15 Jun 3 Eco-friendly Skin Care Brands in the UAE
Microplastics are generally added to skin care products to provide them with particular properties or to act as cheap fillers. The environmental impact of microplastic is now a global crisis. We are also, only now, digging deeper into the possible health damages of these harmful components to humans.
How would you know if there are microplastics in your products? There’s an app for that!
Plastic Soup Foundation, an organisation solely dedicated to the growing plastic issue, campaigned against the use of microbeads in cosmetics and skin care products. They launched the ‘Beat the Microbead App’ which lets users know if there are microplastics in products through a simple barcode scan.
Now that you know which of your products are harmful to the environment, it’s time to make a switch. Here are 3 eco-friendly skin care alternatives available in the UAE so you can worry less about harming the environment, and focus more on improving your skin.
1. Maora Nature
Maora Nature believes that natural balance is the best way to achieve long-lasting effects. Their skin care products such as soaps, body scrubs, and lotions are made of simple handmade products and natural oils – no harmful chemicals in the mix!
Shop now at www.maora-nature.com
2. Aretha Natural Beauty
Aretha Natural Beauty is an ethical brand that promises to deliver excellent quality. They carefully test their products to ensure that each one is made with the best ingredients, is sustainably-sourced, and crafted beautifully for you. All of their products are free from harmful chemicals – they are even animal friendly!
Shop now at www.arethanaturalbeauty.com/
3. KAIA
Inspired by the conscientious lifestyle in Thailand where residents consciously chose not to cause harm to the planet, the creator of KAIA hoped to make sustainable products more accessible to consumers in the UAE so that we may also make better decisions when it comes to skin care. As one of the premium sustainable skin care brands in the country, KAIA products make it easy for you to reduce your carbon footprint.
Shop now at www.ecofriendlykaia.com/
Microbeads pass unchanged through waterways, into our oceans and harm our marine ecosystem. They do not belong in your cosmetics or skin care products and can easily be avoided the minute you choose to make more eco-conscious decisions.
Reem is the content executive at plasticfreeuae and the go-to source for everything sustainable in the UAE who strongly believes that mindsets can be changed through words.
