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As part of my sustainable journey, I have been trying to eliminate chemicals from my life, so I’ve been researching clean beauty products, as I wanted to find brands and products I could trust to balance out the hundreds, if not thousands of chemicals I have already unwittingly absorbed, digested and inhaled during my lifetime. I can’t do anything about the past, but what I can do is find the cleanest and healthiest products for my skin from brands I trust and am willing to recommend.
our "chemical body burden"
The US Environmental Working Group (EWG) a non-profit organization advocating for healthy ingredients in consumer products, estimates that the average person exposes themselves to over 125 different chemical ingredients every single day, other organisations say it’s closer to 200 a day. In the US, the Food and Drug Association (FDA) does not require the cosmetic industry to put their products through safety testing, meaning, there is no federal regulation on what ingredients can or cannot go into skincare products. This has resulted in numerous chemicals commonly used in American products (and other countries with similar standards, or with no standards at all), that are banned in European countries.
Many cosmetic and personal hygiene manufacturers do not acknowledge the health implications of some of these chemical ingredients, claiming there is no firm evidence that they pose a health risk, but researchers and organizations such as the EWG say that research must not just focus on individual product exposure but must also find a way to evaluate the cumulative impact, or “chemical body burden”, of many products used over many years.
The phrase “chemical body burden,” is used to describe the concentration (or amount) of chemicals in the body at any given time. Each of us has some load of toxic chemicals stored in or passing through our bodies, they can be both naturally occurring and man-made, and enter the body through inhalation, from swallowing them in contaminated food or water, or they can be absorbed through skin. Some chemicals or their breakdown products (metabolites) lodge in our bodies for only a short while before being excreted, but continuous exposure to such chemicals can create a “persistent” body burden.
These chemicals can be detected in blood, adipose (fat) tissue, semen, muscle, bone, brain tissue, or other organs, as well as in urine and breast milk, and studies show that our body burden starts growing before we’re even born, as a woman who is pregnant can pass them to her developing fetus through the placenta; new-born babies have been born with more than 287 man-made and industrial chemicals already in their blood, and this number is thought to grow to more than 700 by adulthood.
Most people are unaware that they carry chemical compounds in their bodies and the health effects of chronic exposure to low levels of chemicals are only beginning to be studied. Once released into the world some chemicals cause toxic reactions, and some have been found to persist in the environment for years; some are even referred to as “eternal” compounds, because they do not degrade; but what is clear is that the accumulative nature of these chemicals can cause a range of non-infectious human health problems, including direct damage to the lungs, liver, kidney, bones, blood, brain and other nerves, and the reproductive systems.
If you’re concerned about the Chemicals in Our Beauty Products and have decided you want to make cleaner, healthier choices, de-coding the labels on our Beauty Products can be a minefield. Greenwashing and sneaky lies have put us on our guard and there are so many terms, symbols and marketing jargon in use that we have to decipher on labels, that it can be overwhelming and confusing, and then there are the ingredients themselves; we know they are important, but how can we know what each ingredient is, what it does, and if it’s good for our skin or whether it’s harmful?
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THE DEFINITION OF "clean beauty"
Let’s start off with defining “Clean Beauty”, a term that is evolving to describe the movement which is pushing the cosmetics industry to create higher standards. Clean Beauty can be defined by products that are mindfully created and produced without any toxic ingredients that are ethically sourced and are made with the health of our bodies and the environment in mind.
Another really important way to define Clean Beauty is by reading labels and studying ingredients, and just as critically, looking at the brands ethos, ethics, values, mission and how they align themselves with the world, in other words looking at the brand as a whole.
CLEAN BEAUTY BRANDS YOU CAN TRUST
This is a list of beauty products that meet the definition of “Clean Beauty”, that I am happy to recommend. Some of these products I have tested and I use myself. Look out for the reviews – coming soon!
FOR THE FACE
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ONE LOVE ORGANICS
ONE LOVE ORGANICS Botanical B Enzyme Cleansing Oil + Makeup Remover is a multi-tasking cleansing oil and makeup remover, great for all skin types including sensitive, blemish-prone, combination, normal and particularly mature and dry.
