard<\/a>
\nAubrey Organics<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

…all giving real results.<\/p>\n

You can also find more information at the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics<\/a><\/p>\n

If you like this post you can find me at which1works.com<\/a> and also over on my facebook page<\/a>. \u00a0There is so much hype in the beauty industry, integrity is key!!<\/em><\/p>\n

Photograph courtesy of epsos.de<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many products will carry the word \u2018Organic\u2019 or \u2018Naturally Organic\u2019 or some other combination containing the buzz word. The problem is this labeling is not actually regulated, meaning the product may contain 1 or 2 ingredients that are organic but may also contain some \u2018nasties\u2019 \u2013 synthetic chemicals that are far from organic. Products can become certified organic and at the moment it is up to the consumer to be aware of this. More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":4938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[11,133],"tags":[867,43,385,5121,136],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/green-leaf.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}