PERSONAL CARE

Find everything you need to take your personal hygiene to a more Eko level. Finding cosmetic and hygiene products that are not packaged in plastic and that are also of quality can be a daunting task.

Replace your toiletries, such as toothbrushes, cotton swabs, makeup remover pads, razors, soap dishes or sponges (including natural loofah sponges, which are our favorites). Go plastic-free.

No more plastic bottles in your daily shower. Switch to solid cosmetics with our soaps, shampoos, conditioners or deodorants.

Forget about plastic packaging. Use your balms, creams or toothpastes packaged in glass or metal containers.

We carefully select our cosmetic products to ensure that they do not contain sulphates, silicones, phthalates or other types of potential toxins or endocrine disruptors, since prolonged exposure to them can be harmful to our body. In exchange, our products are full of natural ingredients with excellent properties for our health, such as shea butter, coconut oil, white sage, essential oils, etc.

Take care of the environment while taking care of yourself and your loved ones. In this section you will find a large number of products whose components are certified organic or ecological. Many of the materials are reusable, biodegradable and compostable.

Why do you find this section in Alma Eko?

Like you, the indiscriminate use of plastics began to worry me some time ago and I became aware that their consumption in my home was excessive.

I realized that almost all the cosmetics in my bathroom were packaged in plastic. Even products with natural and organic ingredients were packaged in plastic. I was supposedly taking care of my health, but I was neglecting the planet.

I also noticed that hairbrushes, toothbrushes, sponges… everything was made of plastic. In the latter case, it was a bigger problem, since conventional sponges break down, causing a lot of microplastics to go down the drain and end up polluting the oceans, since the treatment plants cannot filter them.

Little by little, I started looking for alternatives to all of this. I started making my own homemade hygiene and cosmetic products, but some of them didn't give me good results and for others I didn't have the time to make them again and I ended up buying them again. However, some of them stayed with me forever, like clay masks.

I kept trying. I decided that every time something wore out or needed replacing, I would spend some time looking for a more sustainable, plastic-free alternative. So, little by little, my bathroom began to change. At first, I had products with and without plastics, but eventually I ended up having a toilet without petroleum derivatives. Much healthier for my family and for the planet.

This is how loofah sponges, bamboo brushes, reusable makeup remover pads and solid soaps came about. And not only that, I also switched to natural cosmetics, which allowed me to discover the great properties of ingredients such as shea butter, coconut or avocado oils and the power of essential oils or materials such as bamboo and white sage.

We wanted you to find all these alternatives at Alma Eko. We wanted to share my discoveries with more people, inspire and spread them to more eko souls.

Fortunately, the range of these types of products is growing. Even so, we spend a lot of time selecting them with the aim of having alternatives for all needs. We focus on two main aspects. Firstly, we try to make them as natural as possible, with ecological and organic ingredients. Secondly, we pay a lot of attention to ensuring that the production and distribution chains of the products are respectful of the environment and the people who work in them. For this reason, we collaborate with ethical companies, committed to human rights and caring for the planet. In short, we are very aware of the pillar of sustainability for the benefit of the planet and the people who live on it.

We know that eliminating plastic 100% from our lives is practically impossible. The plastic industry is very powerful. Sometimes we find it difficult to find 100% plastic-free alternatives. Sometimes, to protect a cosmetic, extend the shelf life of a product or provide stability to a fabric, there is no other alternative. Therefore, when we consider whether a product will be part of our catalogue and we discover that, for example, part of the lid contains a plastic part, we stop to reflect and ask ourselves some questions: Have we found a better alternative? Does the product have other qualities that make it worthwhile? Is this product better than its 'conventional' substitute?

At Alma Eko we consider ourselves a plastic-free store, because that is our goal and we dedicate our energy to it, even though you may find some products that contain small percentages of petroleum derivatives. But, of course, we continue working to find a better alternative and, if you want to help us in this, we are all ears.