Lifestyle blogger Kate Sands shares 3 cruelty-free products to stay clean during quarantine
On-air style host and lifestyle blogger Kate Sands share three cruelty-free products that she believes are the best to use, especially during quarantine.
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KATIE SANDS: What's up, everybody? I'm Nurys, and this is Accidental Beauty Blogger at Home Edition.
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Now, I don't know about you. But all this time at home has really made me think of my skin and what I put on it. However, I'm no expert. And I truly don't know what products are actually natural and good for me. So today, I have a very special guest-- Kate Sands, who is an expert on cruelty-free products. Kate is the founder of a lifestyle blog Honestly Kate and on-air style host.
KATE SANDS: Hi. [LAUGHS]
NURYS CASTILLO: Hi, how are you? I'm so excited.
KATE SANDS: I am so excited to do this with you.
NURYS CASTILLO: I really want to get into how this became so important to you.
KATE SANDS: A lot of the products that I was putting on myself weren't clean. They had a lot of toxins in them. So I realized that your skin absorbs 80% of what you put on it. And the more I got into it, the more I just became obsessed with learning about cleaner products. So vegan is actually not regulated by the FDA at all.
The only thing that vegan actually really means is mostly that it's cruelty-free, which means it's not tested on animals. Organic when it comes to beauty and skin care is such a tricky little word, because you only need about 5% organic ingredients for them to call it organic.
NURYS CASTILLO: You know what. I need some coffee because this like, crazy.
KATE SANDS: I know.
NURYS CASTILLO: Let me hear about some of your favorite cruelty-free products that you use during this quarantine, because quarantine got us crazy.
KATE SANDS: So today, we have the Cleo and Coco Charcoal Deodorant. When you're putting on deodorant-- not to get graphic-- but you're literally so close to like, your breast tissue. And it's going into your skin immediately. Things that go in your armpit are absorbed so fast. This is the only clean deodorant I have used that has actually worked for me. Everything good is in this product. And everything bad is out.
NURYS CASTILLO: I like that you brought up, A, deodorant, because people have a lot of issues when it comes to like, organic. It smells. Like, it doesn't work for me and all that stuff. So I think that was really good.
KATE SANDS: A second product we're going to talk about today is the Tula Rose Glow and get it. I think you have this at your apartment too. It's one of my absolute favorites. Yes, we're doing the Tula dance.
I love this product so much. You can always layer it on top of your already-used makeup. You can always like, put it before you put on makeup and after.
NURYS CASTILLO: Ooh, oh, look at--
KATE SANDS: That looks gorgeous on you. It's shiny. It smells so good. And the founder of the Tula brand is Dr. Raj. And she was a gastroenterologist. And this is so crazy to me, because the whole entire reason I started researching clean beauty was because of my own stomach issues.
You realize that things she was telling her patients to put into their stomach and body were clearing their skin. And a lot of it had to do with probiotics. So she ended up creating a skin care line based on the ingredients that she was telling her clients to digest.
I love this because it's kind of like a skin care product but also make a product, because it like, adds that sheen that we love. This other product I brought to show you today is their detoxing mask. So when you first start using their products, a lot of times you'll find yourself breaking out a little bit more because you're realizing you're detoxing your body.
It's one of the biggest liked lines by celebrities, actually, because they just love the smell and the way it makes their skin feel. All of their products bring your imperfections, impurities to the surface. It not only works as a detoxing mask for your face, but it also works as a spot treatment.
NURYS CASTILLO: Whoa, OK. We're going to need to get that. I'm going to start using these things because I need to be clean in my life.
KATE SANDS: Everyone right now is under a tremendous amount of stress and pressure and anxiety. We're all in the same boat. And so, of course, it's going to show up on your outer layer on your skin. Using the cleaner ingredients in products, at least, I know that I'm treating it in a healthier way.
NURYS CASTILLO: Thank you so much for chatting with me and providing us with so much amazing knowledge and tips when it comes to cruelty-free and natural products. Please let us know where our viewers can find you and keep up with what you're doing.
KATE SANDS: If you want to follow for more tips, you can find my Instagram account @honestlykate.
NURYS CASTILLO: I feel like me and you are like, besties now. Like, we're going to be hanging out. We're going to be virtually hanging out.
KATE SANDS: We're doing like, product swaps and clothing swaps. I love it. Cheers. I love a cheers. [LAUGHS]
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