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- Goddess Garden - Fresh Start Gentle Cream Cleanser - 4 oz. (113 g) Goddess Garden Fresh Start Gentle Cream Cleanser is a cooling and refreshing way to wake up! Ideal for people who are prone to breakouts, it’s also gentle enough for those with sensitive skin. Silky organic cleanser features bergamot, lavender and vanilla essential oils to give an aromatherapy benefit to your morning routine, while leaving your skin feeling refreshed, soft and ready for the day. Follow with Under the Sun Pre-Sunscreen Serum and Face the Day Sunscreen & Firming Primer. Product Benefits: Willow bark helps give skin an overall healthy appearance. Tea tree essential oil offers an invigorating effect that can ease irritated skin. Lavender, bergamot and vanilla essential oils can lighten your mood and reduce stress. Made to NSF/ANSI 305 organic body care standards. Please recycle this container. Non-GMO, biodegradable, vegan, cruelty free, alcohol free, paraben and phthalate free. Is Goddess Garden sunscreen reef safe? You're on vacation in a tropical paradise, the sun is shining, and you are preparing for a swim in the reef. As the sun-conscious person that you are, you lather up with some sunscreen you picked up at the resort and dive in. But wait! Is your sunscreen reed safe? Not enough people realize that chemical-based sunscreens can cause harmful damage to the world's coral and that a simple change can help to stop coral bleaching. The NOAA National Center for Coastal Ocean Science and partners have found a link between sunscreen chemicals and coral bleaching. To summarize the findings of the study published in the Environmental Health Perspectives journal: Corals are highly sensitive organisms that are prone to bleaching at the slightest stress, making even low concentrations of chemicals potentially harmful. The chemicals that filter ultraviolet (UV) light can activate latent viral infections in the symbiotic microalgae that the corals rely on for nutrition. Seawater surrounding coral exposed to sunscreen contained up to 15 times more viruses than unexposed samples. The ingredients found in sunscreens that should be avoided around reefs, that also have shown potentially harmful effects on humans, are octinoxate (also known as ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate), oxybenzone, parabens and octocrylene. The researchers estimate that 4000-6000 metric tons of sunscreen washes off swimmers and snorkelers into coral reef environments, and that up to 10% of the world's reefs are at risk for bleaching due to sunscreen runoff. While the study's methodology isn't necessarily perfect, as Christine Beggs of Project Blue Hope analyses, ingredients in chemical sunscreens are still harmful to both humans and the environment. Instead, she suggests the use of reef safe mineral sunscreens that are water resistant and biodegradable for the most environmentally friendly method of sun protection. The coral reefs, and your skin, will thank you. Goddess Garden's Ingredients Aloe Vera They use organic Aloe Vera plant for many different reasons. Not only is it a great moisturizer, but it is also very soothing to the skin (think of products with aloe to soothe sunburns). Aloe Vera is great in sunscreen for the same reasons why it is great to treat sunburns! Sunflower - Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil They love the sunflower seed oil that they include in their sunscreens. Sunflower is a great moisturizer that has a lot of vitamin E, which acts as a powerful anti-oxidant. Their sunflower seed oil is certified organic, non-GMO, and is sourced right here in the US! Soybeans - Glycine Soja Oil Goddess Garden's certified soybean oil comes from non-GMO crops sourced in the US. Soybean oil also serves a dual purpose as both a moisturizer and as a "fixative" that protects the essential oils they use in their products. Minerals - Zinc Oxide and Titanium Dioxide The active ingredients are zinc oxide and titanium dioxide, unlike many other sunscreens that use active synthetic chemical ingredie
- UPC # 814527020645
- Size/Form 4 oz.
Suggested Use: To start the day fresh and clean, smooth cleanser over wet skin in a circular motion. Rinse and pat dry. Follow with Goddess Garden Morning C Serum and Face the Day Sunscreen. INGREDIENTS Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice*, Coco Glucoside, Decyl Glucoside, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil*, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil*, Glycerin, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Extract*, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Extract*, Aqua, Glyceryl Oleate, Glyceryl Caprylate, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Citric Acid, Citrus Aurantium (Bergamot) Peel Oil*, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil*, Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil*, Menthol*, Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Extract*, Vanilla Planifolia (Vanilla) Bean Extract*, Xanthan Gum (*CERTIFIED ORGANIC INGREDIENT) WARNINGS For external use only.
