I’ve gotten a few questions about Organic Skincare lately so, I thought I would do some research.
Did you know that The US Food and Drug Administration, FDA, does not require testing or certification of any beauty products? (re: last month’s blog about Mascara ads) Therefore, companies have more freedom when choosing ingredients, and those ingredients are not necessarily good for you.
Some products labeled organic by the USDA are more organic than others are. The USDA has set up different categories of organic products; a product that is made with 95% or more organic ingredients receives a USDA organic symbol, while a product made with more than 70% organic ingredients will say on the label that it is “made with organic ingredients.”
However, how many of those organic products are in your moisturizer? Not all organic products are equal. Products that claim to be organic may still contain ingredients that could cause a breakout, especially if you suffer from allergies. Think botanicals. They may smell nice but if you have allergies, buyer beware!
So when you are looking at organic skincare ask yourself organic what, organic how much?
How do Scosh products fit into all of this? Scosh Skincare is the cutting edge of cosmeceutical skin care. The effectiveness of the ingredients used depends on whether they are chirally correct. ‘kī-rul’ is Greek for hands. Every molecule found in nature is chiral. This is the delivery system. Chiral molecules are identical mirror images of each other, meaning they have a "left" and a "right" chemical orientation, much like our hands - think gloves. The skin is comprised of millions of chiral receptors, which dictate instructions to the cells. Only through receptors can the body access nutrients, drugs, and locally applied products. Applying the wrong chiral twin to the skin results in either poor response, irritation, or no effectiveness at all. For a product to be optimally effective, it must be received by a specific receptor, therefore chirally correct.
Did you know that The US Food and Drug Administration, FDA, does not require testing or certification of any beauty products? (re: last month’s blog about Mascara ads) Therefore, companies have more freedom when choosing ingredients, and those ingredients are not necessarily good for you.
Some products labeled organic by the USDA are more organic than others are. The USDA has set up different categories of organic products; a product that is made with 95% or more organic ingredients receives a USDA organic symbol, while a product made with more than 70% organic ingredients will say on the label that it is “made with organic ingredients.”
However, how many of those organic products are in your moisturizer? Not all organic products are equal. Products that claim to be organic may still contain ingredients that could cause a breakout, especially if you suffer from allergies. Think botanicals. They may smell nice but if you have allergies, buyer beware!
So when you are looking at organic skincare ask yourself organic what, organic how much?
How do Scosh products fit into all of this? Scosh Skincare is the cutting edge of cosmeceutical skin care. The effectiveness of the ingredients used depends on whether they are chirally correct. ‘kī-rul’ is Greek for hands. Every molecule found in nature is chiral. This is the delivery system. Chiral molecules are identical mirror images of each other, meaning they have a "left" and a "right" chemical orientation, much like our hands - think gloves. The skin is comprised of millions of chiral receptors, which dictate instructions to the cells. Only through receptors can the body access nutrients, drugs, and locally applied products. Applying the wrong chiral twin to the skin results in either poor response, irritation, or no effectiveness at all. For a product to be optimally effective, it must be received by a specific receptor, therefore chirally correct.
The Scosh philosophy is all about rejuvenating, repairing, and refining stressed, over-processed, dehydrated and problematic skin. Scosh Skincare has been formulated to be free from preservatives, synthetic colors, fragrances, cruelty free, and packaged in recyclable packaging.
