ORGANIC Skin Care

Here is the point-of-view of "organic" skin care from me - a 30 years+ professional skin care veteran - who buys organic food, but does not sell organic skin care products, and why she doesn't.

Consumers looking for healthy options in all aspects of their lives will, somewhat obviously, be drawn to cosmetics that have some sort of organic labeling or ingredients.  Is this the right approach?

Organic doesn't mean quite the same thing in the cosmetics industry as it does in the food industry.  In the science realm, “organic chemistry”, simply means carbon-based (as in 'we are all carbon-based life forms') . In agriculture, it signifies that the plant has been grown without pesticides. Currently, the US does not have any official regulation for the terms "natural" or "organic" in personal care products.  So consumers are vulnerable to misinformation.  As for the term "chemical-free", well, NOTHING ON THIS PLANET, except for light and electricity is "chemical-free". (So PLEASE stop asking me if my products are chemical-free!)

The perception that these products are better for you is more trend than fact.  Without regulations, companies can pretty much claim that anything is natural or organic.  There isn't a cosmetics police force that will come and shut them down!

For example, a company could sell a body wash and legally call it, "90 percent natural & organic", because it's 90% WATER!  But the other 10% could be a petroleum-based foaming agent, cancer-causing color pigments, and irritating fragrances.  

It is estimated that 98% of eco-friendly marketing claims in the United States are misleading, inappropriate, or inaccurate!

The term "natural" indicates an ingredient's source --- not it's SAFETY! I have a running joke about the trend for “natural” skin care products: “I have a product that's LOCALLY SOURCED, 100% ORGANIC & NATURAL --- it's CAT PEE!”

My question to clients seeking organic skin care products is "Why?"  Is it because you believe that these types of products will give your skin better results? From what I've seen (and tried) from the organic branded lines, they aren't more effective, and can, in some cases, actually be MORE dangerous, since bacteria can form more easily in products of that sort.

The problems with organic ingredients is that most of them are not chemically-standardized - which means their effectiveness (and even safety) can vary from batch to batch. So the moisturizer you bought in January and loved, may not be the same one you get in July - even though the label shows the same ingredients!

Most of these 'organic' ingredients have not been put through clinical studies, therefore no one truly knows how safe or effective they are.  

Not having chemically standardized ingredients is a bother for the cosmetic chemist who wants to be certain that the powerful ingredients chosen for a particular product actually survives the manufacturing process and makes its way into the bottle and onto your skin the way is was intended --- and to give you the results you expect!

So that is why my products are not "organic". I want to know that each product I sell you will deliver to you the results you are seeking without batch to batch fluctuation! 


Concerning the marketing term “natural” (and I get asked this a lot, “Are your products “natural”), my reply is that they are “Beyond Natural”! Making Vantastic Skin Care Products is not something done in a kitchen, it's done in a lab, by cosmetic chemists – specialists whose job it is to know the exact percentage of an ingredient's efficacy, and who can formulate, test, and guarantee the product will do the job you're paying it to do! You can rest assured that each and every product I sell you will be safe, gentle, and effective – from the beginning of the bottle down to the last precious drop!


~Nancy.
Vanities Spa



While cruising for more info, I found this article.  Very funny comments at the end!

Who Else Is Sick Of “Chemical Free” Products?
by MID BRAIN on MAY 19, 2012
http://thebeautybrains.com