Why Go Organic with Your Skincare

Organic anything is a boom industry, whether it is fruit and vegetables, eggs, bread or clothing. Despite organic skin care originating in fourth millennium China and the Middle East the skin care industry has only recently caught on to this growth market. Seemingly hundreds of products have flooded the market with each major supermarket or manufacturer now boasting their own Organic ranges.

Skin care products basically have two categories: chemical or organic based. They both have different structures and ingredients but both aim to do the same thing. Organic products as the name suggests are made form organic naturally occurring ingredients and these can be as diverse as vegetable oils, herbal extracts, clay, green tea, fruit, roots and clean water and its active ingredients.

The organic market although initially aimed at the female consumer is now targeting men and children as well. Skin moisturizers, shaving gels, soaps, skin creams and aftershaves are all now available. These products unlike their chemical based counterparts claim to have no side affects which prolonged exposure or frequent use of traditional products can lead too. Amongst these side affects are skin irritations and rashes in those with sensitive skin.

The skin is the largest organ of the body and so should be taken care of with extreme caution and one of the best things about such organic products are they are 100% natural having absolutely no additives or synthetic aromas. Added to that the ethical claims of many of the companies producing these products and the consumer can feel safe in not only their skin regime but also their impact they are having on the wider environment.

Chemical companies have made billions out of this traditional market for them and have in the passed tested on animals. But as consumers in the past if we are honest with ourselves we have thought about cost above the ethics. But in these more enlightened times we ask more questions of the producers of products we use. Easier to use as a measure of what is or isn’t good for us is look at the label. Lets be honest how many people know what hydroxycitronella and theobroma cacoa are? But I bet most people can tell you what rosehip oil and pomegranate are, and surely it’s better for you than anything with a number in its name.