Showing posts with label Ingredients. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ingredients. Show all posts

Mischo Beauty School: Certification Standard for Beauty


It's called Biodynamic and it's a beauty certification used to certify products above the "natural" and "organic" certifications. Biodynamic is a system of natural farming dating back to the 1920's, and like certified organic farming, Biodynamic farming is free of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. But unlike the "natural" and "organic" certifications, in order to receive the Biodynamic certification a product must meet the following conditions:

- Ingredients must come from chemical-free biodynamic farms

- Processing guidelines must focus on manipulating the ingredients and materials as little as possible

If the biodynamic certification interests you, then check out Lavender Fields, Ceago Vinegarden and Harms Vineyard, Flower Essence Services and Dr. Hauschka. These are the only brands in the U.S. which produce certified biodynamic products.

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(Source: WWD Beauty Biz)
(photos courtesy of drhauschka.com)

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Mischo Beauty School: Cosmetic Ingredients 101


If you're like me, you've probably wondered, at some point in time, about what was in your shampoo or lotion or foundation. My interest in product ingredients dates back to my senior year in college when a friend and I chose to analyze the chemical composition of "lye" and "no lye" relaxers. We both just had to know what we were putting in our hair and why "no lye" relaxers were supposedly safer than lye relaxers. Oh and by the way, we were both chemistry majors. Well, without having to go into a lab to get answers, there's a book called "A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients". I actually just discovered this book while completing my cosmetology and esthetics programs. It's easy to follow and will allow you to make purchase decisions based on knowledge of a product's ingredients and whether they do what they claim to, while avoiding potential health issues.

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