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Avoid Conventional scrubs and exfoliants, they are made with toxic ingredients such as fragrance, preservatives, parabens, and colorants, and also controversial ingredients such as clay, acids, and micro-beads.
❌ 𝘼𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙨: Other main ingredients often found in natural scrubs are lactic acid and glycolic acid. I find them to be too aggressive and they may create skin reactions. The SCCNFP: SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON COSMETIC PRODUCTS AND NON-FOOD PRODUCTS reports glycolic acid as a skin irritant. ❌ 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨: If you are in another country check for micro-beads aka micro-plastic on your scrubs. Banned in the USA but still present in other countries. While in the USA microbeads are banned from cosmetics, they are still present in certain countries. if you are traveling there bring a plastic-free scrub with you!
Beat the microbeads: A European microbeads ban in scrubs and cosmetics was expected in 2022, so there are still many scrub products that are carrying toxic, polluting microbeads, dangerous for marine life and all of us. Especially in Greece, Poland and Spain read the labels and check that they do not contain the following:
1. Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate
2. Acrylates Crosspolymer-4
3. Styrene/ Acrylates Copolymer
4. Carbomer
5. Dimethicone
Greenwashing is when a brand pretends to be organic, eco-friendly, natural, or safe when it is not. They use misleading greenwashing techniques to convince you to buy their products!
Controversial preservatives:
❌ Potassium sorbate: considered a skin, eye, and respiratory irritant.
❌ Sodium benzoate: benzoic acid and vitamin C mix can cause cancer. Capable of causing contact urticaria
❌ Honeysuckle: creates benzoic acid. Lonicera Caprifolium (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract and Lonicera Japonica (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract.
❌ Citric Acid lab made: conventional cheaper lab-made citric acid AKA Manufactured citric acid (MCA) is derived from a mold. “Approximately 99% of the world’s production of MCA is carried out using the fungus Aspergillus niger, a known allergen, identified merely as “citric acid” in ingredients lists. The FDA has generally considered it safe, but no scientific studies were performed to evaluate the safety of MCA when ingested in substantial amounts and with chronic exposure.” Depends on which citric acid method a company wants to use. A synthetic option or natural. Synthetic is cheaper. You can ask a company which processes they use: Certificate of Authenticity COA.
𝙎𝙖𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙗: Here are my current favorite scrubs made with organic, not abrasive or irritants, plant ingredients, and made with fresh natural ingredients! They gently and safely clear and exfoliate the skin! Result: smoother, healthier, and glowing skin!
Here are the best organic, sustainable, eco-friendly, microbead-free, and plastic-free scrubs on the market! 🌎
My top organic body scrub brand recommendations are:
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💖Stephanie is doing everything right! She is able to give organic products made with the best and safest ingredients on the market! 🌿I am impressed with her selection! She makes my number one organic bubble bath on the market! Featuring her Organic shower gel collection ✅ Bubble & Bee Organic Salt Scrub allows you to exfoliate, cleanse, and moisturize all at once! Made with Pure Great Salt Lake salt helps exfoliate and replenish skin. Organic lemon essential oil and organic raspberry extract revitalize the senses and keep things deliciously sweet and zesty.
✅ Organic palm-free vegetable glycerin and organic sunflower oil moisturize your skin, while decyl glucoside, a super-gentle cleanser creates a gentle lather to cleanse your skin.
With Real red raspberry seeds to help exfoliate.
👉 You can’t get cleaner and safer than this!
INGREDIENTS: salt, organic vegetable glycerin, organic sunflower oil, decyl glucoside, organic lemon essential oil, raspberry seeds, organic raspberry scent extract, organic rosemary extract, vitamin E (non-GMO tocopherol).
🌿 Poofy Organics Hibiscus Coconut Creamy Sugar Scrub is made with certified organic ingredients.
This certified organic body scrub is made with a luxurous blend of natural ingredients such as exfoliating fair trade, organic raw sugar crystals, nourishing organic unrefined shea butter, and antioxidant-rich organic hibiscus petals.
This invigorating organic sugar scrub acts as a manual exfoliant, physically removing dead skin cells and helping you to reveal new, glowing skin. Smells like a tropical paradise!
INGREDIENTS: USDA Organic Unrefined Shea Butter, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Sunflower Oil, organic lemonade flavor extract (organic cane alcohol, natural flavors), organic hibiscus flavor extract (organic cane alcohol, natural flavors), organic coconut flavor extract (organic cane alcohol, natural flavors).
⭐️Beauty by Earth USDA Certified Scrub revitalizes dull skin for a radiant glow. Packed with thirst-quenching oils, antioxidants, and anti-bacterial agents.
⭐️This USDA Certified Organic body scrub leaves your skin feeling hydrated and nourished. Smooth skin is just a scrub away.
It is good for all skin types, even you, sensitive one!
⭐️Available also in Citrus and Lavender
INGREDIENTS: *Sucrose (Sugar), *Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, *Aroma Oil, *Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil, *Sclerocarya Birrea (Marula) Kernel Oil, Mixed Tocopherols (Vitamin E), *Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract,* Calendula Officinalis (Calendula) Flower Extract *Certified Organic Ingredient
🌿 Primally Pure Bergamot + Eucalyptus Body Polish
Like a spa treatment, every time you shower, smoothing sugar crystals, coconut oil, and gotu kola create a full-body exfoliation and rejuvenation for an effortless glow.
