Vegan? How to Choose the Best Products for the Summer Season
Vegan? How to Choose the Best Products for the Summer Season
If you are living or transitioning into a plant-based lifestyle, here are some helpful tips to help you choose the best cruelty-free and organic products for this summer season
Reasons To Go Vegan
Some people go vegan for ethical reasons, some for environmental reasons and some for health reasons, among others. A vegan diet is one that excludes animal products, such as meat, seafood, eggs, dairy, and sometimes even honey. Many vegans choose toiletries and cosmetic products that do not contain animal products and were not tested on animals and also avoid clothing produced from animals.
Veganism may seem like an easy transition or a radical change, depending on your current diet. But by approaching it as an opportunity to explore new foods and enrich your current recipe repertoire, rather than a restrictive diet, veganism can be a healthy and gratifying lifestyle choice.
Warmer Weather Asks For Lighter Food
With warmer months and beach days on the horizon, many people are looking to eat clean and shape up for summer. However, a summer bod isn't the only reason to clean your diet. A new study from Harvard found that incorporating more plant-based foods into your diet can lower the risk of developing heart disease and other major illnesses. It appears eating more plant-based foods may just add years to your life. Summer is the easiest time to transition to plant-based eating as the variety of local, flavor-packed fruits and vegetables is abundant. The hot and humid weather makes people gravitate toward lighter meals anyway. Meat and dairy can feel heavy in your stomach on a 90+ degree day.
Fresh fruits and vegetables aside, many people are surprised to discover that there are plenty of vegan foods they enjoy and eat regularly
We Want To Look Our Best For The Summer
With animal-free diet and compassionate view of the world, we know you are positively glowing from the inside out. But even with all the green juices in the world, we all want to look our best. Thankfully, for the wonderful cruelty-free beauty brands that work to give us products without a list of ingredients that sound horrible and scary. There are so many deliciously delightful animal-loving brands, and Hope & Beauty Chemo Companions is among them.
Beauty routines should be handled the same way as our produce and our clothing: when the seasons change, it’s time to switch them up! With a new time of year comes new temperatures and humidity levels, different eating and sleeping habits and other things that can affect our skin.
Now that summer is here, we’re taking more vacations and spending more time outdoors, increasing the need for sun protection. We may also want to choose lighter skincare products and different shades of makeup to keep our skin looking and feeling its best.
Wear Sunscreen
The best part about summer makeup is the fact that less is more. With this in mind, we’re streamlining our beauty routine, which means stripping it down to the best new basics we’ve found and stuck to a five-minute face to maximize vegan pool-party time. To accomplish this summery goal, we’re using sunscreen to protect, foundation to smooth, pops of color to amplify our sun-kissed glow, and coconut-scented everything so we can pretend we’re on a far-away island even when we’re desk-bound.
The name of the game for healthy skin is heavy on the sunblock and light on the foundation, which is why a sunblock such as Hydrator Plus Broad Spectrum SPF 30 or Weightless Protection Broad Spectrum SPF 45 are our go-to's When slightly more spackle is required, we reach for Perfecting Protection Broad Spectrum SPF 30, for sunblock touch-ups throughout the day.
Many of us are aware that wearing sunscreen can help prevent the risk of skin cancer and/or sunburn. However, most sunscreens are filled with toxic ingredients that may do more harm than good. A little sun on your face and body each day can also be useful, so there’s no need to fear the sun. After all, it is the best, most natural way for us to obtain vitamin D.
Choose Smart, Cruelty-Free And Natural Products
So Dr. Singhal advises cancer patients, to be sun smart this year instead of forgoing it altogether. Choose a natural sunscreen, and only apply it after you’ve been in direct sunlight after 30 minutes or so. Bring it with you if you exercise outdoors or plan on being outside all day. If you enjoy tanning and want a natural tanning lotion, look for organic sunscreen with a small amount of SPF.
Natural and organic beauty and skincare products are usually cruelty-free but check the label to be certain. Why is this important? Choosing natural, organic, and cruelty-free brands is better for your body, the planet, and your skin. Plus, these products tend to be made without terrible-for-your-skin ingredients such as pore-clogging animal fats or oils, toxic chemicals that cause rashes and breakouts and cheap fillers made with genetically modified ingredients such as GMO corn oil and soybean oil.