Silicones: Why avoid them in your cosmetics?

They are found everywhere in cosmetics and yet silicones make damage on the skin, hair and even the environment. Coslys explains why and how to avoid silicones in your cosmetics.

What is silicones?

The silicones are synthesis components derived from oil. Manufacturers use it for Give smooth and silky textures with conventional cosmetics. The low cost of silicones is also being found in all conventional cosmetics: shampoos, facial care, for the body and even in makeup.

What are the misdeeds of the silicones?

Silicones are bad for your hair

The silicones contained in conventional capillary products will give you the impression that your hair is mild, easy to comb, brilliant ... but in the long run, this effect does not last and Your hair choked. Indeed, with silicones, your hair is not really fed because care does not penetrate the hair fiber. Worse still, They hide the actual aspect of your hair. Under the silicone, your hair is very often damaged and dry.

The best way to see it? When you stop using silicone shampoos or hair care and you go to the bio, your hair is dull and more difficult to comb. It's actually the time they need for Get rid of harmful ingredients like silicones. Arm yourself with a little patience and Your hair will find its strength and brilliance with natural hair products.

Silicones are bad for your skin

For the skin, silicones are also misleading. At first, they give you the impression that your skin is smoothed and your imperfections decrease but it does not last. Indeed, Silicones are occlusive agents. That is to say they create a film on your skin that seems more beautiful and more hydrated. This effect is short-lived because in reality the skin does not receive any care since Silicones close the pores of the skin. And when your epidermis does not breathe, it inevitably produces imperfections, buttons, microkysts and other blackheads.

Silicones are therefore comedogenic ingredients, to banish your products, especially if you have a skin with imperfection (mixed or greasy). They are also to avoid when you have dry skin and we want to hydrate and feed its skin deeply.

Silicones are bad for the environment

Beyond the purely cosmetic appearance, silicones are a real ecological disaster. Indeed, Silicone is not biodegradable and is therefore a very ingredient pollutant. It is estimated today that it takes between 400 and 500 years to decompose. Do not use it in cosmetics thus avoids finding it in our wastewater.

How to avoid silicones?

Learn to recognize silicones in your cosmetics

To avoid silicones in cosmetics, the best is to refer to the Composition of your cosmetics. If the INCI list has ingredients that end up -cone or in -xane (like Dimethicone, cyclomethicone, cyclopentasiloxane) is that your product contains silicones.

Turn to organic products

By turning to organic productsYou make sure you do not find silicones in your care. Coslyly products are composed only of natural ingredients (such as vegetable oils, floral waters, aloe vera ...) that make their use pleasant, while Respecting and protecting your skin and the environment.

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