Personal care without the "Nasties"

Here are some common customer questions why we should choose natural skin and hair care products:

Healthy Life’s own brand product delivers the promise to be quality controlled and more importantly that each product is indeed a natural alternative option that can be used by anyone in the family.

Q: Love the name Natural Alternative – can you tell us about the Natural Alternative products within the personal care range?
A: The personal care range includes nine individual products including shampoo, conditioner, body moisturiser, shower gel, hand wash, face cleansing gel, face moisturising cream and paw paw ointment. We also have soap bars including Lemon Myrtle, Sandalwood, Goat’s Milk and Pink Grapefruit… and each product is SLS, SLES, PEG and PARABEN FREE.

Q: Can you explain a bit more about the terms SLS, SLES, PEG and PARABEN FREE and what each means?
A: Let’s start with SURFACTANTS. All soaps and detergents need a surfactant to be effective (surfactants basically facilitate water’s ability to do its dirt-removing job). Many surfactants found in conventional 
shampoos–such as sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and sodium laureth sulfate 
(SLES), and cocamide DEA - come with environmental and human health concerns. Some natural shampoos use these questionable surfactants as well, but at Healthy Life, we have chosen not to include them in the range.

To extend shelf life, shampoos typically contain preservatives, such as PARABENS, benzyl alcohol, methylisothiazolinone and methylchloroisothiazonlinone which act as preservatives. They stop fungus, bacteria and other microbes from growing in your favourite creams and makeup, especially in the moist, warm environment of a bathroom.

PEGS are groovy little devices you use to hang out your washing, but they are also very ubiquitous cosmetics chemicals. PEGs are also polymer derivatives (PEG is the abbreviation) that are used in cosmetics as emollients (to soften the skin), and emulsifiers (which facilitate the mixing of oil - and water-based ingredients). The main thing to be concerned about with the use of PEGs is their ability to enhance penetration of other ingredients more deeply into the skin, which is a worry if you use products that contain lots of nasties, like parabens and phthalates. PEGS may also upset the moisture balance of the skin and that they are often contaminated with a bunch of toxic impurities

That’s why at Healthy Life we produce Natural Alternative products to ensure that our customers have a Healthy Alternative that are also free from animal testing, chemical free with no artificial fragrances and colouring and of course we make sure that the packaging is environmentally friendly too.

At Healthy Life, we understand the importance of affordable, quality controlled and natural products so we research suppliers and make sure that what we offer our clients tick both boxes to be the best products available and at the best possible price.

Resource: healthylife.net.au