Holistic Feathers

Natural beauty – popularity on the rise with eco-conscious consumers

Do you find yourself turning away from the ever-increasing range of mainstream beauty products, such as Oil of Olay and Clarins (for example), and moving towards more a more natural way of keeping yourself beautiful?

I have noticed a real increase in the past 2 years, most certainly, for customers seeking out a more natural alternative to the big names on the high street.  Our “living facial” and “natural face lift” treatments are very popular for those who prefer to keep their beauty routine simple and derived from nature.

I, personally, changed to using only natural beauty products 6 years ago after one-too-many incidents of skin irritation and allergic reactions to high street products (expensive products from big names, too!) – rosehip oil, in its natural form, saved me.

Holistic Feathers only uses our personalised oil blends, also available to customers, or Raw Gaia living, vegan, raw natural skincare products in our treatments and customers notice a difference immediately … so we were interested to find that we aren’t the only ones to notice this change in buying habits, as the article below – from Life Goggles – shows.

One word of caution, however: do look very closely at the labels on the products you purchase.  Current legislation means that the definition of “natural” is very wide and you would be amazed at how many products contain un-natural ingredients.  Our personalised oil blends and all Raw Gaia products contain only 100% nature’s-own-ingredients.

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Tanja from online eco-friendly shop Big Green Smile writes:

“Natural beauty products are becoming increasingly popular as more consumers are becoming concerned about their impact on the environment, it has been suggested.

“In an article for IslamOnline.net, cosmetic chemist Amanda Foxon-Hill said that 50 or 60 years ago, cosmetics companies relied on petroleum-based surfactants and mineral oil creams – a trend which consumers were happy to go along with.

“However, she argued that more recently, shoppers have begun to question the ingredients which make up the moisturisers and creams which they use on a regular basis.

“Nowadays, a number of people link oil-based products with the hydrocarbon industry – which she said in turn is connected to “pollution, environmental destruction and toxicity in relation to the chemical processes employed in refining the oil feedstock”.

“Elsewhere in the article, Ms Foxon-Hill pointed out that the cosmetics industry is currently divided over the definition of natural beauty products.

“This view is shared by Weleda’s export marketing manager Claudia Karle, who told the New Straits Times that the company has teamed up with a number of other brands to ensure strict standards are set over the contents of natural beauty goods.”

(c) Adam – Life Goggles