I have been a great fan of Pantene1, which is a
really old shampoo it was invented in 1945 by Swiss company Hoffman-LaRoche but
following takeover after takeover is now part of the Proctor and Gamble2
family. I have already told
you how obscene their takings are but having read their website my feeling is
they make all the right noises about giving back to the community/planet, most
employees having shares in the Company etc, etc but I just think it is wrong
for a company to get that big. I counted
70 different brands of health, beauty, grooming and household goods. They own Clairol, Head and Shoulders, Herbal
Essences, Nice and Easy, Vidal Sassoon and Wella hair care companies as well as
Pantene.
I promise this is the last of the bathroom themed posts for
a wee while but as I said before I am running out of shampoo etc and need to
know what is available that isn’t produced by a multinational.
Having eliminated the above shampoos, conditioners etc I checked
my bathroom for branding I have Dove and Garnier self tanning moisturiser for
my dry white legs. Dove is made by Unilever3 which is the third
largest consumer goods company after P&G and Nestle. If you are trying to avoid it you can’t use Simple4&5
skin products, I use a lot of them as I have sensitive skin. I can’t use Knorr
stock cubes or have Hellman’s mayonnaise or a Magnum ice cream which is a shame
as I have had a craving for a Magnum since they put up a giant Magnum on a
billboard near my house. They also own
Sunsilk shampoo so I will have to avoid that too! I digress; Garnier6
is part of the L’Oreal7group which is the world’s largest cosmetics
company.
My Dad uses baby shampoo so I suppose I could try that but
Johnston and Johnston8 is and always has been an American Company!
I thought Santuary Spa9 might be a possibility. No, it was bought by PZ Cussons10,
the makers of Imperial Leather, in 2008. PZ Cussons is an amalgamation of PZ a
company from Ghana with Cussons the British Soap maker.
Some of my toiletries were own brand from Boots but they are
out now too. What am I going to do?
Well, Green People11 makes shampoo and
conditioner but it is between £9 and £14 pounds a bottle! I found that the Natural Soap Company12
does a shampoo soap that shampoos and conditions for £3.95. This company started on a kitchen table and
still operates from Wells. I'll maybe
try that.
Actually I won’t. I
was rooting around in my local Scotmid since writing that and found Co-operative13 own
brand, no perfume, no colour soap which is also cruelty free and contains certified
sustainable palm oil, how about that for soap with green credentials for only
50p! They also had coconut and honey shampoo and conditioner at £1.09 each so I
bought them too. I am really happy with
my purchases but haven’t tried them yet, so I will keep you posted.
References
- http://pantene.com/en-gb
- http://www.pg.com/en_UK/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unilever
- www.simple.co.uk
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Skincare
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'Oréal en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garnier
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Or%C3%A9al
- https://www.jnj.com/about-jnj/company-history
- http://www.sanctuary.com/en-gb/our-story/
- www.pzcussons.com
- www.greenpeople.co.uk
- http://www.naturalsoap.co.uk/about.htm
- http://news.co-operativefood.co.uk/latest-news/the-co-operative-and-cruelty-free-international.html
You're doing really well. With all this new found knowledge what will be your feelings in the New Year when you've had a break to get your Xmas presents in?
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