From decades of beauty trends that sell you ‘this’ new magic ingredient, it seems as though consumers are trying to be more conscious—and beauty and skincare brands see that. So what is clean beauty? And what makes your bathroom cabinet dirty?

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From decades of beauty trends that sell you ‘this’ new magic ingredient, it seems as though consumers are trying to be more conscious—and beauty and skincare brands see that. So what is clean beauty? And what makes your bathroom cabinet dirty?
Packaging is, more than ever, a vital part of the marketing mix. A new breed of shoppers is avidly checking labels for ‘good’ and ‘bad’ ingredients using a variety of apps and websites, plus knowledge gleaned from the plethora of on and offline media and beauty bloggers.
Considering how much time we not only spend on our phones and how rely on them for just about everything, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that beauty brands have taken notice by stepping the app game up.
We’re all just trying to do our part, and these apps can make it a little easier.
When Ovie Marshall, an esthetician at The Spa at Aestique in Hempfield, decided to use natural beauty and skin care products, she says she found valuable information in Stacy Malkan’s 2007 book, “Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry.”
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