Are You Really Using
100% Organic Skin Care Products?
You pay attention to the safety and purity of the food you eat so choosing organic skin care products just makes sense. After all, you don't want to use creams or lotions on your skin that might contain natural ingredients that were grown with pesticides, antibiotics or other chemicals. But if you're thinking that the word organic is enough to look for on your products. Think again. Organic on the label of some products may not mean very much. I'd already learned that the word natural can have a loose meaning on some skin care products. The same is true for the word organic. I'm not surprised. There is so much confusion over labels on products. It's hard to know what's what.
According to the Organic Consumers Association, at this time there are no regulations that prevent a company from claiming to be organic skin care, even if that product contains a very small amount of organic ingredients and may contain synthetic and even toxic chemicals.
The USDA is now allowing their organic logo to be put on personal care products. Look for organic skin care products that have the USDA logo to be sure that your products contain 100% organic ingredients. Products that contain this logo will have to meet strict standards, the same standards that organic agriculture must meet.
Currently certification by the USDA as applied to foods and now to other products that meet the NOP {USDA's National Organic Program} standards includes the following: Ingredients that are free from synthetic chemicals- fertilizers, pesticides, antibiotics or food additives, genetically modified organisms.Ingredients grown on farmland that has been free from chemicals for at least three years.Periodic checks of production and sales records.Maintaining strict physical separation of certified organic products.Inspection of facilities where organic products are made.
Products that contain all organic ingredients can put "100% organic" on their label while those with at least 95% organic ingredients can use the word "organic". Both will be allowed to display the USDA certified organic logo. A third category can claim "made with organic ingredients" and must contain a minimum of 70% organic ingredients.
Certification by the USDA makes easier for us to shop for organic skin care products. Now if we want to be sure we are using a product with a high level of purity and safety, free from synthetic or toxic chemicals, all we have to do is look for their logo.
The benefits of purchasing 100% organic skin care products goes beyond caring for our skin and our health. We are supporting companies that have made a commitment to providing safe natural products. Through our purchases we are helping to ensure that organic farmers can continue growing crops that are environmentally friendly.Good for you. Good for the earth.
Terressentials provides 100% organic skin care. The USDA organic seal will appear on over 3 dozen different products with 2 dozen of those 100% certified organic, that's quite an accomplishment. These are skin care products that live up to the best meaning of the word natural before it became the most popular word to slap on a product. It doesn't get any purer than this. Terressentials carries a complete line of skin, body, hair and even baby care and of course they are not animal tested. Check out their
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