(M)anasi 7

Mana­si 7’s coll­ec­tion is desi­gned and deve­lo­ped in Stock­holm, Swe­den. It is then pro­du­ced in Ita­ly. They pro­du­ce in small bat­ches to mini­mi­ze was­te and sup­port small-sca­le far­mers. The brand works exclu­si­ve­ly with inde­pen­dent small-sca­le sub­con­trac­tors. When­ever pos­si­ble, ingre­di­ents are grown near whe­re the pro­duc­tion takes place.

Mana­si 7 aims to bridge the gap bet­ween the high per­for­mance of con­ven­tio­nal beau­ty pro­ducts and the nou­ris­hing and heal­ing pro­per­ties of natu­ral, wild-har­ve­s­ted and orga­nic ingre­di­ents. They use raw mate­ri­als extra­c­ted from mine­rals, wild plants and flowers. The ingre­di­ents are cer­ti­fied by Eco cert. This seal veri­fies agri­cul­tu­re, all rele­vant pro­ces­ses, pro­duc­tion site, manage­ment sys­tems and exter­nal connections.

Most ingre­di­ents are natu­ral, wild har­ve­s­ted, plant-based and cer­ti­fied orga­nic, and whe­re pos­si­ble, ingre­di­ents from 100% cir­cu­lar agri­cul­tu­re are used. Think orga­nic but­ters, waxes, pow­ders and oils. The­se are mini­mal­ly pro­ces­sed as this faci­li­ta­tes the pre­ser­va­ti­on of their natu­ral mois­tu­ri­zing and nou­ris­hing pro­per­ties. The main ingre­di­ents are apri­cot ker­nel oil, sweet almond oil, shea but­ter, maru­la seed oil, jojoba oil, maca­da­mia nut oil, car­nau­ba wax, bees­wax, can­del­il­la wax and cas­tor seed oil.

The brand also uses some natu­re-iden­ti­cal ingre­di­ents appro­ved by the Cos­mos orga­nic stan­dard. For exam­p­le, they main­ly use natu­ral color pig­ments, but when they can­not achie­ve the desi­red color with the­se, they some­ti­mes use a very small amount of syn­the­tic pig­ments. For­t­u­na­te­ly, howe­ver, the­re are never any micro­pla­s­tics in the products!

No palm oil is used in the pro­ducts. Howe­ver, the­re are some­ti­mes some ingre­di­ents in them that are deri­ved from palm oil. For­t­u­na­te­ly, in this case, the brand makes sure to use only CSPO cer­ti­fied sus­tainable palm oil deri­va­ti­ves. The brand also uses mica in its pro­ducts; an ingre­di­ent that can cau­se social pro­blems. Mana­si 7 uses mica from nor­t­hern Euro­pe. We at COSH! are hap­py about that, becau­se this gua­ran­tees that at least the­re is no child labor in the mica mines.

The deve­lo­p­ment and pro­duc­tion of the make­up pro­ducts take place in Euro­pe. We know that the mica also comes from Euro­pe. The ori­gin of the other ingre­di­ents is unknown, making it dif­fi­cult to esti­ma­te the total chain.

Mana­si 7’s make­up is ani­mal-free, but not 100% vegan. For exam­p­le, the brand uses bees­wax. Howe­ver, this does invol­ve orga­nic bees­wax, which con­tri­bu­tes to more sus­tainable bee­kee­ping! By the way, some of Mana­si 7’s pro­ducts are vegan, such as the Sar­co­li­ne Skin Enhancer.

A lot of posi­ti­ve things can be said about the lon­ge­vi­ty of the Mana­si 7 pro­ducts! The make­up is high­ly con­cen­tra­ted and desi­gned to last a long time. The tim­e­l­ess and mul­ti­func­tion­al coll­ec­tion is made in small bat­ches to mini­mi­ze was­te and sup­port small-sca­le orga­nic far­ming. At Mana­si 7, they belie­ve in mixing essen­ti­als to crea­te new com­bi­na­ti­ons throug­hout the sea­sons. As such, the pro­ducts are desi­gned to be used indi­vi­du­al­ly or mixed tog­e­ther to crea­te end­less pos­si­bi­li­ties! Mana­si 7’s Decla­ra­ti­on of (7), which sets mini­mum requi­re­ments for the enti­re pro­duc­tion cycle, reflects the­se values of slow and pure beauty.

Mana­si 7 is very open about the ingre­di­ents they use. Thus, for each pro­duct and sha­de, the ingre­di­ent list is detail­ed. About the ori­gin of the ingre­di­ents, the brand could be a lot more trans­pa­rent. Despi­te the fact that the brand is honest about its sto­ry, it would be hel­pful if the web­site had a gene­ral sus­taina­bi­li­ty page, so that it is clear to con­su­mers what the com­pa­ny does in terms of sus­taina­bi­li­ty and ethics.