Vegan Wednesdays: Green People

One of the hardest parts of being a vegan is finding hygiene and cosmetic products which fit your ethics.

I mean, after all, the stuff we use has to be both free from animal products and not-tested animals! What type of vegan would settle for anything less? :]

And let’s not forget the fact that finding vegan shampoo without a bazillion crazy ingredients is like finding an un-awesome recipe in Vegan With A Vegnence (thanks Isa!). It’s very hard to find.
Luckily for us vegans, we have Green People.

If you didn’t know, Green People is bodycare product company that specializes in organic, chemical-free formulas. The company started initially by a mother who wanted to treat her daughter’s excema, and soon found that her daughter’s problems were being caused by the harsh chemicals found in the bodycare products she was using on her daughter.

What started as something tiny has blossomed into something fantastic. Heck, just check their mile-long testimonial page!

So, as I’m sure you can expect, because of how much I’m singing the praises of Green People, I’ve naturally tried a selection of their products. Namely of which a few of their haircare products (including deoderants).

Now, let me preface everything by saying that Green People products aren’t cheap. In fact, you’d probably be hard-pressed to find yourself bodycare products in your supermarket that cost more than theirs.

Yet in this case cost most certainly equals quality. And, for once, quantity.

As far as I can tell from my testing, every Green People haircare product is highly concentrated, and indeed they even label on the back of each bottle that it’ll last generally last up to 3 times as long as your regular shampoo. This is most certainly true.

If you consider the fact that Green People donates 10% of its profits to charity, has products which are almost always fully organic, products which are never tested on animals and gives full disclosure on its ingredients list, you can start to see why their prices are a little steeper than that of other green bodycare companies.

So why should you shop with Green People?

• They are an extremely ethical company which devotes 10% of its profits to charity.
• Most of its products are organic or mostly organic.
• Their products are never tested on animals and a high majority are approved by the Vegan Society.
• None of them contain harsh chemicals in, true to their brand, and they list every ingredient they use (perfect for people like me with sensitive skin).
• Very few of their ingredients are synthetic. In fact, to a large degree you’ll notice that the ingredients tend to be essential oils and naturally-derived agents.
• Most of their products are highly concentrated, meaning that they’ll last easily 3 times as long as your average bottle of shampoo (a 200ml Green People bottle = approx. 600/700ml of normal shampoo).
• All of their packaging is either recycled, reused or biodegradable.

However, some points to take into consideration:

• Because of how concentrated the products are, and that they use mostly organic ingredients, the prices are a little higher than most.
• Their products can lather quite extensively (I personally love this), and so if you’ve only got 2 minutes to shower, they aren’t going to quickly strip your hair like most conventional shampoos (though they will do their job with a good shampoo massage and leaving it for a couple of mins).
• Because they are sensitive, if you are prone to dandruff build-up or more than gentle sweating, you might want to get their more intensive products, as their ’sensitive’ range of products really are for very sensitive conditions.

Overall, I love Green People. They’re a company with a solid ethical foundation and I’m always impressed by their products living up to the claims they make.

If you’re a conscious consumer, this company is the one for you.

I happily give Green People:

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