To be USDA/NOP certified organic, 70% of the product’s ingredients must be certified organic. RELATED: Read more on clean beauty certifications here and why brands choose certain certifications. What this means is that if a cosmetic or body care product contains agricultural ingredients and can meet the USDA/NOP organic production, handling, processing and labeling standards it may be certified organic under NOP regs. However the USDA DOES regulate the term “organic” as it applies to agricultural products through its National Organic Program (NOP). The FDA also does not regulate the term “organic’ as it applies to cosmetics, body care or personal care (surprise…surprise.).
Often we hear the term “organic makeup” or “organic mascara” or organic whatever when it comes to makeup and skincare. Okay so before we get on with the show, I just wanted to mention one more thing.
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This time it came chalk full of Inika goodies. Okay so once and a while Margot will send me some goodies to try and it’s always a good day when a package from The Choosy Chick arrives.
Point being there are toxins in most all conventional personal care items and makeup and to save yourself from going crazy, it’s nice to have a place to come to where you can shop with confidence knowing all items have been vetted for your safety. Why? Because using cheap ingredients with an immortal shelf life means a higher margin for the manufactures. This often translates to ingredients that are cheap and synthetic, not to mention includes the use of known toxins, known carcinogens, known endocrine disruptors, and the list goes on and on. Manufacturers are left to use whatever ingredients they like and sell it as skincare or makeup or whatever. What does this mean? Well, it’s pretty much like running a bank on the honors system.
The FDA says it’s the “responsibility of cosmetic manufacturers to ensure that their products are safe when used as directed”. Why!? Well, believe it or not, under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, cosmetic products and ingredients do not require FDA approval before they go to market. The law also says that products commonly referred to as “ personal care products” are also considered cosmetics including moisturizers, perfumes, lipsticks, fingernail polishes, eye, and facial makeup, shampoos, perms, hair colors, some kinds of toothpaste, and deodorants. You should have been a fly on the wall for our toothpaste conversation – she asks all the right questions, trust me!įinding a shop like this is so refreshing. Margot selects the items she stocks with thoughtfulness and care. Margot started The Choosy Chick because she wanted a place where people could come and shop for personal care items without having to worry about toxins, research ingredients, or vet products for performance. We both share a passion for nontoxic living and a love for New England. I connected with Margot online when I started blogging. The Choosy Chick is an online nontoxic shop for natural and organic skincare products, makeup and more. So The Choosy Chick reached out and asked me if I wanted to try an organic makeup line called Inika Organic and I think we all know the answer to that, Yes! Yes! A thousand times YES! So first I want to tell you about The Choosy Chick and then my Inika review! The Choosy Chick
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