Why your beauty products might be a health risk for your body

I always liked  and still like to vary my beauty and make-up routine, to try new products, to find out how I can treat my skin well and so on. As most people I have some products that I like to use regularly and which I wouldn´t want to live without. At a specific point I decided that I want to find out more about the products that I use and if these are good for me and my body. But after a scary discovery I decided to change something and to use different products then before because of a certain reason. Today I want to tell you what I´ve discovered, but also why and how I changed my beauty and make-up routine.

At the end of the blogpost you can also find a giveaway- so stay until the end of the post (:

About 2 or 3 months ago my attitude about skin care or make-up products completely changed and nowadays I don´t just buy products that seem be good or that smell good. I always have a look on the list of ingredients now to check what´s inside, because I want to know what´s inside the products that I use and that I apply every day on my skin.

What have I discovered that made me change my routine?

As already mentioned I decided to change my habits some months ago, because I´ve read about an app that shows you what´s inside of each product. So I downloaded the app and scanned all of my daily products to see what´s inside and I really have to say- I was shocked. I would have never expected that some really popular and big brands use ingredients that are suspected to cause cancer, infertility, hormonal disorders or similar.

Disappointment, I think that´s the word that describes best how I felt about all of this. I was so disappointed about many brands whose products I bought so often before and which were part of my routine. I really don´t understand why some brands think that it´s okay to use ingredients that might be a health risk for people. Questions over questions came to my mind:
How and why can big and popular brands use such bad ingredients?
Do they every think about the consequences that these products may have for the people who buy them?
Why is no one thinking about the ingredients in products that you apply every single day on your skin?

It may now seem to some of you like an overreaction from me, but I just can´t and really don´t want to use products in my beauty and make-up routine that might have some bad consequences for me in the future. I know that there is always a risk in life to get sick and that there are so many bad things outside in the world, but I think I can try to avoid as many negative aspects as possible. Especially because it can be so easy to change your beauty and make-up routine.

How do I avoid to buy products with negative ingredients?

First of all, I haven´t removed all of the products with bad ingredients, because I think that this would also be wastage and that is not what I want. So today I always scan a product with my app before I buy it. I have mostly changed to natural skincare and natural make-up products, because then I don´t have the risk of that bad ingredients. But I don´t only use natural skincare, there are also good products without risky ingredients from average brands available, you just have to check the products to see what´s inside. I now really think about the products that I buy and when I found a product that I like I rebuy it.

Which natural cosmetic products do I buy and use?

There are many good natural cosmetic brands out there, so it´s easy to find good products. But especially when it comes to make-up it´s hard to find good natural products I think, because they are either not of the quality that I want, super expensive, or similar. I have now found some brands that I really like and use regularly.

 *ADVERTISMENT (PR samples, not paid) 

Some days ago I´ve got a package from Benecos with some products from them to try and can really say that I am impressed about the high quality. Benecos is a natural skincare and make-up brand from Germany, that offers high-quality natural cosmetic products to inexpensive prices, so that everyone can afford their products. They only use natural ingredients which won´t cause any damages to the body, because everything we apply on our skin also goes to our body system. In my opinion Benecos is a great brand when you want to buy natural cosmetic products that you can rely on. You can find their webshop - here.

Giveaway

Together with Benecos I am giving away a 

package with different lip products from Benecos 

here on my blog. 

All you have to do is to leave a comment underneath this blogpost. 

These are the terms of participation:

The giveaway is for my readers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The giveaway starts on the 4.2.2018 and ends at the 18.2.2018 10:00 a.m. The winner will be chosen randomly and I will announce the winner afterwards on the blog and on Instagram. The winner needs to get in contact with me to tell me their name and adress and I will give these data to the team of Benecos. Shipping will be realised by Benecos. The products from the pictures are not the products that you can win.

I wish all of you best of luck!

Do you think about the products that you use? Do you know what´s inside your favourite products? Do you use natural skincare and cosmetic products?

Yours, Nina