If you want to live an organic life, without adding unnecessary chemicals to your body, you also need to think about your skincare products. Your skin is the biggest organ in your body and proper maintenance is very important if you want to keep it healthy and young.
But before buying organic skincare products there are some important things you should know; here are four of them.
1. Is it really organic?
Let’s start with the most basic, is the brand’s claim of being organic really true? In Canada, no government agency certifies organic skincare products (there is one for certifying organic food and another agency for cosmetics or skincare); hence brands use third-party certification like Ecocert.
However, there are brands like Eminence Organics who source their entire products from organic farms and are hence certified organic by government agencies like USDA Organics.
To know about the certification claim, look online for that related body and see how they offer their certification.
For example, Ecocert offers organic certification to products that have a minimum of 95% plant-based ingredients or those who source their ingredients from organic farms and the minimum should be 10% of ingredients, by weight.
You can visit BeautyRitual.ca an online store that sells the brand “Eminence Organics” in Canada.
2. What else is there?
Just because the label says organic, doesn’t mean there are only organic products in it; sometimes brands have chemicals in form of preservatives, stabilizers or fragrances. Hence learn to read labels well before buying organic skincare products.
Good companies will use natural ingredients that mimic the properties of synthetic ingredients. For example, coconut oil is often used as a stabilizer as well as for providing antimicrobial action.
3. Natural is not organic
This is one of the biggest misconceptions newbies to organic skincare often suffer from. Any product can claim the “natural” tag if they use ingredients that have been derived from animal by-products, plants or even minerals.
However, how those products are sourced makes all the difference. If they are not sourced from a certified organic farm, then there will be harmful chemicals in them as the products are grown using fertilizers and other chemicals.
Hence even if they are “natural” they might not be that great for you. And frankly, today anyone can slap the term “natural” and sell products; it is up to the customer to do proper research and read the ingredient list well before making their purchase.
4. Is it working for you?
Just as not all food, no matter how organic it is, will suit your body, the same goes for organic skincare products. Each skin has its own needs and problems, so you first need to be very sure about your skin issues and what kind of remedies you are looking for.
You may be allergic to even organic products and hence the best option is to get samples for highly popular organic brands and try it out for some days.
If you think it is working for you without any breakouts or rashes, you can then buy the full version.
Organic products are a little pricier than regular skincare products, so you have to be very sure that the product you are buying will work for you.
So these are four important things to know before you start to look for the best organic skincare products for your skin.
Layla Tovey 
GBteam