Organic Skin Care which Protects You from the Weather

“There are some natural sunscreen products on the market and from my experience, they are heavy and greasy and I wouldn’t use them underneath make up or on an every day basis on my face” says Tracey Thomson, Founder & CEO of Integrity Cosmetics. Finding the right product for your face during summer can be tough when you’re looking for a certified organic moisturizer with sun protection. Too much oil in a sunscreen will clog fine pores, leading to pimples and blackheads. You must be careful to cleanse well and exfoliate regularly particularly during the summer months.

This creates a dilemma for the average woman who wants to have an organic beauty regime. So how do you create an organic skincare product which contains 95% or more certified organic contents that also has some sun protection? To start with all of the Integrity Cosmetics moisturisers are certified organic, with the ACO, which uses one of the highest standards in the world where products must have 95-100% certified organic ingredients, so that gives us a head start on most products out there.

Our Protecting Moisturiser contains gorgeous ingredients such as neroli extract, kelp extract, aloe vera aqueous extract, green tea extract, chamomile extract, calendula extract, nettle extract, beeswax, shea nut butter, honey and olive oil to name a few, all of which are certified organic. Then we use a little zinc oxide to provide you with some protection from the sun.

The zinc oxide is not certified organic, much like water can not be deemed certified organic. Zinc is from the earth, as water is from nature, so it is naturally occurring, however zinc is not grown from the earth like the typical ingredients in our products which are derived from plants, flowers and herbs, so it cannot be deemed certified organic as it is extracted from the earth. Zinc which is a naturally occurring mineral is our solution to sun protection in the Protecting Moisturiser.

Of course there is also the added option of covering up, wearing a hat, sunglasses, a long sleeve summer top or scarf. Your sense of fashion need not be impacted either with many and varied trendy and gorgeous hats available. You could even opt for making your own! Even though you may choose to cover up more, and you can do this with a sense of fashion and style, it’s still a good idea to use a moisturiser which gives you some protection from the elements, given the weather is somewhat difficult to avoid.