Obviously cleaning is a year-round thing, however, around this time of year is when most find themselves wanting to scrub a little deeper and do a good annual spring cleaning session! After all, nothing feels better than a truly clean home. This year, we’re ditching harsh chemicals for eco-friendly, natural cleaning products that do the job just as well but are better for us and the environment (it is earth month, after all)!
Spring clean Your Home with these natural cleaning products!
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The benefits of adopting eco-friendly cleaning products into your home include freeing yourself of harmful chemicals and toxins, reducing the negative environmental impacts of the most commonly used cleaning products, and, it’s better for your health! Now, who wouldn’t love that?
Here are brands to shop for eco-friendly products .
Kliin
Kliin’s founder Marie-Pierre Bérubé launched her business with the environment at the top of her mind. Kliin’s idea? To offer a better, eco-friendly alternative to paper towels.
Aspen Clean
Founded in Vancouver, BC in 2004, Aspen Clean’s goal has always been to create a green alternative to chemical-based cleaning products. The brand creates 100% natural, eco-friendly cleaning products such as dish soap and laundry detergent.
Grove Collaborative
Grove Co. seeks to empower sustainable living without compromise by providing sustainable, eco-friendly cleaning products shipped straight to your home on a monthly subscription basis so you’re never short on the essentials.
Bio Vert
Bio Vert is committed to providing only eco-friendly and safe cleaning products. All Bio Vert cleaning and housekeeping products are completely biodegradable.
Common Good
Founded in 2010, Common Good is all about safe, green, hardworking household cleaners and soaps that come in refillable bottles.
Nature Clean
Since the 1960s Nature Clean has been driven to create non-toxic alternatives for home cleaning products. The company is all about caring for the environment and health!
ECOS
Over 50 years ago Van Vlahkis founded ECOS with the commitment to create safer cleaning products to protect the health and wellbeing of both people and the planet.
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From botanical skincare to zero-waste makeup, we now have countless options to go as clean and green as our heart desires in our beauty routine. That is, aside from haircare. Compared to the skincare and cosmetics industries, haircare seriously lags behind in the clean beauty game.
It’s not as simple as one would assume to find an effective shampoo or conditioner that’s free of sulfates, parabens, fragrances, and silicones. So, why is this the case?
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“Green haircare lags behind green beauty because it is difficult to formulate good products with natural ingredients,” says Jessica Burman, Founder of Cocoon Apothecary, a Canadian natural and vegan skincare line.
“The chemistry of haircare relies on surfactants, emulsifiers and silicones, whereas skincare can be as simple as one oil to cleanse and moisturize. There is innovation in the industry, but the demand for green haircare isn’t as high because there is the perception that hair products don’t come in contact with skin.”
Let’s be honest: the reality is that hair is one of the first things you notice about someone and, historically, some clean haircare products just don’t cut it for some hair types.
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Natural shampoos that lack chemicals, sadly, haven’t often been able to live up to its counterparts when it comes to lather, shine and lack of grease. “I’ve heard a lot of talks about brands going green and the industry is starting to see a shift in the products we’re using on our hair,” says Toronto beauty expert Allana Davis, who styles the locks of Toronto’s society page regulars. “The limitations some highlight often fall on how well green products can preform to remove product buildup – not so much how they can nourish the hair.”
The reality is that just because natural shampoos and conditioners simply don’t lather which is a side effect of being sulfate–free, however that doesn’t mean they’re not working.
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The beauty industry is an innovative one, and the green sector is growing, albeit slowly; if you want to treat your locks to clean hair care products, it isn’t as difficult to do so as in was in the not-so-distant past. Sephora’s Clean at Sephora section, for example, features a whole section devoted to clean haircare.
The secret is also spreading about the benefits of the easy-to-execute reality of a green salon stocked with eco-friendly products.
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Toronto-based company Green Circle Salons offers a turnkey program that allows salons to repurpose and recover up to 95 per cent of the resources that were once considered waste like hair, leftover hair colour, foils, colour tubes, aerosol cans, paper, and plastics.
While the commitment may seem like an ambitious one for business owners, at the very basics, salons and customers can start with using green products.
To fully make this work, more haircare brands need to not only innovate and adapt, but they require the support of retailers to stock their shelves with product.
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It costs more to produce green hair products, so they products (which is part of the problem) are inevitably going to be pieced higher than traditional ones. Recognizing the benefit of this, both customers and retailers should understand this.
While there may not be as many options in haircare as there is in skincare, one thing that is certain is there will be a demand for it, as conscious consumers increasingly seek sustainably produced products that are free from potentially harmful chemicals.
The good news is that the future of hair care is brighter and greener.
