Clean beauty: your new natural hair routine

 

Clean beauty: your new natural hair routine

 

 

It's the new year! And with good resolutions often comes the desire to adopt new habits and the right gestures to take care of yourself. This year, do it well by following our advice and adopt a new natural hair routine with clean beauty!

 

 

 

 

What is clean beauty?

 

In recent years, the phenomenon of clean beauty has been gaining momentum. But concretely, what is clean beauty?

 

Clean beauty is a concept that does not yet have a very precise definition, but generally speaking, it consists of taking care of yourself, your skin, your face and your hair, by limiting the negative impacts on health and life. environment, notably by adopting a natural hair routine.

 

Thus, adopting clean beauty means adopting cosmetics with different levels of responsibility. A responsible cosmetic can be characterized by:

 

 

1/ Its composition

 

Clean cosmetics must offer a healthy composition, most often with natural and organic active ingredients. We avoid ingredients that are harmful to the body and the environment, substances derived from petrochemicals, toxic or controversial. For a natural hair routine, it is necessary in particular to avoid the famous endocrine disruptors, allergenic or carcinogenic ingredients for example. Ideally, a clean formula is a short but effective formula: we remove the superfluous in order to optimize the real beauty active ingredients.

 

 

2/ Its transparency

 

A clean cosmetic is a cosmetic that is not afraid to show what it contains. Indeed, if one has nothing to reproach oneself with, why hide it? Clean beauty advocates transparency in its communication in order to give consumers the choice to select what is best for them: a complete list of ingredients, unambiguous communication, certifications such as Ecocert or Cosmebio which guarantee the followed by a strict standard and compliance with the commitments advocated by the brand. With a real natural and clean hair routine, you know exactly what you're putting on your head.

 

 

3/ Its ecological impact

 

Being good for your health is good, but preserving the environment is even better. Clean cosmetics are also concerned with their ecological impact, both when sourcing their natural active ingredients, in the production of the product or in the recyclability of its packaging. At Rodolphe&Co, we work with a minimum of 40% Breton assets to remain as local as possible. Adopting a natural hair routine also means caring about your environment!

 

 

4/ Its ethics and values

 

Clean beauty is also and above all intended to convey values ​​and meaning. This reflects the need of consumers today to do good and find themselves in the products they use every day. Often, clean cosmetics are not afraid to act for the community, by proposing real actions for the planet or by supporting various associations for example. Rodolphe&Co has been part of the 1% For the Planet platform since its creation: each year, we donate 1% of our revenue to environmental protection organisations. Thus, by purchasing a Rodolphe&Co product, you contribute to supporting associations such as Wings of the Ocean, One Voice, Arutam-Zero Deforestation, Tricycle... By adopting a natural hair routine by Rodolphe&Co, you contribute directly to these actions!

 

 

 

 

How to find a natural and clean hair routine?

 

That's it, you're convinced by clean beauty! You too want to adopt clean cosmetics now, and adopt a natural hair routine! This is a great step, you are probably wondering: where to start? If you want to create a natural hair routine for yourself, it is necessary to take into account two additional elements.

 

 

1/ Adapt your natural hair routine to the characteristics of your hair and its needs

 

There are several characteristics to categorize your hair: its texture, its nature, and its type. Each texture, nature and type has different needs, and it is important to know your hair well in order to adapt your natural hair routine.

 

Texture: when we talk about normal, thick or fine hair, we are talking about the texture of your hair. Fine hair often lacks volume and tends to be quite fragile, so it requires more specific maintenance (see our article: Characteristics of fine hair)

 

Nature: the nature of your hair corresponds to the amount of sebum produced by your scalp. Thus, they can be normal, dry or greasy. This state is likely to vary according to various factors, such as the hormonal cycle, pollution or even diet (see our article: How do I know if I have greasy hair?)

 

Type: hair type refers to their shape. They can be straight, wavy, curly or frizzy. Certain types of hair tend to have a particular texture and nature, and therefore require very specific maintenance.

 

 

2/ Understand the composition of your natural hair routine

 

In addition to knowing your hair well, it is important to understand what you put in your natural hair routine. Just because a cosmetic claims to be "clean" doesn't mean it's necessarily good for you. As said at the beginning, there is no standard to respect for a cosmetic to be considered clean. Thus, it can contain all kinds of ingredients that are not necessarily, and on which you will not ask questions if you do not know how to decipher them.

 

In hair cosmetics, there are a number of ingredients that can be considered harmful to the hair, such as silicones, sulfates, parabens or many preservatives ending in "-thiazolinone" in general. In hair coloring, it is ideal to avoid aggressive compounds for the scalp such as ammonia and ethanolamine, or even allergenic synthetic dyes such as resorcinol or PPD among others. Choose your products carefully and ban these ingredients from your natural hair routine (see our videos on harmful ingredients in hair color and harmful ingredients in hair cosmetics).

 

To help you, applications like Yuka or Inci Beauty offer you to understand the composition of your products with a simple scan, for a natural hair routine that suits you.

 

 

 

 

How to build your natural hair routine?

 

To start building a natural hair routine, you need 3 essentials:

 

1/ a shampoo that suits your hair's needs, ideally without silicones or sulfates, to be applied to the roots of your hair, twice if necessary;

 

2/ a hydrating mask to effectively hydrating your hair and give it softness and shine after shampooing;

 

3/ a nourishing oil to provide the nutrition and protection your hair needs to face external aggressions (good tip: the Rodolphe&Co Botanic Oil also offers natural UV protection!)

 

In addition, it is also recommended to do a hair clarification from time to time to eliminate all the impurities that accumulate on the scalp over time, and to make an oil bath when necessary to regenerate the health of the hair and the deep care. You now know the steps to implement your natural and clean hair routine!

 

 

 

Convinced by clean beauty? Shampoos, treatments and oils, adopting the right gestures on a daily basis. The Rodolphe&Co brand offers you a complete range of natural and certified organic hair products, for a natural hair routine that respects health and the environment!