One Love Organics Botanical B Enzyme Cleansing Oil and Makeup Remover effortlessly lifts away makeup and dirt while working to maintain skin’s natural moisture barrier and pH balance. This clean oil was designed with dry, dehydrated skin in mind yet concentrated enough for all skin types. The facial cleansing oil is ultra-effective when used alone or as the perfect first step in any double cleansing routine.
INGREDIENTS
One Love Organics Botanical B Enzyme Cleansing Oil and Makeup Remover is made from use 100% natural ingredients and essential oils, and a full list is provided for each product. All ingredients serve a specific purpose and need, so you won’t find any fillers, fluffers, cheap substitutes, or unnecessary additives and all products are cruelty-free. Ingredients are identified as * Certified Organic with one asterisk.
One Love Organics’ award-winning, plant-powered skin care products are produced at the company’s sustainable ECOCERT® manufacturing facility which confirms the absence of GMOs, parabens, phenoxyethanol, nanoparticles, silicon, PEGs, synthetic perfumes and dyes, animal-derived.
One Love Organics has a dedication to sustainability that is encompassed in every aspect of their company and holds the Gold Certified Business Seal of Approval, which is Green America’s highest level of award that recognizes green businesses showing leadership in their industry and that go beyond product and service quality to set the highest standards in environmental sustainability and social justice.
One Love Organics Botanical B Enzyme Cleansing Oil + Makeup Remover is available to buy at Credo, which claims to be the largest clean beauty store on the planet, and provides definitions and further details of each ingredient.
Credo’s mission has always been to change the industry for the better. They believe that in order for “clean” to have real meaning, brands need guidelines—and required compliance, so they have created The Credo Clean Standard™, that is dedicated to inclusivity, transparency and education. Their Dirty List® contains over 2,700 specific ingredients and types of ingredients that are used in mainstream beauty products, but are prohibited by brands sold on Credo, some due to safety and/or sustainability reasons.
ONE LOVE ORGANICS Botanical B Enzyme Cleansing Oil + Makeup Remover is a multi-tasking cleansing oil and makeup remover, great for all skin types including sensitive, blemish-prone, combination, normal and particularly mature and dry.
One Love Organics Botanical B Enzyme Cleansing Oil and Makeup Remover effortlessly lifts away makeup and dirt while working to maintain skin’s natural moisture barrier and pH balance. This clean oil was designed with dry, dehydrated skin in mind yet concentrated enough for all skin types. The facial cleansing oil is ultra-effective when used alone or as the perfect first step in any double cleansing routine.
ALTEYA ORGANICS
ALTEYA ORGANICS Rose & Jasmine Facial Cleanser & Wash is enriched with pure, certified organic essential oils to gently and effectively clean skin, rejuvenate and improve the skin’s natural glow.
INGREDIENTS
Rose & Jasmine Facial Cleanser & Wash is made from essential oils and natural ingredients, and a full list is provided for each product. Ingredients are identified as * Certified Organic with one asterisk.
Alteya Organics are renowned for their premium organic roses, which are farmed in the heart of the Bulgarian Rose Valley, known as the world centre for rose oil production, due to the favourable soil structure, air humidity, and natural geographic conditions. Once harvested their roses go through a steam-distillation method that marries 400 years of tradition with science, to extract flower essences that are dermatology-grade and retain the therapeutic properties and biodynamic synergy of the rose plant.
Alteya Organics are committed to providing superior quality, environmentally safe and organic skin and body products as well as aromatherapy ingredients and also grow and harvest lavender, and lavender essential oils and flower waters using generations-old recipes, as well as a wide range of organic plant extracts, oils and herbs, all of which a adhere to the strict USDA organic standard. It is Gluten-free and Vegan certified.
