GREENWASHING: Can you trust your products?
Now, you might be thinking, “I’m good! I already use safe products.” Well, that’s what we thought, too. When we really combed through the ingredients of our seemingly safe favorites, we found some not so savory ones lurking on the label. How can this be? Greenwashing. Greenwashing is the act of misleading consumers regarding the environmental practices of a particular company or the environmental benefits of a specific product or service.
Companies are very aware that people are looking for healthy alternatives, so they use this method to expand their market reach. Consumers trust this marketing and bring home a toxic product believing they made the right choice for their family.
This is another “know better, do better” thing. Corporations are smart, but you’re smarter. Be an advocate for yourself and your family. Check your ingredients and support companies who have a proven track record of providing high quality, safe, and effective products and not deceiving their customers through tactics like greenwashing.
It might be greenwashing if:
- They use natural imagery on packaging.
- Earthy colors & images of leaves create the illusion of a safe product.
- They highlight the only ‘natural’ ingredient (while ignoring a sea of chemicals).
- You see terms like: natural, herbal, eco, clean, organic, pure. There is an astounding lack of regulation in the personal care industry? In cosmetics, that “organic” label is often totally meaningless.
- “Essential oils” are listed on packaging. Heads up, with most brands these are almost always fragrance-grade oils.
15 TOP TOXINS IN PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS
BISPHENOL-A ♦ BHA & BHT ♦ COAL TAR DYES ♦ DEA RELATED MATERIAL S ♦ FORMALDEHYDE-RELEASING PRESERVATIVES ♦ PHLALATES ♦ PARABENS ♦ PARFUM ♦ PEG COMPOUNDS ♦ PETROLATUM ♦ SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE (SLS) ♦ SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE (SLES) ♦ SILOXANES ♦ TRICLOSAN ♦ MINERAL OIL
WHAT CAN I USE INSTEAD?
YOUNG LIVING, OF COURSE!
Instead of being filled with harmful chemicals and toxins hiding behind marketing gimmicks, Young Living’s products contain the purest plant-based ingredients. They hold everything they produce to the highest of high standards that far exceed even an “organic” label. In addition to oils they also make hundreds of other incredible products.
With Young Living, you can easily check off all the things on your list for your home. This makes it so easy to ditch the toxins likely lurking in your drawers and swap them with something safer instead. Ordering online means you don’t even have to leave your house (or put on pants!)
Simply put, the only thing inside each bottle of oil is the plant itself-no additives, fillers, synthetic fragrances, preservatives, or dyes (which can NOT be said for store-bought oils). These pure essential oils are then combined with other plant-based ingredients to create extremely effective, high quality, oil-infused products to use throughout your home and life.
WHAT MAKES THEM DIFFERENT?
You already know about Young Living’s incredible Seed to Seal Guarantee. If you missed it check pages 6-7. They take extra measures like making sure the soil tests pesticide-free and nutrient-rich, sourcing non-GMO seeds before planting, and adhering to specific harvesting practices and rigorous testing.
They run 15-20 tests on each batch of oil. Twice. If something pops up that doesn’t meet their standards, or if it fails their testing, it goes right back to the supplier. Period. The financial implications aren’t even a factor in the decision.
Young Living routinely rejects large batches of oils. In the summer of 2017, they rejected over 7,000 kilos of Peppermint (a very popular, staple oil) because their state-of-the-art machinery detected one part per billion of mercury in the batch. For reference, that’s equivalent to one drop in an Olympic-sized swimming pool. Seed to Seal is not just a marketing ploy!
DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH:
It may surprise you that many of your products, even the natural and “organic” ones, have toxic ingredients making them unhealthy or unsafe. This list is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to toxins you want to avoid. Be sure to read the labels and cross-check ingredients using a site you trust. Start swapping out offenders for safer versions from Young Living and you can feel good about using products that are also supporting your wellness.
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FOR NEARLY 25 YEARS, YOUNG LIVING HAS BEEN THE WORLD LEADER IN PRODUCING 100% PURE THERAPEUTIC-GRADE ESSENTIAL OILS AND PLANT-BASED PRODUCTS.