Pure Conditioners that do not contain silicones or plastics!
Channel: Tabitha JK
Date: 2020-10-21

What is Microplastic?

The microplastic that we have so far been made aware about, come from the fragmentation of larger pieces of plastic waste, synthetic fibres from clothes and of course, those dreaded microbeads found in scrubs and toothpaste, which have fortunately now been banned in the UK but not before making their negative mark, in the sum of 86 tonnes being released into the environment every year from facial exfoliants alone.

What other microplastics do we need to be aware of?

Most of us think about the dreaded banned microbeads when we talk about plastic in cosmetic products, but there are so many other types of plastic, which are used widely in hair care products, most notably silicones.
Silicones are effectively ‘fluid plastic’ which makes your hair feel smooth and silky (by sealing it with plastic) and are not biodegradable. Ingredients to watch out for on the label are; Dimethicone, Methicone, Phenyl trimethicone, Cyclomethicone, Dimethiconol and Copolyol.

More research into the negative effects on the environment and our health is crucial, so if you are interested to be more informed, I recommend following www.plastichealthcoalition.org

I also found this revealing article on the state of our oceans: https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/health/case_studies/plastics.html


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