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ODIÈLE
ODIÈLE Rosemary Grapefruit Toner is a powerful, yet light and gentle, blend of organic ingredients, which includes astringent and antiseptic qualities to balance oily complexions, banish acne-causing bacteria, and lift residual makeup and dirt you missed with your cleanser. The toners astringent’s antimicrobial qualities tackle eczema and dermatitis and essential oils sterilize the pores, strengthen skin tissue, and leave the skin glowing. The result: a potent formula which activates collagen production, stimulates blood flow, and increases the skin’s vitamin C absorption – what more can you ask from a toner?
INGREDIENTS
From seed to bottle, Odièle products are free of preservatives and harsh chemicals including sulfates, petroleum, propylene or butylene glycols, PEGs, TEA, DEA, phthalates, GMO, silicones, pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, artificial dyes, fragrances, or carcinogens.
All ingredients are non-nano, and 100% cruelty-free and come from natural resources. Ingredients are identified as * Organic with one asterisk. **Wild Harvested with two asterisks and a component of essential oil with a +.
Each ingredient is also listed in the Active Botanical category, which provides background details, benefits and sourcing information. Odièle also support small businesses without compromise on sustainable farming practices.
Odièle Rosemary Grapefruit Toner is available from Rentrayage, a marketplace for a curated assortment of home décor and beauty items from a network of sustainability-minded brands, artisans and vintage sources.
MOISTURISE
Maya Chia
Maya Chia’s The Optimist hydrating brightening essence provides a powerful, yet weightless, boost of hydration for the appearance of plumper, deeply moisturized, more luminous skin. It is expressly designed to work effortlessly into your regimen, combining the lightweight feel of a mist, with the high-performance ingredients of an essence.
INGREDIENTS
The Optimist Hydrating Brightening Essence is formulated without parabens, phthalates, synthetic fragrances, PEGs, and SLSs and delivers a radiant, nourished glowing skin through a proprietary blend of antioxidants, amino acids, polysaccharides, phytonutrients, and fatty acids, such as Sake, White Tea, Chia Seed, Astaxanthin, and Licorice Extracts for radiant, nourished, glowing skin.
The Optimist uses the highest quality natural, organic and wildcrafted ingredients from conscious growers across the world.
The brand is fully transparent and provides a full list of ingredients, with further information for some of their key ingredients. Ingredients are identified as *Certified Organic or Wildcrafted Ingredients (when available) *Ecocert/Cosmos Approved Ingredient with one asterisk.
Maya Chia is changing the clean beauty landscape – one formulation at a time; the Chia seeds powering Maya Chia’s formulations are sourced from Guatemala, home of the Maya people. For centuries, the Maya people have used Chia seeds as a form of a nutrient-dense food source, and science has affirmed what the Maya people have always known, that Chia seeds have unparalleled health and wellness properties.
Maya Chia uses a patented process to extract the oil called supercritical extraction. The gentle oxygen-free, solvent-free process results in oil with a total absence of chemical residues and impurities, and one that most closely mirrors the chemical profile of the plant.
“Chia” is the word for “Strength” in the Mayan language, and Maya Chia believe in giving back through their corporate sponsorship of Adopt-A-Village Guatemala, a non-profit organization that helps children and families by providing education and skills training so that they may improve their social and economic condition.
“As Maya Chia continues to grow, we have an increasing responsibility to commit additional resources toward positively impacting our planet. For this reason, we have become one of the few e-commerce brands to offset our carbon emissions related to getting your orders to your doorstep”.
Also, thanks to their partner, EcoCart, Maya Chia are working towards becoming neutralized through investing verified emissions reductions, more commonly known as “offsets”. These purchases support environmental projects, such as wind and solar farms that create clean energy, or protecting trees that would otherwise be cut down so that they can continue to absorb carbon from the air and protecting animals or supporting underserved communities.
CARROT & STICK
CARROT & STICK’s The Eye Cream is great for normal, dry, oily and combination skin and can be used day and night. The cream contains highly effective botanical extracts that reduce signs of stress and fatigue, including eye bags and dark circles. It is powered by botanicals which have an anti-glycation effect that helps delicate skin around the lids feel tighter and boosts the appearance of collagen and elastin, restoring vitality.
