Unhako is taking a firm stance against greenwashing and cleanwashing. These are terms for the practice of making untrue or unsubstantiated claims about how natural a product is. 

Many brands claim their products are ‘natural’ when, in reality, they contain synthetics derived from chemically-altered natural ingredients. Unfortunately, the beauty industry isn’t regulated strongly so companies are allowed to do this.

We’re sick of it. And we’re making a stance against it. The products we advertise as natural contain natural ingredients. Otherwise, we’ll say they’re naturally-derived. 

Unhako firmly believes that you should be informed when it comes to what you’re putting on your body. And we’re looking forward to making the decision-making process as beautifully pain-free as possible.

You can rest assured that if a product says it contains or doesn’t contain specific ingredients, we’re as sure as we can be that the brand is being open and honest - not sneaky and misleading. 

While it’s not viable at the moment, we’re looking forward to a future where we can filter our products by the ingredients they contain. For now, we have compiled a full ingredient glossary for every product on our shelves.

Full Ingredients List

Animal Derived Ingredients:

• Ingredients are obtained from Plant or synthetic source unless otherwise noted.

Colourants:

• Mineral colourants are often viewed as a cleaner, more sustainable option but there is still the need to be cautious. These minerals can be mined in unsustainable and unethical ways, causing harm to the ecosystem, and exploiting communities, people, and children. Unhako communicates with its brands and requests that they in turn communicate with their suppliers to source materials that are guaranteed to not use child labour and exploitative practices. 

Fragrances:

• Unhako forbids fragrance ingredients such as Phthalates, Nitro and Polycyclic musks, and will always favour brands that carry natural fragrances over synthetic fragrances and parfums, we will allow some synthetic fragrances.

Palm Oil:

• Palm Oil is an effective, safe, natural and useful ingredient, but the majority of palm oil is harvested in a way that is incredibly damaging to local ecosystems, communities, and the climate. Unhako will never carry products that contain unsustainably sourced palm oil but we have not forbidden this ingredient from our shelves. Currently the only brand that we carry that uses Palm Oil is EVOLVh.
  

Shipping Impact:

• All the materials used to ship your beauties are 0% Waste. The box is made from 100% Recycled, 95% post consumer 5% post industrial waste. They are 100% recyclable. The printing ink is Water-based. Your shipment will be sealed with water-activated FSC certified and printed with soy ink. It is 100% compostable/recyclable. The shipping labels are created with 100% recycled paper that is 100% Post consumer waste. These are manufactured in Canada. On your box, the labels can be curbside recycled, or if you prefer composted. The inner box filler is 100% recycled, biodegradable, plant-able wildflower seed paper. The seeds have all been approved for planting in USA, Canada, and many other countries worldwide. Should you wish you could plant your seed paper in the shipping box as a garden starter!
• Unhako is very proud to offer these 0% waste options to lessen our environmental impact and we are in the process of adding even more eco-friendly options to your purchasing experience. 

Donations:

• Unhako promises that 2% of all profits will be donated to a single charity each year. We are so excited to be offering this and would like to extend the invitation out to you, our family, our customers to recommend any charities that you feel align with our mission. We will look further into any suggestions! We look forward to partnering with multiple charitable organizations soon.