Skin Health Articles
Stop Animal Testing by Choosing Natural Skin Care Products
Monday, November 22nd, 2010
Animal testing regulations vary from one country to the next. The use of animals to test cosmetic ingredients is about to be banned completely in the European Union.
One of the biggest cosmetic companies in the world is located in France. The company has protested the ban.
The ban will not affect companies that manufacture drugs. Some cosmetic ingredients are also considered drugs. Examples include some of the anti-wrinkle preparations.
Each batch of Botox is still tested extensively on animals. Botox is a de-activated form of botulism toxin. There have been instances in the US where the injections were found to contain the live virus. People have ended up in the hospital … Read Full Article
Affordable Skin Care That is Endorsed by Celebrities?
Monday, November 15th, 2010
Affordable skincare products being endorsed by celebrities…can that be true? Celebrity-endorsed items usually cost more than they should. Here’s how to get the best price on high quality cosmetics.
Another celebrity introducing her own line of cosmetics inspired this article. This time, the celebrity is a famous daughter, boxer and singer who will remain nameless. She is a beautiful woman, but that does not qualify her to develop effective skin care products or judge the safety of existing ones.
It all seems to start with the fragrances. Everyone likes to smell nice, but the average woman uses about a dozen different health and beauty aids every day. Each one of them usually … Read Full Article
Professional Prescription Skincare Products Aren’t Better Than Natural Alternatives
Monday, November 1st, 2010
Professional skincare products are not necessarily any better than those sold solely to consumers. My sister recently received a cream from a dermatologist and was told to apply it three times a day to a burn. When she read the label, she saw that the primary ingredient was petroleum jelly.
Dermatologists should be well aware that petroleum jelly provides no healing benefits. Researchers proved that many years ago to force manufacturers to stop making outrageous claims. When it was first introduced, it was hailed as some sort of miracle cure.
Scientists worked hard to prove that petroleum jelly does not help heal burns. In fact, the opposite is true. Burns take longer … Read Full Article
Nutrients That Can Tighten Skin in Both Supplements and Topical Creams
Monday, October 25th, 2010
Omega-3 fatty acids are nutrients that can tighten skin according to a recent study. If you want to see the best results, I recommend you address the problem from the inside out and from the outside in.
The inside out has to do with the foods that you eat and possibly the supplements that you take. Omega-3 fish oil was used in the study above. A popular dermatologist has suggested that eating salmon every day could do the same thing, but that could get expensive.
Atlantic salmon is affordable, but it is known to contain relatively high levels of PCBs, an environmental pollutant that causes cancer and birth defects. Wild Pacific Salmon … Read Full Article
3 Key Ingredients in Effective Anti Aging Skincare
Sunday, October 17th, 2010
Anti aging skincare treatments are all the rage, despite the fact that most of them do not provide a visible improvement. Independent consumer research groups tested a number of the popular products and were able to measure no more than a 10% reduction in wrinkle depth, which is basically invisible.
It could be that they didn’t test the products for long enough. Some take three months or more to provide maximum results. Or it could simply be that they did not test the right products.
Some ingredients are truly effective for reversing sun damage and wrinkles. They can improve the skin’s softness and firmness, while improving moisture content. Cosmetic company R&D teams … Read Full Article
Anti Aging Lotions with Wakame Kelp Actually Stimulate Collagen Production
Monday, October 11th, 2010
What does it take to make a great anti aging lotion? It seems to take a little more effort than most companies are willing to put out.
If you look at the ingredients label on the typical anti-aging cream and you know anything about human skin, you realize they cannot possibly work. Most of them contain compounds with large molecules that cannot penetrate the skin’s surface.
If they merely dry out on the top of your skin, they might make you look a little better for a short time, but they will not provide a lasting benefit. In most cases, they will contribute to pimples by blocking the pores.
Ingredients that … Read Full Article
The Best Ingredients to Look for in Natural Skincare Products
Monday, October 4th, 2010
Natural skincare products may be safer and more effective than the conventional items created by major cosmetic companies. Here’s a look at some naturally occurring compounds and what they can do for your skin’s health and appearance.
Vitamin B5, also known as D-Panthenol, is present in many foods in small quantities. It is an essential nutrient. A deficiency in the diet can cause many symptoms. Those that are visible include skin lesions and problems with the hair.
The vitamin is necessary for the body to make structural proteins from amino acids. The skin’s cells and fibers are composed of those structural proteins.
So, skin creams enriched with vitamin B5 support the … Read Full Article
Sensitive Skin? Here’s How to Choose the Right Skin Care Product
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
Having sensitive skin can make buying skincare products challenging. Most contain allergens and irritants. You have to know which ingredients to avoid and always read the label carefully before you buy a product.
It also helps to know which ingredients are “anti-irritants”. You’ll learn about those things here.