INGREDIENTS
The brand is fully transparent about their ingredients and a full list is provided as well as more detailed information of the benefits of the key ingredients. All products are free from sulfates, parabens, formaldehydes, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, tricosan, triclocaraban and synthetic fragrances.
Carrot & Stick takes a tough love approach to skincare, perfectly balancing the power of plants with cutting edge science, creating plant-derived formulas that deliver extraordinary results without relying on harmful chemicals or the standard preservatives, emulsifiers and thickeners. They strive to eliminate known irritants and pollutants that can compromise skin health and contaminate the environment and their humane approach and ethical practices mean that they never test on animals, nor do they sell our products in countries that requires such testing.
“Our vision: a beautiful future for people & the planet
Carrot & Stick believes in making conscious choices about what we put on our bodies, just as we do with what we put in them. Since our products are being absorbed down to the cellular level, there really is no difference.
That’s why we invest unlimited time, effort and funds into the research and development of our plant-powered ingredients. So we don’t have to incorporate any toxins into our highly effective skincare”.
ESSENTIALIST
ESSENTIALIST’S Daily Renewal Facial Oil is organic and preservative free and has been designed to support overall skin health through its antioxidant blend of super fruits like Black Currant, Passion Fruit, Pomegranate, and Prickly Pear, which are combined with Bakuchiol and Sea Buckthorn to deliver the vitamins, nutrients, and essential fatty acids necessary for a clear, radiant, and youthful complexion.
INGREDIENTS
You only have to look at the Essentialist’s NEVER EVER LIST – what will never be found in Essentialist products, to get an indication of the many hundreds of chemicals of concern often found in skincare and cosmetic formulations, and these listed are only the most common examples!
Essentialist are fully transparent, providing a detailed list of individual ingredients in their Ingredients Index, explaining how these ingredients work and the benefits they provide.
KHUS + KHUS
KHUS + KHUS defines itself as a modern herbal fusion. It brings ancient Ayurvedic medicine practices into the modern everyday.
KHUS + KHUS Blossom Hydrolat is a hydrating moisturizer perfect for day or night which can also be combined with face serums to assist in blending. This is a light, moisturiser that is smooth and smells delicious! It contains a range of healing botanical ingredients designed to relieve stress, regenerate the skin at cellular level, and acts as a tonic assisting in the process of breaking down toxins and revitalizing tired, lifeless skin. Its anti-aging antioxidant ingredients are also great for keeping the skin look young and fresh.
“We formulate to assist the body in calming the nervous system and enhancing the skin. This also assists in the regulation of the immune system. We believe plants heal, that is healthy plants heal. Phyto-Medicine is the future of health and skincare.
Your skin is the manifestation of what is going on internally in your body + mind”.
Kristi Blustein
Founder of KHUS + KHUS Kristi Blustein believes in plants and their ability to support growth, healing, and expansion of consciousness, therefore KHUS + KHUS use nothing but 100% botanical ingredients, which means nothing harmful.
INGREDIENTS
The brand is fully transparent with the product ingredients, all of which contain organic, sustainably wild-harvested botanicals, which are NON-GMO certified; the Blossom Hydrolat contains wild carrot, made with Eco-cert hydrosols, which are water-based products made from the distillation of fresh flowers, leaves, fruits, and other plant materials; also a byproduct of the essential oil manufacturing process.
AU NATURALE
Au Naturale Lip Slick Tinted Lip Oil is a moisturizing tinted lip oil, subtle on colour, serious on shine; it is part serum, part gloss, and a total treatment for dry lips that leaves lips feeling soft, smooth and never sticky.
Au Naturale serves as physical evidence to the consumer that cleaner beauty is possible; each ingredient is carefully scrutinized before being included in a formulation, only those that are ethically sound, factually healthy and naturally sourced make the final cut. Au Naturale is both a brand and a cause of long-lasting colour cosmetics without the harmful chemicals, founded by Ashley Prange, who left her work as nuclear analyst in D.C. to create a Clean Beauty Cosmetic Revolution.
