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Responsible beauty:solid hygiene products to take care of the environment (and yourself!)

We spend hours taking care of ourselves every morning and every evening, and if our routine became more responsible ? From shampoo to toothpaste, dehydrated products environmentally friendly arrive in your bathroom without delay .

An alarming finding

The production of plastic has a huge carbon footprint. Its manufacture from impressive quantities of oil or other energies but above all the very water-intensive process is a scourge. Instead of thinking about ways to recycle packaging, some brands focus on reformulation n of their products, removing water from their composition and changing the packaging of their care. These new strong products are growing in popularity with consumers.

Our bathrooms are filled with care and hygiene items mostly in plastic containers destined to end their lives at the bottom of the oceans. Indeed, only 9% of plastic is recycled in the world. Paradoxically, between 8 and 9 out of 10 French people say they are sensitive or very sensitive to environmental issues. (Ademe 2018 study )
So to help us honor our resolutions for this year, starting with taking care of ourselves and our beautiful planet, solid products invite themselves to our home.

Solid hygiene products, the solution?

Products without water are very environmentally friendly in the sense that their volume and weight are reduced, thus minimizing the means necessary for their transport and their carbon footprint and obviously drastically reducing non-recyclable plastic packaging.

Completely in line with current environmental concerns, solid cosmetics and zero waste make it possible to reduce or even eliminate superfluous and polluting packaging. And good news, the vast majority of French people (78%) consider that consuming responsibly is more of a profound change in consumption than a passing trend. (Harris Interactive 2018 )
The advantages of solids for consumers are also undeniable:less risk of wasting shower gel by tilting the bottle too much and nomadic format can be taken everywhere with you; there is no longer any reason not to succumb to it.

Which solid products to test?

After the elimination of plastic cotton swabs and the boom in washable and reusable cottons, professionals in the beauty industry and hygiene continue their progress. If you are familiar with Lush and its naked products, among the pros in this field, 900.care continues to develop. Currently offering a chewable toothpaste and a foaming shower gel in a dissolving stick, it will soon become even more part of your routine by marketing a refillable deodorant stick; your armpits will be happy! Fun, you feel like a DIY pro or a chemical expert by testing these products. Far from being gadgets, these products are effective, healthy, made in France and awfully cute. They sport peppy colors to wake up the most resistant who would still think that ecology is boring. Their pop-up store, open until the end of January at 4 rue Pavée in Paris, promises you an equally colorful experience.

Chemicals, extendable compositions and single-use plastic are also the enemy number 1 of Nüe Cleansing Solid Oil and Ethics The Guardian Conditioner.

If you feel concerned by these beauty innovations and more generally by this reasonable and thoughtful way of life, we let you do your eco-responsible shopping among the rest of our selection!

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