health and beauty products

Your skin is the largest organ of the body and what you on, it can be absorbed in very small quantities. The impact of the daily cocktail of substances that we put on the skin starts to become. Moreover, the additives in cosmetics may be in the systems of water and remain in the environment for some time, and are equipped with a range of health problems.

The good news is, a growing number of companies from the organic cosmetics beauty there is no need to compromise in the performance of your daily beauty. Unfortunately, unlike organic foods, there is no legislation for biological cosmetics. Therefore, some companies choose a product labeled as “organic” even if only 1% of organic ingredients or if they are potentially dangerous substances.

That is why we have the Soil Association standards for health and beauty, so that after the Soil Association symbol for your guarantee that the product has been tested and meets the highest standards for purity and ‘biological integrity.

Our standards for organic cosmetics is based on our quality of food. That means if an ingredient is organic, it should be used. The other ingredients are on hand to ensure that they are not harmful to health or the environment.

For the certification of organic, a company must:

Have their facilities for the production of each year by the Soil Association. This includes a review of the use of organic ingredients, and the demonstration of environmentally friendly methods of production
Submission of all products and the labels of the formulas of the Soil Association for approval

A clear labeling so that consumers can make that decision on the product that they buy

For any non-organic ingredient, a statement from the supplier that GM is no more than 3 providers of explanations that the ingredients are not in biological

Use the maximum possible, organic ingredients, a product with the Soil Association logo and is labeled organic, at least 95% of organic ingredients. In the event that the product contains more than 70% of organic ingredients, it can still Certifed by the Soil Association, but the company must be on the package exactly how high is the percentage of organic ingredients

Use a minimum of non-organic additives and to a list. These must be non-GM and may be used only if the biological ingredient that is not yet available.
Use of ingredients, when treated with environmentally friendly products.

Consequently, it is not a big difference between a cosmetic is organically certified and is simply called “organic” on the label. To an organic product is guaranteed, looking for the logo of a certification authority, as a symbol of the Soil Association.