As discussed in my previous post everybody needs to reduce the amount of palm oil products we use. There are many palm oil free beauty brands that offer a palm oil free alternative product. There is however also a way that brands can become more responsible and still use palm oil if brands become certified in Sustainable Palm Oil production. This is the way forward according to WWF. We can have a big impact if we start using these palm oil free brands and eventually more brands will either become certified in sustainable palm oil or completely palm oil free. Be sure to keep an eye out for the Orangutan Alliance palm oil free certification when purchasing! Here is a list of some beauty brands that don’t use palm oil in their products: Bloomtown: https://bloomtown.co.uk/ Odylique: https://www.odylique.co.uk/ PHB Ethical Beauty: https://www.phbethicalbeauty.co.uk/ Caurnie Soap: https://www.stirlinghealthfoodstore.co.uk/products/15879/caurnie-lavender-soap.htm Honesty cosmetics:
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Palm oil production is a huge issue that is having a harmful effect on our environment. It can be found in many of our beauty products like shampoo, soap, body creams and lipstick and much more. I wanted to bring some more awareness so people can make a conscious effort to reduce purchasing products with palm oil and start buying more palm oil free items. According to an article by the Metro if these ingredients are listed on the product then it contains palm oil: “ Vegetable Oil, Vegetable Fat, Palm Kernel, Palm Kernel Oil, Palm Fruit Oil, Palmate, Palmitate, Palmolein, Glyceryl, Stearate, Stearic Acid, Elaeis Guineensis, Palmitic Acid, Palm Stearine, Palmitoyl Oxostearamide, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-3, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Sodium Kernelate, Sodium Palm Kernelate, Sodium Lauryl Lactylate/Sulphate, Hyrated Palm Glycerides, Etyl Palmitate, Octyl Palmitate, Palmityl Alcohol.” It is important to read the ingredients of the products we purchase to try and avoid
Recently Revlon have launched the Revlon Candid PhotoReady Natural Finish Anti-Pollution Foundation. I purchased it in my local Boots and I was intrigued to try an anti-pollution foundation. This foundation is free from, “ oils, phthalates, synthetic dyes or fragrances” according to Revlon and it also claims to have anti blue light ingredients. This is great for people with sensitive skin as often this lead to skin irritation. This foundation comes in 31 shades. It has a satin finish. I think the shade range is fairly good for a drug store brand however in my local Boots store I found the shade range very limited. I apply mine with a beauty blender but perhaps a brush application would be better and the sponge absorbs a lot of the product. It goes on like a moisturiser and blends into the skin seamlessly. It feels very lightweight on the skin. It doesn’t feel like I’m wearing foundation it feels more like a BB cream in terms of weight. This foundation has light to medium covera
I recently have been testing out a shampoo bar and I thought this would be a great product to review. I purchased the shampoo bar in my local health food shop. Another popular place that sells these are Lush. I have recently attempted to greatly reduce the amount of plastic I use in my life and in particular single use plastic. A change we all need to focus on. I purchased this shampoo bar for €4.95. Some people may think this is expensive for a bar of shampoo however I think I spend the same amount if not more on one bottle of shampoo and the bar will last longer depending on the length of hair you have. I understand that some people avoid these types of products as they are afraid they won’t clean the hair as well as generic bottled shampoos. I must say that this a myth. My hair is perfectly clean after using the bar and I have seen no negatives to using this bar except perhaps it takes a small bit more time to wash my hair but this is minor. However, one thing that is import