Back to basics! Here's why your skincare should be green.

When we started Simple Sugars over 16 years ago, we were unique because we didn't use any artificial ingredients or chemical preservatives and we talked about it. We talked about it a lot. Then the skincare industry started to catch up (ha!) and "green" skincare became a thing.

While it's awesome that more companies became aware that people didn't want a bunch of potentially harmful chemicals in the products that they put onto their skin there are still some pretty popular hold-outs and you should be aware of them. 

In case you need a reminder about why you need to care, what you put on your skin can be absorbed into your bloodstream. So, putting chemical preservatives and harmful additives like phthalates that disrupt hormones or are linked to certain types of cancer, on your skin everyday is probably not the best idea!

And then there's the environment. All that nastiness goes down the drain and ends up hurting the fish. Truth. (Remember microbeads?) It's just a fact, green is better for you and the world.

During this month of March, when nature and the Irish amongst us start showing off their green we thought it would be appropriate to get back to basics and remind you that green is the new black, especially when it comes to skincare :)