INGREDIENTS
Made from six organic oils infused with pure colour extracts from flowers, bark, leaves, twigs, and roots of herbs, grasses, plants and mineral waxes to provide Ayurvedic skincare benefits. This brand is Vegan and Cruelty-free, Gluten-free and ingredients are ethically and sustainably sourced.
The brand is fully transparent about their ingredients, all of which are formulated without animal by-products, synthetic preservatives, nano particles, gluten, parabens, fillers or toxins. The Lip Slick Tinted Lip Oil is 100% natural, cruelty-free, vegan and made in the USA. Ingredients are identified as *Certified Organic with one asterisk and ***Kosher/Halal with three asterisks.
FOR THE body
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Organic Bath Co
Organic Bath Co Zesty Morning Organic Bath Wash is infused with a blend of incredibly moisturizing essential oils and is formulated without sulfates, which means there is less lather, but each Organic Bath Co. product is made using the most beneficial and pampering natural ingredients from an ethical supply chain and are 92% Certified Organic, Fair- and Direct Trade.
INGREDIENTS
The Zesty Morning organic body wash is vegan and contains organic essential oils, some of which are *Saponified Oil’s, which is a process that involves the conversion of fat, oil, or lipid, into soap and alcohol by the action of heat, identified as *Saponified Oil with one asterisk.
Organic Bath Co Zesty Morning Organic Body Wash is available from AILLEA, which is a Clean Beauty marketplace, hosting a wide range of beauty brands.
“Realizing that true transparency does not exist in the beauty industry, I set out to create a safe haven where people KNOW that EVERY product is safe – free of parabens, sulfates, petrochemicals, endocrine disruptors or other toxic chemicals, and were not tested on animals. No exceptions”.
Kathryn Murray Dickinson, Founder of Aillea
AILLEA
AILLEA aim to have the safest products available and have some of the strictest standards in the industry. They provide a comprehensive list of Banned Ingredients that you will never find in their products (there are over 1300), some of which are major ingredients/categories of concern. AILLEA continually study ingredients to make sure they are using the most current research available.
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Osea Malibu
Osea Malibu Salts of the Earth Body Scrub is a skin-softening formula that transforms into a gentle exfoliator, rich in mineral salts from around the world, including Pink Himalayan and moisturizing Wild Gigartina seaweed and Shea Butter for silky-smooth and glowing skin.
INGREDIENTS
One of the main ingredients in the Salts of the Earth Sea Salts is wild Gigartina seaweed (Gigartina Skottsbergii), a red marine algae with hydrophilic (water-binding) properties that make it an excellent moisturizing agent. Gigartina is rich in iodine and bromine, as well as sulfated polysaccharides, which are known to hydrate and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
All ingredients are naturally derived and the brand is fully transparent providing a full list. Ingredients are identified as *Certified Organic with one asterisk.
Osea Malibu is a brand of clean, vegan and cruelty-free luxury skincare and bodycare, formulated with certified organic, bioavailable seaweed, which is blended with pure steam-distilled and cold pressed essential oils.
OSEA products are all plant-based and free from parabens, PEG compounds, synthetic fragrance, ethanolamines, phthalates, gluten and cruelty-free and do not contain animal-derived ingredients such as lanolin, beeswax, carmine (a red coloured dye extracted from insects native to South America and Mexico), an ingredient listed in the PETA’s Caring Consumer guide as a substance of animal origin. Osea are both PETA vegan certified and Leaping Bunny cruelty-free certified.
OSEA is committed to better beauty, and became the first company to sign The Compact for Global Production of Safe Health and Beauty Products, an initiative from the Environmental Working Group. Their mission is to ensure products are “free of chemicals that are known or strongly suspected of causing cancer, mutation or birth defects”, which aligns seamlessly with the ethos behind OSEA’s products.
