Anna Vallicelli ViaTerrea
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green leaves, flowers, plant extracts, Graphics, bucolic, constant references to Nature ... The packaging of cosmetics we use every day are full of these images, but you have Ever wonder what's really inside of bottles, jars, cans that fill our bathrooms?
few years ago when my daughter was born and began to get gifts for the small number of smells including, shampoo, talcum powder, creams, I wondered if it was really necessary to fill his delicate skin of all these products that not only cover its delicious scent from small mammals, they seemed not only unnecessary but also potentially harmful. So I started trying to understand what were the ingredients that made up the cosmetics and what kind of consequences could have on health and the environment.
Chemicals including petroleum and its derivatives, harsh surfactants, heavy metals, formaldehyde, toluene, silicones, dyes, synthetic perfumes. All exquisitely wrapped in my perfumed beauty case! And 'maybe use cosmetic products containing solvents and chemicals that allow the harmful substances contained in products to penetrate the defenses of the skin and remain for several insidiarvisi time? And 'maybe cosmetics toxic substances into the environment that are undermining the lives of marine animals, water quality, soil fertility and the air we breathe?
These considerations have guided me then to a consumer awareness in cosmetics, selecting the products they buy regularly for hygiene and body care.
The key instrument for coping with numerous companies through the maze of alleged "natural", but that's only natural they have the graphics on the packaging, is the interpretation of ' INCI (Index of ingredients in cosmetics) indicated on the packaging of shampoo, soap , creams and tricks. That list, mandatory since 1997, contains the list of ingredients in cosmetics, written in descending order concentration. The names mentioned are certainly not easy to read and interpret, but fortunately there are many forums and web sites useful as Biodizionario ( www.biodizionario.it ) that can help tell if the cosmetics are really safe or not. Names such as methyl paraben, DMDM, PEG, Diazolidinyl urea, dimethicone may initially discourage consumers even more eager, but after the first research and reading on the internet and using the biodizionario will take confidence and fail to recognize the main chemical families to avoid for our health and for the protection of planet Earth.
Like any other economic sector is the route that draws the consumer market with their purchases, and so in recent years created the Bio Eco Certification in this area. Many certification bodies (eg AIAB-ICEA, Ecocert, Bio Eco Cosmetics, Demeter, etc..) In the EU have drawn up specifications containing the requirements to define a cosmetic Eco Bio groped going to fill a major gap still allows legislative to define "natural" a natural product that really has only a tiny percentage. But there is still a common European standard and so you may notice some differences between each certification. In any case rely on one of these certified products already gives us a much higher quality and safety compared to a commercially available cosmetics. The eco bio
cosmetic addition, unlike the traditional market wants to believe, is much more effective because it is more skin-compatible: our skin recognizes and absorbs more easily than a natural oil or a layer of silicone oil, with which has nothing to do and they do not know what to do. And then the real assets, those that are as advertised by the cosmetics industry and perhaps also present in trace amounts in the product are all natural, often stemming from the plant world. The problem is that the ingredients are placed, or fats, emulsifiers and preservatives used, and that's where the real difference that makes a product more or less skin-compatible. Finally, the price
: obviously the criteria for choosing a product, it is very important factor. Personally I felt cheated when I discovered that the most prestigious brands in the perfume with high prices found in them contain the same ingredients found in cosmetics by a few Euros in the supermarket. What is different and that drives up the cost of a lipstick or cream are in summary fashion, packaging (including the very high environmental impact), the famous actress in advertising ... all at the expense of the health and protection environment. The price of a cosmetic
eco bio is definitely superior to a traditional, but is closer to the actual cost of production of the product, in any event shall not exceed those proposed in the pharmacy and they are beginning to find some products in some supermarkets. I believe that rather than purchase many different products of poor quality is best to get going but just really needed to feed a healthy industry, products that have recyclable packaging and environmentally friendly, products that promote environmental education and civic education.
BioEco cosmetics also means helping local producers to sell genuine products and survive the advance of the big companies that incorporate everything they find. It also means helping poor people have the wonderful products and help them support themselves by buying fair trade raw materials. Making them a better life and ourselves.
We have the power to choose the best products for us. Let's do it!
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