Can You Really Trust Labels Claiming To Be Organic?
It wasn’t that long ago that eating organic foods and using organic products was considered a fad – a passing craze. Organic products ranged from paper toilet paper to vegetables, and when you purchased organic products, it meant you were helping the environment. And, it wasn’t long before the cosmetic industry caught wind of the “craze” and created their own line of organic cosmetics.
While the cosmetic and personal care industry has been touting organic products for a while, consumers haven’t really been looking for them.
Once people realized the benefits to the organic industry, it seems the desire for anything organic – from food to makeup – was born. In 2002, to ensure consumers who wanted organic got organic, the USDA came up with an organic label. Any product – no matter what it is – could get this stamp of approval so long as the products were indeed organic or had organic ingredients in them.
However, before a company could get this label, they had to meet the processes the USDA laid out.
Still, in April 2005, the USDA removed the label from many products including personal care and cosmetic items. They were deemed no longer organic according to the standards the USDA had laid out.
How To Know If A Cosmetic or Skin Care Product Is Really Organic?
Even though the organic craze has waned down some since its inception, there are still a plethora of websites that claim to offer organic skin care products – some of them saying their products are completely, 100 percent organic.
The reality is that there is no way to determine if skin care products are really organic. Some of these products may have just one or two ingredients considered organic, and the manufacturers feel this is enough to claim their product organic.
Still, many large and small companies actually make genuine organic products. People who have sensitive skin or other special skin conditions use labels to help them find organic skin care products that their skin won’t have a reaction to.
Of course, finding them can be a bit tedious and tiresome, but real organic skin care product consumers will take the time to find the organic product on the shelf. They will look at ingredient listings to determine if the product is organic or claiming to be organic.
A person interested in organic skin care products will do their homework and look hard at each product available. It’s not just the USDA that creates labels for organic products; consumers create their own too.
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