2012: as slow food takes off across the world, slow cosmetics are born under the leadership of a French aromatologist, Julien Kaibeck. “I invented this concept by being inspired by the slow food movement, he explains. Slow cosmetics is part of this spirit. It encourages to consume less but better: less, by proving to us that we have no need for a thousand and one products to make us feel good, beautiful and clean. Better, because it gives pride of place to natural ingredients such as vegetable oils, aloe vera or minimally processed plants. “
The most common cosmetoxics
Julien Kaibeck identifies some of the most common cosmetoxics for which the impact on health is the most controversial and which should be avoided in our skincare routine:
Among the very common:
- Methylisothiazolinone: common preservative, endocrine disruptor.
- Benzophenone: UV filtering ingredient preservative, major polluter of sea water.
- Phenoxyethanol: very widespread preservative (endocrine disruptor).
Among the currents:
- Aluminum and its salts (stearates, hydroxide, hydrochloride), which are found particularly in deodorants and whose carcinogenic effects are increasingly controversial.
- Nano-sized titanium dioxide, found in particular in sun filters.
The best security is to check the labels. Discover the main cosmetic labels in this slideshow.