Sensitivities may occur immediately after using a product or after the product is used for several days in a row. In some cases, the skin’s surface becomes sensitized to an ingredient after years of use.
Hypo-allergenic formulas are sometimes a good choice. But, that’s not always true. Labeling a product as hypo-allergenic simply means it is less likely to cause allergic reactions than the … Read Full Article
Natural Skincare Fights Aging AND Supports Skin Health
Monday, September 20th, 2010
By definition, natural skincare is caring for the skin using only naturally-derived ingredients. As the largest organ of the body, the skin’s health is an important subject. But, it is one that is often overlooked.
We often neglect our skin’s health. We use harsh cleansers and shower too often. We fail to moisturize and forget to wear sun block. We use perfumes and cosmetics containing allergens, irritants and toxins.
The cosmetic industry helped to change the way that we think about caring for the skin. Since the 1930’s, the companies have focused more on immediately improving the skin’s appearance. Caring for the skin’s health was an afterthought, if it was even a … Read Full Article
Choosing the Right Skin Care Products For Younger Looking Skin
Monday, September 13th, 2010
Practically everyone wants younger looking skin, but not many people know how to get it. Consumers make a lot of mistakes, but it’s not all their fault. The cosmetic companies are at least partially to blame.
Most people know that collagen loss is one of the reasons we start to look older. Collagen is a structural protein, responsible for the skin’s firmness and opacity.
The cosmetic companies would have us think that reducing the visible signs of age is as simple as applying some animal collagen to the skin’s surface. If you’ve tried it, you know it doesn’t work.
There are two reasons it doesn’t work. First, collagen molecules are too large … Read Full Article
100 Natural Skin Care Tips – More or Less…
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
I originally wanted to provide 100 natural skin care tips in this article. All together there are more than a dozen tips.
The most important is to moisturize, and repeat. In fact, you can repeat that as many times as you like to make up the difference between the number of tips provided here and one hundred.
I have seen people spend thousands of dollars on anti-aging treatments of all kinds. They spend hundreds of dollars on various skincare products. They try different name brands, use exfoliants, toners, masks and concealers. The product they overlook most often is a moisturizer.
Dermatologists agree on this subject. Failing to use a good moisturizer is … Read Full Article
Understanding Why Skin Care Products Should Be Paraben Free
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010Paraben free products have been around forever, but have only gained attention in recent years. In 2004, researchers announced that parabens had been found in high concentrations in breast cancer tumors. Attempts to explain the significance of those findings are still ongoing.
The chemicals are used as preservatives. While there are a few naturally occurring parabens, they are not used commercially. All of the parabens found in personal care products, foods and other commercial goods are created synthetically.
A number of different companies produce the chemicals. The process is relatively simple. Para-hydroxybenzoic acid is combined with one or more types of alcohol to create them. Those compounds are synthesized from other chemicals. … Read Full Article
Natural Moisturizers that Fight Free Radicals for Firm, Younger Looking Skin
Saturday, August 21st, 2010
A natural moisturizer will do wonders for your skin, by providing it with all of the essential nutrients that it needs. Of the nutrients that organic compounds can provide antioxidants are the most important, as they heal the age producing damage caused by free radicals.
Free radical damage is one of the three major reasons that lines and wrinkles form in the skin, and addressing this problem can take years off of your appearance.
The other reasons that wrinkles and sagging skin develop are the loss of firmness and elasticity brought about by declining tissue production, and tissue and polymer decomposition.
Enzymes take more and more of your tissue and polymer each … Read Full Article
Natural Skincare Creates Firm, Smooth & Beautiful Skin!
Sunday, August 15th, 2010
What you need in order to be successful in firming and smoothing your skin are all natural skincare anti aging products. These are the formulas that will address the issues behind why lines and wrinkle form, and why skin slackening occurs.
The troubling thing is that there is only a small number of anti aging skin care formulas that are truly all natural, and just a handful of these have the ingredients you need.
Most skin care formulas are made up of ingredients very low in quality, and these compounds are more than likely developed through the use of chemicals.
The cosmetics industry is crazy about the use of synthetics as ingredients, … Read Full Article
All Natural Skincare Ingredients are Filled with Antioxidants
Monday, July 19th, 2010One of my favorite all natural skincare ingredients is grape seed oil. Let me tell you a little about it.
The oils of grape seeds contain the antioxidants vitamin E and resveratrol. Vitamin E has long been recognized as beneficial to the skin’s health. Most creams and lotions contain the ingredient, but most companies do not use the naturally occurring form. Synthetics are cheaper.
Resveratrol has been written about in scientific journals and talked about on television programs. It is one of the most potent antioxidants that have been found. Some manufacturers list resveratrol as an ingredient.
You never know where that resveratrol comes from if grape seed oil is not listed, … Read Full Article
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