“Alright, I’ll admit it, I’m a hypocrite.”
“A couple of years ago I went vegan, because opting out of animal products makes me feel healthier. And, as I’m part of a generation that’s told we’re ruining everything —especially the planet—I also feel a responsibility to help rein in that havoc we’re collectively wreaking. So, with my Chilly’s water bottle in one hand and my bamboo fork in the other, I chomp on my lentils in the hope that it might alleviate some of the guilt I feel.
Sue me (genuinely—I have nothing to offer but my reusable-plastic coffee cup).
I’m aware how smug that paragraph sounds, okay—so it’s a perfect time to tell you about that hypocrisy I mentioned earlier. Yes, I interrogate the labels of my food for animal products and limit the plastic waste I create. But beauty-wise, it’s a different story—I’m as unnatural, synthetic, and plastic-wrapped as (Donald) Trump’s monthly toupee delivery. Unfazed by gel-manicure cancer rumours/hair dye scaremongering/suggested links between eyelash curlers and the black death (LOL, jokes), I’ve always maintained that if the EU (who are typically super-strict, cosmetically speaking) are okay with an ingredient, I am, too.
But change is in the air. The beauty industry is being shaken to its core by a movement intent on taking the toxic out of intoxicating: ‘clean beauty’. The movement is, apparently, free of ‘nasty ingredients’ and other assumed evils. The invitees? Everyone. The rules? Well, confusing as hell, it turns out.
THE CULT OF CLEAN
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