Organic Skin Care - Are Organic Products Important?
Organic Skin Care - Are You Poisoning Your Skin?
If you're like me, you want beautiful skin. You search for the right product but still you experience:
- acne or skin breakouts
- rashes or reddened patches
- dull, lack-luster skin that doesn't appear healthy
- premature wrinkling and aging of the skin.
If you want clear, beautiful skin, it makes sense to start with a pure, natural, toxin-free skin care product.
Look at the label on your face lotion. Do you see all kinds of long words you can't pronounce? You're not sure if these chemicals are good for you but maybe you think using questionable ingredients on your skin is unavoidable.
For instance, Oil of Olay ProVital for Mature Skin Perfecting Moisturizer contains 34 ingredients, a huge number of them known to have toxic effects on the body. Not one ingredient is organic.
The hazardous ingredients in non-organic skin care products may be the very thing that is keeping your skin from looking its best. Many people suffer from chemical allergies causing rashes and irritations and don't know that an organic product could solve their problem.
Toxic Ingredients in Skin Care Products Cause Health Problems!
Toxic chemicals are all around us-in the air we breathe, in the water we drink and in the soil our food is grown in. If you're like me, you want to minimize exposure to these harmful substances, for both yourself and your family, in order to live a healthier life, free of illness and diseases like cancer.
Did you know?
- Many Colors and dyes used in cosmetics, including lipsticks, are banned for use in food products - do you want them absorbed into your skin?
- Anti-freeze is commonly used in mascara to make it creamy.
- Shellac, turpentine, lead, mercury, and ground glass (frost) are ingredients used in the production of many commercial cosmetics.
- Formaldehyde, toluene, and xylene are toxic ingredients, which are still used in nail polish, even “professional” formulas.
- Mineral oil, petrolatum, and paraffin are by-products of petroleum (gas) production and its molecules are too large to be absorbed by human skin as a moisturizer, causing clogged pores, blackheads, and poor respiration.
- The skin cannot utilize herbs and botanicals unless the nutrients have been extracted and processed; then they must be blended with moisturizers with molecular structure similar to that of the skin.
- The grease base in many cosmetics is simply recycled restaurant grease because it is inexpensive.
The fact is, many commonly used ingredients in skin care products are known to cause cancer and other health issues. These chemicals are absorbed through our skin into our blood streams and circulate throughout our body. Is it any wonder that commercial cosmetics and skin care products cause us to have many skin problems?
Over time, these poisons build up, causing cancer or damaging the brain and nervous system, as well as every other system of the body. Many of these chemicals are known to cause birth defects as well.
How Do You Know if Your Skin Care Product Contains Poisonous Ingredients?
The surest way to check for hazardous ingredients is to read the the label. Know which ingredients are considered toxic and check your products for these.
Why Should You Use Non-Toxic Skin Care Products?
- Do you suffer from skin rashes and irritations? Use of non-toxic skin care products decrease the possibility of allergic reactions.
- You can safe guard your body from exposure to toxic chemicals.
- Cutting exposure to chemicals reduces medical bills over time.
- Natural ingredients NOURISH and improve your skin.
- Use of natural ingredients benefits the planet because organic farming methods reduce the pollutants released into or air, water and soil.
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