How I Got Scammed Buying Organic Cosmetics

You see, as I said, I'm not a fashion blogger, and even less a beauty blogger. What I mean is that I've often bought my cosmetics for a good 8 years now without ever checking the ingredients. I see the organic label, and that's enough for me. Haha, what an idiot I am, I swear.

My last purchase: a certified organic shower gel and body exfoliator. Organic because the logo is on the cardboard packaging. You know the Cosmébio logo. I'm reassured. Especially with shower gels, I move around quite often, soap is great, but when you're not at home, shower gel is life.

Except, let's be honest, the ingredients in a conventional shower gel are pretty disgusting. So, naive as I am, I tell myself, "Oh, buy this brand, it's new, it's on Vente Privée, it's certified organic, IT'S GOOD." MOUAHAHAH WHAT A JOKE

First, to set the mood, there are SLS. I was a bit disappointed. But then again, most Cattier products also contain them. So I tell myself, "Ludivine, listen, it's not super serious." Well, it is serious because SLS (Sodium Laureth Sulfate) is irritating to the skin, allergenic… in short, it's really not great. But I was going to turn a blind eye. And then I think, "Come on, girl, keep reading!" I see Glycerin. No idea if it's animal or vegetable fat. I inwardly opt for vegetable because, after all, the product is initially labeled organic. And wait, it's not over. Cocoamydopropyl Betaine, which is still a mild chemical surfactant. I tell myself, "You're experiencing a bad, bad delusion, it's not possible." But then I see that it contains PEGs. Yes, you read that right, PEGs. Looking at the label, I thought I was going to cry blood. Because believe me, this is a really, really bad delusion. How can an organically labeled product contain PEGs?? And then I understand the brand's delusion: in fact, only the honey is organic. Because yes, I forgot to tell you, the shower gel is honey-based, so the honey is organic, and they say the product is organic.

BUT MEGALOL, right?

I just wanted to scream, "What the f*cking Greenwashing are you doing!!!"

(Excuse my dirty fingers!)

Selling an organic product when nothing is organic. So yes, it's definitely great that it doesn't contain parabens, but when you see the other crap, you think, "At this point, who cares!" That there are no dyes. Yeah, I don't care about that either. And that it's not tested on animals. Woohoo. Great, I'll definitely buy it with that. You'll say I did buy it.

I feel completely idiotic, a real newbie. The girl who just got into organic products and thinks, "Yeah, wait, you should just buy Sanex shower gels, they're not bad either!" I feel worthless. Worthless for being so easily fooled, even though I know my stuff, and worthless to see brands opportunistically capitalizing on "organic" to surf the trend and offer really crappy products.

So, here's my resolution: READ THE LABELS!!!

At the same time, the organic label is only on the cardboard, not on the product itself. But still.

You see, that's what gives organic a bad image, because then people become ultra-skeptical. Even for us. We're constantly asked to prove ourselves, constantly. A growing distrust. Yet, we've been in organic lingerie for 10 years!!! At the same time, for us, it's textiles, it's different… But it still discredits quite a lot…