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Waterless beauty

Here’s why choosing water-free cosmetics
could help you achieve clearer skin and
a clearer environmental conscience

e’ve seen the drive to clean beauty tackling
excess packaging and toxic ingredients, but
Wis it time to think more about water? Check
the ingredients in your shampoos and cleansers and it’s
likely you’ll ind water (sometimes under the guise of
‘aqua’ or ‘eau’) is one of the main components.
Water is often added to beauty and personal care
products as an inexpensive way of bulking them out.
Efectively the product is watered down, meaning that
in the case of shampoos and shower gels, you might
need to use more product to get the same efect as
concentrated versions such as shampoo bars and soaps.
Adding water to these products also has implications
on the skin, as it can have a drying efect. Water also
encourages the growth of bacteria, so chemicals and
preservatives have to be added to increase their
shelf-life. Preservatives are a common cause
of sensitive skin and irritation, so going
waterless might help to ix your skin woes,
as well as reducing your beauty footprint.
Try water-free, oil-based products
instead, which can help lock in moisture
for silky soft skin and hair.

Waterless beauty

SOAP BARS SHAMPOO BARS BODY BUTTER BARS ADD-WATER SCRUBS
An easy swap for your They can be more Body lotions often Avoid added water by
usual go-to, a bar of expensive than a bottle come in bulky tubs, or trying a concentrated
soap tends to last of shampoo, but with a plastic pumps, which face scrub. You
longer than a bottle of concentrated water- are diicult to clean for combine it with water
shower gel. Plus, it free formula, shampoo recycling. Try this butter at home, so it doesn’t
requires less plastic bars also last much bar, which melts into come with excess
packaging. longer. Simply rub over your skin as you warm weight, or packaging.
Dr Bronner’s All-One wet hair for a rich lather. it with your hands. True Skincare
Citrus-Orange Earth Kind Tea Tree & Ethique Jasmine & Certiied Organic
Pure-Castile Bar Eucalyptus Shampoo Ylang Ylang Butter Gentle Superfood
Soap (£4.99) Bar (£6.95) Block (£11.99) Exfoliator (£11.99)

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