The average woman uses about 12 personal care products in one day. These are your shower essentials, lotions, sunscreen, cosmetics, hair dyes, deodorants, dental products, etcetera. This means that your body is exposed to at least a hundred individual ingredients every day – chemicals that seep into your skin and into your bloodstream. A pregnant woman using toxin-filled body products can even affect her unborn baby. According to one groundbreaking study by the Environmental Working Group, more than 200 toxic chemicals were identified in the umbilical cord blood of unborn babies. Scary, right? This is because the beauty and personal care industry is fairly unregulated, and it’s up to us to steer ourselves away from those toxic products that flood the market today.
Good thing all-natural alternatives are readily available on the market. But did you know that manufacturers can falsely claim that their product is all-natural? This brings us back to the fact that the beauty industry is unregulated. Here at Simply Earth, we have found that the best and safest way to remove toxins from your home is to make your own natural products using ingredients that you know are safe and healthy.
What is Organic Personal Care?
Organic personal care is all about embracing natural alternatives to traditional products and ensuring that what we put on our skin is free from harmful chemicals and synthetic ingredients. From shampoos and conditioners to moisturizers and makeup, organic personal care products only use natural and organic ingredients, making them less likely to cause irritation or damage to our skin. These products are free from genetically modified materials, synthetic residues, and toxic chemicals, which are commonly used in traditional products.
Why Use Non-Toxic Personal Care Products?
Switching to an all-natural lifestyle will benefit you, your family, your home, and the environment.
For the Environment
We have already established that most store-bought personal care products contain toxins. These toxins, once out in the open, can seep into the ground and affect the surrounding ecosystem. Manufacturing these synthetic products can lead to huge carbon footprints. Additionally, many companies — including multimillion big brand names — test their products on animals.
By making your own all-natural products, you can avoid all of the negativity mentioned above. Enjoy all your products guilt-free!
For Your Home
Most of our Earthies decided to switch to an all-natural lifestyle for the sake of their homes and families. As mentioned above, even unborn babies are exposed to the harmful chemicals from store-bought personal care products. Constant and daily exposure to these toxins has so many possible side effects on our bodies and health.
All-natural ingredients are extracted from the earth. Most of these products are very gentle and work in harmony with our body — not against it.
For Your Body, Safety, and Health
Perhaps the most common reason why people are encouraged to ditch synthetic products is because of the benefits that we receive for our bodies, safety, health, and overall wellness when using natural products.
Many store-bought cosmetic products contain hormone-disrupting ingredients, lead, and other heavy metals, carcinogens, and many other harmful toxins that cause lasting health threats. “Body burden,” as experts call it, is the total amount of chemicals and pollutants that are present in your body. What about you? What is your “body burden”?