Make the Switch to Clean Hair Care Today!
When we talk about "clean products," there's often no definition. Sometimes, we refer to a product made with organic, all-natural, or no unpronounceable ingredients. Other times, the expressions “ethically sourced,” “mindfully created,” and “no harmful ingredients” can be part of the conversation. What role does transparent labeling play in it all? The actual definition can be hard to pin down.
So, when we say "clean hair care," what does this mean?
At Better Not Younger, clean hair care means that our products prioritize safety and efficacy: non-toxic ingredients that are safe for people and the planet, with efficacious and certified-safe plant-based and synthetic ingredients being the active drivers of results.
We know that women are savvy shoppers who pay attention to the labels on their haircare and beauty products, so we’re transparent about our ingredients. And we know that hair products without harmful ingredients are imperative. That's why our founder, Sonsoles Gonzalez, built Better Not Younger as a clean haircare line dedicated to women over 40.
Keep reading to learn why switching to clean products is so important and how Better Not Younger stays at the forefront of clean hair care!
Switch for Your Hair and Scalp Safety
As we age, our hair and scalps require gentler treatment. Our skin becomes more sensitive, including our scalp! Using clean, non-toxic hair products is essential because they don't just impact our hair but our scalp as well.
Here's why your hair and scalp will thank you for switching to clean hair care:
1. Our Scalps Are Super Absorbent
This means that avoiding harsh ingredients in the hair products we apply to our scalp is extra important. A recent study confirmed the fast-absorbing nature of our hair follicles (we’re talking within 5 minutes!), supporting how vital it is to use sulfate-free and paraben-free clean hair products.
We love our New Dawn Activated Charcoal Scalp Cleanser for a refreshing, cleansing scalp treatment before shampooing. It's packed with scalp-friendly ingredients like birch extract and lactic acid to cleanse the scalp and unclog follicles to help support healthier hair.
Pro tip: Use New Dawn to help you get going in the morning! The menthyl lactate has soothing and cooling properties, leaving you refreshed and invigorated after your shower. (You might even be able to skip the morning coffee run!)
2. Our Scalp Gets More Sensitive, and Our Hair Gets More Delicate with Age
It's no secret that our scalps need a little more TLC as we age. Over time, our scalps can become more sensitive due to years of coloring or other treatments—and harsh detergents, parabens, and sulfates found in many cleansing hair treatments aren’t friendly to mature skin as they can cause itching, redness, and dryness. Nobody wants to deal with that!
Our hair, likewise, becomes more delicate over time. Loss of pigment, overuse of hot styling tools, and weaker follicles and hair strands all contribute to tresses that require extra gentle, non-toxic, clean haircare products, striking ingredients like sulfates and parabens off the list!
This is why we ensure our clean haircare line only includes sulfate- and paraben-free products. We pack all our shampoos, conditioners, and styling products with all-natural, plant-based ingredients that nourish, strengthen, and repair hair without causing any irritation.
3. More Plant-Based Ingredients Mean More Hair-Friendly Benefits
Clean hair care gives our hair and scalp more access to good-for-you-good-for-your-hair plant-based ingredients. Cleansing and conditioning hair treatments that include plant-based ingredients excel at adding natural oils to our hair and scalp, which is essential for aging hair and sensitive scalps, but they are also gentle.
Plant-based ingredients tend to be multipurpose, too. Take avocado oil as an example: It not only helps to moisturize and strengthen hair strands, but it also offers amazing heat protection from hot styling tools. Because avocado oil contains vitamin E, it’s also great for helping to repair damaged strands and providing UV protection.
We packed our deep conditioning Hair Redemption Restorative Butter Masque with our proprietary blend of 5 plant-based butters and oils (yep, avocado made the cut!) that deeply penetrate and protect strands to smooth and repair dry and unmanageable hair instantly. These ingredients melt into the hair shaft for greater nutrient delivery, adding silkiness and shine while reducing frizz.
Switch for Sustainability and Kindness
We take a big-picture approach when we think about clean beauty and haircare products at Better Not Younger. Not only are clean hair products better for our health, but they're also better on a global level. Changing to clean hair products is a small change that can have a huge positive impact. Here's why:
1. Cruelty-Free Is Long Overdue
It's beyond time for beauty and haircare brands to stop testing their products on animals. According to The Humane Society of the United States, it doesn't make products any safer or less expensive to produce. And it harms sentient beings. Not on our watch!
At Better Not Younger, we are committed to kindness and the safety of our products for everyone, human and animal alike. We take pride in offering cruelty-free and vegan haircare products that support fullness, vibrancy, and shine in mature hair!
2. Sustainably Made Clean Hair Products Shrink our Carbon Footprint
Sustainably made is another important clean haircare buzzword. And when a product is made from renewable resources in a socially responsible way that doesn’t directly harm the environment while also providing environmental, social, and economic benefits and protecting the public health and the planet for generations to come, it fits the sustainably made bill.
In addition to sustainable packaging, we ensure sustainable sourcing. Our non-vegan haircare collagen supplement, Power Within Skin & Scalp Collagen Gummies, is packed with 95mg per serving of marine collagen types I & III.
We opted for responsibly farmed fish imported from Canada as our source of collagen because marine collagen supports a more sustainable process for collagen extraction than collagen derived from land animals—Plus, our tropical fruit-flavored gummies taste great and are more convenient than collagen broths and powders!
3. Safe Haircare Products Help the Environment
Everything we use in the shower is washed down the drain and into a water treatment facility. Washing away safe haircare products without harmful ingredients means fewer environmental toxins.
Remember the concerns about facial scrubs adding microbead plastics to the ecosystem? That's what we're talking about. Now, those microbeads are banned, but plenty of plastics and toxins are emptied into the environment daily. Choosing sustainably produced hair products with plant-based ingredients helps keep harmful ingredients out of the local ecosystem.
Our new Full Transparency clean hair products come packaged in an eco-friendly bottle made from 25% recycled resin, which means fewer post-consumer products in our landfills!
Have you made the switch? What are your favorite clean haircare products?
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At Better Not Younger, we value safe haircare products that work. We design our fine haircare products to tackle issues specific to mature hair using vegan and plant-based, sulfate- and paraben-free ingredients. We also prioritize sustainable packaging and cruelty-free production of our fine haircare products because we know that safe hair care extends beyond the quality ingredients we use!