This Organic body scrub is made with organic ingredients. It is a stress-relieving blend of bergamot + eucalyptus to infuse calm and clarity into your daily rituals and skin results.
INGREDIENTS: Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Fractionated Coconut Oil, Organic Coconut Oil, Salt, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Essential Oils of Organic Bergamot (bergaptene-free) and Organic Eucalyptus, Organic Shea Butter, Organic Gotu Kola Powder, Organic Spirulina, Non-GMO Vitamin E
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🌿 100% Pure Natural Body Scrubs are made with Crystalline sea salt that buff away dry, rough skin while blanketing skin in rich, supple moisture. These Natural scrubs smooth while increasing circulation and softening skin with rich, supple moisture.
🍃 Suspended in a base of silky sunflower and apricot oils, this emollient sea salt scrub buffs away bumps and flakes to reveal glowing, rejuvenated skin.
🌿 Massage onto clean, wet skin while in the shower or bath, paying extra attention to dry, rough areas. Avoid areas of broken or freshly shaved skin. Rinse with clean water.
INGREDIENTS: Sea Salt, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil, Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil
🌷 Kosmatology offers a great skincare collection of body washes made with organic ingredients, all MADE-SAFE certified. An all organic luxurious body scrub made with organic, fair trade unrefined sugar and organic oils. It leaves your skin soft and glowing. Available in:
🌿 Directions for use: Scoop out a generous handful and scrub vigorously, preferably in a circular motion, on wet skin.
INGREDIENTS: Organic Fair Trade Sucrose (Sugar), Organic Vitis Vinifera (Grapeseed) oil, and essential oils:
Goody-Goody Grapefruit ® - Grapefruit Cinnamon: Organic Citrus paradisi (Grapefruit) peel, Organic Citrus paradisi (Grapefruit) essential oil, Organic Cinnamomum zeylanicum (Cinnamon bark) essential oil.
Botanical Bliss - Lavender Vanilla: Organic Lavandula angustifolia (Lavender) flowers, Organic Lavandula angustifolia (Lavender) essential oil, Organic Vanilla planifolia (Vanilla absolute) oil.
Herbal Fresh - Spearmint Rosemary: Organic Mentha spicata(Spearmint) Leaf, Organic Mentha spicata(Spearmint) essential oil, Organic Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary) essential oil
☀️ The All Season Moisturizing Daily Scrub has been repackaged in its newly designed PCR jar for lighter-weight shipping and improved handling.
Post Consumer Resin (PCR) jar. Perfect for enchanting camping trips or alluring candlelit showers.
🍃The product works well in the shower to hydrate, exfoliate, and invigorate your skin and feel better after a long day in the sun, or a hard day on the mountain.
They use only Hawaiian Sea Salt and certified organic raw sugar along with other organic oils.
INGREDIENTS: *Raw Sugar Cane, Hawaiian Sea Salt, *Sunflower Seed Oil, *Virgin Coconut Oil, *Extra Virgin Fruit Oil, *Grape Seed Oil, *Tea Tree Leaf Oil, *Frankincense Oil, Canga Odorata Flower Oil, Ylang Ylang, Chamomile Flower OiOrganic Ingredients*
🌎This natural body scrub is certified USDA Organic.
Consists of a unique combination of sea salt and other 100% natural ingredients that promote the removal of dead skin leaving the surface nice and smooth;
Strong enough to help remove hard skin and callus buildup on your feet;
It has a sweet spicy aroma from the pure aromatherapy oils that will delight your senses;
🌎Does not contain plastic beads that cause harm to the skin and the environment. Polyethyelene beads are commonly added to many body scrubs and these particles are not caught by sewage treatment plant, consequently go straight to the ocean;
This organic body scrub is made in the USA.
INGREDIENTS: Natural sea salt, organic vegetable glycerin, organic brown sugar, organic shea butter, organic olive oil, organic cinnamon herb, organic clove herb, organic lemongrass oil, organic geranium oil, organic sweet orange oil.
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Avocado Reed + Gwen Snoozy Moisturizing Marula Body Scrub. Exfoliating and conditioning — our rose clay and cane sugar body scrub polishes and invigorates while gently buffing away dead skin cells to reveal a perfectly supple skin. Silky marula oil calms and soothes skin. Made in California with domestic and globally sourced ingredients.
Made from the leaves of the sugar cane plant and then crystalized into raw sugar.
Primarily made of the soft clay mineral kaolinite.
Sourced from the marula fruit tree (Sclerocarya birrea), marula seed oil is rich in amino acids, fatty acids, and antioxidants.
Scent story: The calming scent comes from an essential oil blend of lavender and rosewood with a hint of geranium and citrus.
INGREDIENTS: sucrose (cane sugar), caprylic capric triglyceride, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter*, limnathes alba (meadowfoam) seed oil, kaolin, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, glyceryl stearate, cetearyl alcohol, sodium olivate (olive fruit oil), inulin, sclerocarya birrea (marula) seed oil, tetradecane, triethyl citrate, aniba rosaeodora (rosewood) oil, pelargonium graveolens (geranium oil), lavandula angustifolia (lavender oil), citrus aurantium dulcis (orange) peel oil*Organic Vegan, Cruelty free