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TRUE BOTANICALS
TRUE BOTANICALS Pure Radiance Sugar Exfoliating Body Scrub is a hydrating body scrub that delivers a luxurious and highly effective exfoliation that scrub away dead skin cells without disrupting the skin barrier, leaving you with soft, smooth and glowing skin.
INGREDIENTS
The formula is blended with organic sugar, sandalwood, rich camellia, jojoba oils, kaolin clay and an intoxicating fragrance of essential oils including orange peel, cedarwood, and sandalwood which will leave your skin smelling amazing and it’s perfect for all skin types. True Botanicals prioritize both certified-organic and wild-harvested ingredients, and take sourcing seriously, tracing ingredients to their origins and ensuring that their cultivation and production are sustainable for the local community as well as the environment. The brand is fully transparent and provides a full list of ingredients, as well as details about the key ingredients and their benefits
True Botanical products are entirely free of Endocrine (hormone) disruptors, Carcinogens, Parabens, SLS and SLES, Phthalates, Synthetic fragrance, GMOs and Animal cruelty. The majority of their ingredients are pure plant extracts and certified MADE SAFE synthetic ingredients to enhance their natural formulas.
True Botanicals believe you don’t need toxins to get results. All their formulas are certified MADE SAFE, meaning they’ve been reviewed by MADE SAFE scientists to ensure ingredients don’t harm people or the planet.
The MADE SAFE review process includes a complete investigation of every ingredient, including preservatives and the supply chain, leaving nothing uninspected. Their products are developed, produced, packaged, and shipped to ensure they minimize their impact on the environment.
MOISTURISE
HERB MARKET BOTANICALS
HERB MARKET BOTANICALS Ultra Hydrate Organic Body Butter is the ultimate thirst quencher for your skin. The raw shea butter is rich in antioxidant vitamins A and E, and contains a high amount of skin-softening fatty acids, which help renew and rebuild skin cells to improve the look of stretch marks, blemishes, fine lines, and wrinkles. This is whipped together with balancing, elasticity-boosting, botanical oils that work effectively to replenish and restore the skin providing hydration that will last up to 24 hours. This fragrance-free body butter is suitable for dry or sensitive skin and is beneficial for improving skin tone and texture, reducing and preventing the appearance of stretch marks.
INGREDIENTS
The ingredients Herb Market Botanicals use are sustainably sourced with great emphasis on quality, potency, and purity. The brand is fully transparent and provides a full list of ingredients.
The main ingredient is organic shea butter from the Global Shea Alliance sustainability program, which ensures the protection of eco-systems, decent working conditions and wages. The shea butter is completely raw, unrefined, and unprocessed, which helps retain its nutritive properties.
The other main ingredient is Jojoba oil, a liquid plant wax closely resembling the sebum of our skin. When applied to the skin, jojoba oil forms a thin, porous layer that provides exceptional moisturizing and softening properties and can penetrate deep into the skin glands to help clear blockages caused by bacterial growth. Ingredients are identified as *Certified Organic with one asterisk.
Herb Market Botanicals is an eco-luxury skincare brand, founded and formulated with a holistic approach that is committed to being entirely natural, deeply valuing ingredient transparency and trust and environmental responsibility.
Herb Market Botanicals use recyclable and reusable glass bottles and jars, with eco-friendly packaging and shipping materials, and all their wellness accessories are plastic-free, all made from natural, sustainable materials. The brand is compassionate for the planet and our animals friends and is vegan and Leaping Bunny Certified.
All Herb Market Botanicals are formulated without fillers, artificial fragrances, synthetics, or concerning chemicals and their ‘Ingredient Library’ provides a deeper dive into all of their ingredients, giving customers a better understanding of their purpose and benefits.
FOR THE HAIR
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EVOLVh
EVOLVh UltraShine Moisture Shampoo is an award-winning shampoo for all hair types that visibly smooths hair, transforming texture to smooth and youthful softness and increasing shine and elasticity through infusing nutrients that improve the hair health. EVOLVh UltraShine Moisture Shampoo is also great for colour retention and was created for dry, over-processed or frizzy hair that needs moisture, fine hair that needs volume and curly, thick or coarse hair that needs softness, manageability and less frizz; it will add strength, prevent breakage and split-ends and leave your hair looking smooth, soft, shiny and restored.
