Organic Cosmetics

Elettra Rossellini Wiedermann, on the ‘faces’ of Lancome, and a long-time greenie life her mother Isabella Rossellini, was worried that her globetrotting work for the cosmetics brand was at odds with her environmentally friendly lifestyle. So she asked the company if it would join the carbon-offsetting program Carbonfund.org to make up for her flying time. Lancome thought it was a great idea, and at the same time decided to put it into practice for Wiedmann’s fellow spokes models – Sharlom Harlow, Daria Werdowy, Ines Sastre and Selena Breed. It’s all part of Wiedemann’s approach to life. “People aren’t anxious to get rid of luxuries. We don’t want to be in a can wearing animal skins, but you can be conscious of what you’re doing without changing your lifestyle in a big way,” The 23-year-old said recently. “It’s a lot of little things, but lots of little things add up to a big thing.”

For the past five years, sales of natural and organic cosmetics have been growing at a rate of 18 per cent a year. The US leads the world, with sales of natural personal care products passing $5.5 billion a year in 2005 and steaming towards $8 billion by the end of 2008. According to a recent report from specialty researcher Organic Monitor, sales of natural and organic beauty products in Europe passes $2 billion for the first time in 2006. In the UK, one in five cosmetics products now falls into the natural basket.

The Japanese, meanwhile, are the world’s third largest buyers of natural beauty products, and they’re also leaders in organic technology, Mannatech’s Optimal Skin Care System, recently launched in Australia, uses a preservative-free detoxifying water technology.

Source: Sunday Magazine

For consumers looking to live healthier and nutritionally enriched lives, Mannatech Inc. offer hope. Based in Coppell, Texas, Mannatech sells more than 24 proprietary and scientifically validated glyconutritional supplements and products for adults and children that address health and wellness issues, weight management and skin care.