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Understanding Certified Organic Cosmetics

It is quite easy to simply choose an organic certified product when purity is a priority, but understanding the basics of organic beauty standards can take you beyond the easy choice giving you more awareness in today's world of infinite choice.

Organic calculation: understanding the different grades available

There are two kinds of organic certified products:
the 70% plus, declared as product containing x% of organic ingredients
the 95% plus which can be declared simply as organic
How are these percentages worked out? The percentages are calculated as the percentage of organic raw materials present in a formulation minus the water. For example in a cream you can find 80% water, therefore the organic percentage will be calculated on the remaining 20% of the ingredients as water is excluded. In the case of water free products, such as balms and massage oils, the percentage is referred to the whole system.
Reading the ingredients list can be an easy way to start getting familiar with the organic certification

What is allowed

organic vegetable oils
colours only if organic (there are none available at the moment)
essential oils only if organic
organic extracts extracted only with glycerin, alcohol and critical CO2
dry organic extracts or juices
organic alcohol
unmodified mined minerals such as clay
natural gums such as Xanthan gum
preservatives such as sorbic acid, benzoic acid, benzyl alcohol and phenoxyethanol
ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and tocopherol (vitamin E)
Titanium dioxide, Zinc oxide and Silicon dioxide
surfactants of vegetable origin with a good biodegradability profile

In essence the certification pushes to use organic ingredients as much as possible. When there is an non organic alternative available, the organic option must be used.

What is not allowed

Petrochemicals and synthetic fragrances
GMO materials,
Hydrogenated fats
UV radiation
Talc
EDTA
Ingredients derived from Nanotechnology
Non organic essential oils

Why Forest secrets is not certified organic

Despite it is part of Forest Secrets ethos to be sustainable and to use organic certified ingredients (such as organic apricot oil, organic argan oil, organic chilean rosehip oil, organic marula oil and organic aloe vera gel), we knew we could rely on our long term experience and expertise to translate ourselves the concepts of purity and sustainability into a skin care range. This allowed us to develop innovative and effective products using cutting edge pure botanical extracts, still retaining a chemical free profile. And the results are visible lifting effects, visible reduction of fine lines and wrinkles, visible reduction of dark circles and a radiant soft complexion. To know more about the fantastic skin benefits of our products please click here

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