Put a sponge on some water, and before you realise it, the sponge absorbs the water. Similarly, skin, the body’s largest organ, also acts as a natural sponge and absorbs skin care products applied to it.
The practice of skincare is not modern; skin care existed even during Indus Valley Civilization and has evolved ever since. In olden times, people made skincare products using natural ingredients in their homes, while today, you can buy them at the click of a button.
No doubt skin care is necessary, but choosing clean skin care products is essential because products laden with toxic chemicals can do more harm than good.
To help you choose clean skin care products, we searched through the Internet and shortlisted 5 brands that make clean skin care products.
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1. Bella Vita Organic
Bella Vita, an Italian word, literally means beautiful life. The brand, true to its name, provides world-class clean skin care products to its users.
We liked their wide range of products catering to a user’s varied needs, be it skin, hair, or body. You can choose products as per your skin and hair type or as per the skin or hair problem you may be having.
What makes Bella Vita Organic a clean skincare brand?
- Focus on creating products from natural ingredients in an eco-friendly manner.
- Products are dermatologically tested but not on animals; hence they are cruelty-free.
Few top-rated products of Bella Vita Organic:
Glowtion - Face & Body Lotion
C-Glow Oil-Free Face Gel
History of the brand:
The brand traces its roots when the mother-daughter duo of Anju Anand and Ashima Anand ran a chain of salons across Gurugram. The salon patrons preferred the products created in-house instead of the regular ones.
Aakash Anand, brother of Ashima Anand, saw this and realised that clean skin care products offered visible results. Later, he left his corporate job and, together with Ashima Anand, started Bella Vita Organic!
2. Conscious Chemist
Founded by Robin Gupta and Prakher Mathur in 2020, this brand is both vegan and cruelty-free.
Makers of face masks, sunscreens, performance serums, and several other products, Conscious Chemist puts nature and science at the center of everything they do.
And since we are talking about clean skincare brands, you’d be delighted to know their products are made using high-quality and clinically tested ingredients.
What makes Conscious Chemist a clean skincare brand?
- SCA (Safe Cosmetics Australia) Certified.
- They excellently blend nature’s botanical ingredients with science.
- By not testing the products on animals, they are making the world a better place.
- SCA certification is an added assurance that only toxic-free ingredients are used.
Few top-rated products of Conscious Chemist:
Hybrid Lightweight Gel Sunscreen SPF50 PA++++
Multi-Vitamin C Skin Brightening Gel Cream with SPF30 PA++
Good initiative by the brand:
Every time you buy from Conscious Chemist, a part of it goes towards restoring marine life in the Indian Ocean. To carry out this initiative, they have partnered with ‘Reef Watch India’.
3. Juicy Chemistry
When a mind fixated with perfection and a mind always curious came together, it led to the founding of Juicy Chemistry back in 2014.
Megha Desai Asher and Pritesh Asher, the founders of this brand, have set a high standard for all skincare brands to follow. Right from sourcing ingredients from certified organic farms to making products in small batches for freshness and nutritional benefits, the brand ensures its users get the good and clean skin care products.
What makes Juicy Chemistry a clean skincare brand?
- Several of its products are ECOCERT certified as per COSMOS V3 guidelines.
- Cruelty-free - No product or ingredients are tested on animals.
- Handmade - As much as possible, products are handmade in small batches. Some parts of production are mechanised for hygiene and better efficiency.
- GMO-free - Glad to see brands increasingly saying a strict no to genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
- They don’t use sulphates, synthetic fragrance oils, petrochemicals and dyes.
- Eco-friendly and biodegradable packaging.
Few top-rated products of Juicy Chemistry:
Cold Pressed Rosehip Seed Carrier Oil
Blood Orange and Rosehip Lip Balm
Unique thing about the brand:
Juicy Chemistry is one of the few clean skincare brands that offer the facility of consultation with in-house personal care experts.
This helps you understand various ingredients better and choose the right products for your skin type.
4. mCaffeine
Coffee.
This is not just a word or a mere food item but an emotion for billions globally. Without this, the day doesn’t start, and the fresh aroma of coffee is enough to light up one’s day.
mCaffeine is not just a category leader but a category creator. They understood the benefits of coffee and created clean skin care products with the goodness of coffee in them.
Their wide range of products caters to your hair, face, and body requirements.
What makes mCaffeine a clean skincare brand?
- One of the very brands to have zero plastic footprints.
- Made Safe certified, FDA approved, and no animal testing.
- mCaffeine products are both vegan and SLS-free.
Few top-rated products of mCaffeine:
Cappuccino Coffee Body Wash with Almond Milk
Mocha Coffee Face Mask with Cocoa - Bentonite & Kaolin Clay
The eureka moment:
mCaffeine’s co-founder, Tarun Sharma, in 2015 met with an unfortunate accident and got a sore eye. He was advised to put a brewed but lukewarm green tea bag on his eyes to reduce puffiness.
To his surprise, this remedy did provide relief. Upon researching, he discovered that the caffeine content of the tea bag did the magic. And thus, the seeds for starting mCaffeine were sown.
5. Soulflower
One of the very few farm-to-face beauty brands in India, Soulflower grows 1200+ varieties of trees and 100+ kgs of herbs at its farm. In doing so, they generate employment for local farmers, encourage organic farming, and give their users clean skin care products.
A good thing about Soulflower is they make products in smaller batches, ensuring maximum nutritional benefits and retaining the freshness of ingredients.
What makes Soulflower a clean skincare brand?
- Their products are made at an FDA-approved factory and use environmentally friendly packaging.
- A cruelty-free brand, Soulflower does not test its products on animals; additionally, they feed a stray animal on every purchase.
- The ingredients used are grown at Soulflower farm spread across 9 hectares (22.2 acres). Everything is grown naturally to ensure better quality products.
Few top-rated products of Soulflower:
Rosemary Essential Oil for Hair Growth, Pure & Ecocert Organic Certified
Rosemary Lavender Healthy Hair Oil For Hair Growth
Unique offering by Soulflower:
Ever noticed the pleasant fragrance in hotel lobbies?
Or the welcoming aroma from luxury shops and even offices?
Well, those are nothing but olfactory branding, aka aroma branding.
One of the unique offerings by Soulflower is aroma branding, and several brands, including ONGC, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Naturals Ice Cream, etc., use this.
Conclusion:
Skin care products can do wonders and help you maintain healthy skin.
BUT.
Skincare products are good only if those products are clean and not laden with harmful toxins because those toxins do more harm than good in the long term.
It’s delightful to see that consumers are becoming aware and demanding clean, cruelty-free, and sustainable products.
In this article, we attempted to shortlist 5 skincare brands whose products are clean.
Let us know if you have used products from any of these brands and what you liked about them.