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EVOLVh UltraShine Moisture Shampoo is a custom blend of nourishing antioxidants, plus amino and fatty acids that work from within to give you your best healthy hair ever. The key ingredients include essential oils, Safflower Oil, Seaweed Extract and Sunflower Oil, which moisturizes hair and scalp, promotes hair growth and provides UV protection. The brand is fully transparent providing a full list of ingredients. Ingredients are identified as *Ecocert Certified with one asterisk †Natural Ingredient ‡Plant Derived/Organically Derived. The UltraShine Moisture Shampoo is also salt free, sodium lauryl sulfate free, silicone free, paraben free, panthenol free, phthalate free, petroleum free, ethoxylate free, synthetic fragrance free, gluten free and vegan. All EVOLVh products are never tested on animals and no contain no GMOs. Products meet ECOCert and COSMOS requirements and are soil Association and NaTrue approved.
EVOLVh is a brand of clean hair products that is on a mission to provide bar none the best performing clean products on Earth – good for you and for the planet.
Unlike traditional brands that rely on topical ingredients to coat hair and hide imperfections, EVOLVh’s biology driven, non-topical, non-cosmetic formulation meets the molecular needs of every strand from deep inside the core of each fibre.
EVOLVh uses a globally approved preservative for use in natural cosmetic and toiletries formulations, based on the combination of dehydroacetic acid (DHA) and benzyl alcohol, which are both organic compounds (this is a combination of ingredients, but appears as two separate ingredients per INCI standards at the very end of each product ingredient label).
MOISTURISE
SmartColor Protecting Conditioner is another award-winning product from EVOLVh, coming first in the 2019 Glamour Magazine Beauty Award for Best Conditioner in the Clean/Plant-Based Category, and is a revolutionary eco-luxe conditioner formulated to protect hair colour, retain colour vibrancy and provide hydration and healing, counteracting the harm and stress caused by colouring (and lightening) your strands.
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EVOLVh SmartColor Protecting Conditioner uses a custom blend of nourishing antioxidants, plus amino and fatty acids and essential oils. The key ingredients include Kiwi Seed Oil which hydrates hair without weighing it down, Amino Acid Tyrosine increases colour retention and Sunflower Oil which prevents brittle hair and hair loss. The brand is fully transparent providing a full list of ingredients. Ingredients are identified as *Ecocert Certified with one asterisk †Natural Ingredient ‡Plant Derived/Organically Derived.
The SmartColor Protecting Conditioner works best with one of EVOLVh’s 3-step systems to cleanse, moisturise and shine, style, curl or protect, depending on your hair type. You can “test-wash & style” with one of their 4-step Discovery Kits, that come in a giftable box, with 4 travel sizes and instructions, as EVOLVh’s philosophy is “seeing is believing”.
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shine & STYLE
EVOLVh SuperFinish Polishing Balm is a clean, water-based formula that you smooth onto damp hair before blowdrying; it’s a silicone free formula that delivers brilliant youthful shine, defrizzing and controlling flyaway hair, and prevents breakage and splitting, all without being greasy or adding weight. An incredible alternative to oils, superfinish will moisturize dry ends and protect against UV and heat and is suitable for all hair types: straight, sleek, volume or curly.
ingredients
The key ingredients in EVOLVh SuperFinish Polishing Balm include Jojoba Oil which moisturizes, strengthens, and protects against heat damage from styling tools, Soy Bran Lipids that provide deep moisture, improve elasticity, and create shine and Passionflower which protects the outer layer of hair from dryness. The brand is fully transparent providing a full list of ingredients. Ingredients are identified as *Ecocert Certified with one asterisk †Natural Ingredient ‡Plant Derived/Organically Derived
Available as part of the Smooth Discovery Kit and in retail size.
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