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Does your mineral make-up contain mineral oil?
Mineral oil, otherwise known as Paraffin wax or Liquid Paraffin, is a petrochemical material derived from crude oil or other fossil fuels.
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What is rosacea?
Rosacea is a chronic condition that can occur in middle-aged men and women. Rosacea is often referred to as ‘adult acne’. The face becomes flushed and red due to dilation of the small blood vessels close to the skin surface.
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Why is it important to avoid ‘toxins’ in cosmetics?
The skin is the body’s largest organ and up to 60% of some of the chemicals we put on it may be absorbed into the bloodstream. We use a daily combination of cleansers, toners, day creams, night creams, eye gels, shower gels and body lotions to name a few, but how many people are really aware of what goes into these beauty products?
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What is Polymorphic Light Eruption and how can I control it?
Polymorphic Light Eruption can be triggered by either UVA or UVB light and is thought to be a form of allergic reaction.
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Are we ill-equipped to metabolically deal with synthetic fragrance chemicals?
Whilst some synthesized fragrance materials are chemically identical to those found in nature (eg. Linalool), many if not most synthetic fragrance materials are novel molecules that do not occur in nature, or are found in nature in such small amounts as to be insignificant.
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Are all Green People products SLES free?
SLES is short for Sodium laureth sulfate which is similar to Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) but which has been through an additional process called ethoxylation. This process involves treating...
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Is it absorption through the skin or inhalation that poses health risks?
Both routes of administration can cause problems. However, substances absorbed into the blood through the skin will bypass the liver which would normally filter out or deactivate potential toxins.
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Can the pump action device be recycled?
The Green People pump tubes are Plastic Recycle Code 5, Polypropylene (PP), they are fully recyclable and can be put in with your normal household recycling.
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Why do you use polystyrene chips as mail order packaging materials?
The ‘fluffy bits’ that we buy to use to protect your products in transit are made from corn starch and are 100% biodegradable.
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Why don't you produce larger sizes of your products?
We do not have any immediate plans to offer larger sizes at the moment. There are compelling reasons to do so, but there are also difficulties which we are currently unable to overcome:
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Is Green People make-up suitable for sensitive skin?
Mineral make-up is generally considered ideal for use on sensitive skin. It does not contain potentially irritating ingredients such as alcohol (ethanol/ethyl alcohol), sodium lauryl sulfate or synthetic colourants.
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Which ingredients should I avoid in sun lotions?
There are several ingredients used in conventional sun lotions that consumers may wish to avoid. Some of these are as follows
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Why are some of your formulations not 100% organic?
It is possible to create skin care products containing only oils, fats and waxes using 100% organic ingredients.
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Should pH levels be balanced in personal care products?
Healthy skin is slightly acidic, with a pH level normally between 4.5 and 5.5 (pH7.0 is neutral - anything higher than pH7.0 is alkaline).
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Do Green People products contain Phenoxyethanol?
Phenoxyethanol is a preservative that does occur in nature, for example in the seeds of some citrus fruits. For commercial use it is synthesized as the cost of extracting it from natural sources would be too high both in terms of financial cost and valuable food source.