Paper packaging, green imprints and fantasy seals that look as if everything in the packaging is particularly sustainable - product designers from conventional cosmetics sometimes get very creative to make a particularly "green" impression. What is contained in the product in terms of synthetic ingredients and harmful substances is then literally on a different piece of paper.
Sustainable natural cosmetics is a holistic concept:
The best from nature, as many organically produced and obtained ingredients as possible.
The avoidance of animal testing
Fair working conditions throughout the production chain
We at UND GRETEL stand for "Gretel-up" with sustainable soul - controlled natural cosmetics made in Europe. Highly pigmented, opaque and long-lasting - what used to be unthinkable in natural cosmetics, UND GRETEL has achieved as a pioneer* in the industry. UND GRETEL is contemporary high-end make-up - with the best from nature and controlled with BDIH certificate.
This means that every ingredient in all of our products is inspected, tested and certified with the BDIH seal under strict specifications by Cosmos Natural and Organic.
What is the BDIH - Seal?
BDIH stands for: The Federal Association of Industrial and Trading Companies for Medicinal Products, Health Food, Food Supplements and Cosmetic Products.
The BDIH seal is a test mark for controlled natural cosmetics based on ecological, health and social aspects. The criteria go beyond what is required by law and take into account the raw materials used, the manufacturing process and the final products.
The BDIH seal is therefore a strict natural cosmetics seal, which one summarizes and rigorously dictates: NO BAD STUFF! A requirement that is more of an attitude for us and has been anchored in the DNA of the UND GRETEL brand from the very beginning.
What is the Cosmos Standard Seal?
Cosmos sets the international standard for organic and natural cosmetics. It refers to various regional seals, such as our BDIH seal, but also international seals such as Cosmebio, ICEA or Soil Association.
In addition to the BDIH seal, our products are also marked with the Cosmos Standard seals!
The Cosmos-Standard seals differ in
Cosmos Organic - all products with this seal must contain at least 95% organic ingredients - i.e. have organically grown plants as the source for the natural ingredients
Cosmos Natural - all products with this seal must meet all standards of the seal (controlled natural cosmetics based on ecological, health and social aspects) - but do not exactly reach the minimum 95 percent ingredients based on organically grown natural substances