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One of our favourite brands, Consonant Skincare is going to be opening a new flagship store this summer. According to Retail-Insider, the brand will be opening up on Queen West and offering 100% natural, clinically proven products.
Bill Baker, founder and president of Consonant Skincare, says the store will act as a hub and gathering place to support customers that are looking to achieve a holistic and healthy lifestyle.
Baker says the plan is to open the new store in mid-May with a grand opening June 1 at 819 Queen Street West.
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Source: Retail-Insider
Are you excited for the new Consonant Skincare flagship store on Queen West? Let us know in the comments!
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Since expanding to Toronto from West Hollywood in 2011, The Detox Market has become a go-to for green beauty lovers.
With two locations on King West and in Yorkville, each store is chocked full of the best clean skincare and makeup brands around. The company’s co-founder is a breast cancer survivor so the brand takes the use of toxic ingredients very seriously; you won’t find any at all inside, providing Torontonians with the opportunity to easily shop organic beauty alternatives to their everyday products.
Although you’ll find the classic major green beauty lines here including RMS Beauty, May Lindstrom and Tata Harper, there are a lot of great products available from lesser known brands that are both of high-quality ingredients and affordable. Here are some of the best all-natural beauty products we found at The Detox Market.
Captain Blankenship Mermaid Sea Salt Hair Spray
This is basically the green version of Bumble Surf Spray. The sea salt adds texture to hair while the organic aloe vera gently holds waves in place, all while providing moisture to your mermaid locks. Plus, its essential oils of rose geranium and palmarosa give it an irresistible scent.
Province Apothecary Moisturizing Cleanser + Make Up Remover
If you want an oil-based cleanser to remove your makeup and balance your skin, but still want it to feel exceptionally light and silky, this is the cleanser for you. The Province Apothecary Moisturizing Cleanser + Make Up Remover contains avocado and raspberry oils to ensure its mild enough for all skin types. The result is a gentle cleanser that keeps blemishes at bay without over-drying skin.
Odacite Wild Carrot Serum Concentrate
Loved by The Detox Market staff and shoppers alike, the Odacite Wild Carrot Serum Concentrate is a go-to for maintaining skin’s natural radiance. Extremely concentrated in antioxidants, each drop of this powerful serum works to keep your complexion fresh and glowy while maintaining the overall health of the skin.
Goop Exfoliating Instant Facial
Goop products can teeter on the pricey side of skincare, but its Exfoliating Instant Facial is well worth it. The natural alpha and beta hydroxy acids sweep away dead skin cells as the plant-based cellulose beads exfoliate deeper, while releasing soothing vitamin B5 to leave skin soft and revitalized. Go ahead and skip your next facial appointment and try this instead!
Osmia Organics Black Clay Facial Soap
The Black Clay Facial Soap from Osmia Organics works for even the most delicate skin types that are breakout prone. The soap also aids in the healing of highly irritated skin conditions such as perioral dermatitis and keratosis pilaris. If you struggle with any sort of acne, this black clay cleanser is sure to calm your skin in no time.
Josh Rosebrook Nutrient Day Cream
While it’s typically difficult to find an antioxidant-rich, non-nano zinc day cream that is easy to blend into the skin and doesn’t feel heavy, the Josh Rosebrook Nutrient Day Cream does just that and more. It’s protective and nourishing for the skin and helps to restore its vitality, health and luminosity over time.
W3ll People Narcissist Foundation Stick
With multiple shades and a soft, whipped texture, anyone can wear this foundation. The formula is buildable but never greasy and provides a demi-matte finish those with oily or combination skin can really appreciate. It also contains a unique Greek resin that refines pores while you wear it.
Hurraw! Lip Balms
Made from premium raw and organic ingredients, Hurraw! lip balms are 100 per cent natural and vegan. Its formula leaves lips shiny but never waxey or gooey, plus the balms also come in a variety of delightful flavours from coconut and vanilla to more bold choices like root beer and earl grey.
ILIA Multi-Stick
ILIA believes clean beauty is more than just leaving out harsh chemicals and toxins. It’s also about adding skin-healing ingredients to keep our skin healthy and glowing. The multi-stick combines organic ingredients with the healing properties of vitamin E and shea butter to add a pop of colour and nourishment to the cheeks, lips and eyes.
One Love Organics Vitamin B Enzyme Cleansing Oil
As one of the top-selling cleansers at The Detox Market, One Love Organics Vitamin B Enzyme Cleansing Oil works to lift away impurities without stripping skin of its natural moisture. The enzymes in this cleanser work well to break down any excess buildup leaving the skin smooth, balanced and dewy.
Would you give any of these all-natural products a try? Let us know in the comments!
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