Organic Lipsticks - Now Your Lips Can Be Organic Too!
Posted by natural_beauty_tips on Nov 1, 2007
Mainstream lipsticks contain such unpleasant ingredients as carmine or cochineal. Apparently the average woman who wears makeup on a regular basis, accidently ingests 5 lipsticks each year.
This may not bother you until someone (me) helpfully points out that carmine is often created by boiling dried scale insects. This is a process which releases carminic acid, a deep red pigment used in many cosmetics and beauty products. If you wouldn’t eat bugs, it’s a mystery to me why you would smear them all over your face!
Imagine my delight when I found that a The Green People, a wonderful site devoted to natural product, was carrying a full range of certified organic lipsticks in 3 great colours. No, it’s not the rainbow-like pallette offered by Rimmel, but you don’t have to eat bugs to wear it… so all good with me.
Green People’s fabulous organic lipsticks are the first ever to be officially certified as organic. The colours are derived from natural earth minerals, and when using the lipstick you can rest assured that your lips are being softened and soothed by coconut oil, Cupuaçu butter, and Jojoba oi. The Cupuaçu butter is also sourced via fair trade principles from sustainable sources in the Amazon.
A natural shine is achieved by the inclusion of organic beeswax, myrrh, and castor oil.. and your lipstick will have a minty flavour as opposed to that all familiar waxy lipstick taste you are guaranteed when using cosmetic brands containing non-natural ingredients.
The Green People’s range of organic lipsticks and other cosmetics starts at just £9.99