Anti Aging Natural Skin Care with Wakame Kelp Extract
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
Here’s a look at some of the more effective anti aging natural skin care solutions. There are plenty of “marginally” effective ingredients. The ones covered here are a little better than that. Let’s start with wakame kelp.
Wakame kelp or seaweed is highly nutritious. So it is often used as a component of many health food recipes. The benefits to the skin’s health are several. The first benefit has to do with a compound called hyaluronic acid.
If you have compared any of the ingredients in the anti aging natural skin care products currently on the market, you have probably seen one called hyaluronic acid. It is one of the most popular ingredients right now.
The popularity is due in part to the compound’s use as an injectable to stretch out wrinkles and fine lines. Hyaluronic acid and other compounds are injected into the skin’s fatty tissue layer to improve firmness and reduce wrinkling. When applied topically, however, it does nothing.
Another reason for its popularity has to do with the following fact: The skin’s hyaluronic acid levels decline with age.
This is one of the causes of the lost elasticity and lost firmness that occurs with age. Lost firmness leads to wrinkles. Once again, applying it to the skin’s surface does nothing to increase the skin’s hyaluronic acid content.
Scientists have discovered the reason for the decreased levels as we age. It is due to increased activity of a family of enzymes called hyaluronidaise. They naturally break down hyaluronic acid. When we are young, the body simply produces more. So there is a balance.
Extracts from wakame kelp have been shown to inhibit the activity of hyaluronidaise by 52% after 5 days of use. That means the skin’s hyaluronic acid levels will rise by about the same percentage. The result is a more youthful look due to the improved firmness and smoothness.
Anti aging natural skin care products containing the extract will also help protect against free radical damage caused by UV rays and exposure to environmental pollutants. The compound in the extract providing that benefit is called sulfated polyfucose.
Finally, wakame kelp extracts help to maintain the skin’s moisture balance by providing essential minerals like sodium, potassium and calcium. Kelp actually contains more calcium than an equivalent serving of milk.
Every anti aging natural skin care product should contain wakame kelp extracts, but most don’t. A lot of them contain seaweed or marine algae. But not all seaweeds provide the same benefits.
Briefly now, let’s look at grape seed oil. Grape seeds contain numerous antioxidants. The skin’s antioxidant content also decreases with age.
Some antioxidants can penetrate through the skin’s layers when applied topically. Others should be present in your diet. Dermatologists recommend eating more fruits and vegetables to help counter antioxidant loss.
Free radical damage is one of the main causes of cellular aging everywhere in the body; inside and out. Our only defense against free radical damage is the antioxidant.
The antioxidants in grape seed oil can penetrate into the skin’s layers. So that makes two ingredients that should be in all anti aging natural skin care creams, grape seed oil and wakame kelp. You might want to learn about some of the others.
To find natural skin care products with wakame kelp extract and grapeseed oil click here.
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, and much of this has to do with the low cost of the chemical compounds being used. Chemicals in cosmetic products pose a very serious health risk to the user.
This is especially true if the person uses products developed using chemical compounds for a number of years.
Natural skincare compounds are either wholly used by the body for the purpose intended, or they are partially used and the remainder of the substance excreted from the body. Your body cannot process chemical compounds the way it does organic substances, so the chemicals simply build up in your soft tissue.
There are more than 4,000 individual chemicals commonly used by the developers of anti aging skin care products, and other cosmetic formulas.
The cosmetic industry generally tries to conceal the fact that a great many of these chemicals have been branded toxic or carcinogenic due to the results of scientific studies. One cannot allow these substances to accumulate inside them, and expect to remain healthy for very long.
You must make it your mission to seek out only those formulas that truly qualify as natural skincare products, but you also must look for certain ingredients even among these creams and lotions.
All organic compounds will provide you with the antioxidants you need for reducing the effect free radicals have on the skin. Only a few select ingredients do what is necessary in order to reverse the effects of tissue and polymer loss.
Before I explain to you what it is you need to look for I need to make one thing very clear, and it is that natural skincare formulas featuring collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid won’t help you.
The cosmetic companies have made billions of dollars from the fact that the majority of consumers don’t know that these three substances cannot be absorbed. They are far too dense, and cannot be broken down to make them more readily absorbable.
A combination of the protein complex/enzyme fusion Cynergy TK and specially developed coenzyme Q10 compound Nano-Lipobelle H EQ10 will spark a tremendous increase in natural collagen and elastin production.
To shield your tissues and polymer from the destructive force of enzyme groups you need Phytessence Wakame kelp extract and grape seed oil. These compounds keep the collagenase, elastase, and hyaluronidase enzymes at bay.
These are the ingredients that a natural skincare formula needs in order to be effective, and you would be wise to take advantage of what these powerful compounds have to offer.
Natural Skin Care Products are Gaining Popularity
Sunday, June 20th, 2010
Natural skin care products are starting to become more popular according to recent surveys. The traditional versions are still outselling them by a huge margin, but at least people are learning more about reading labels and being picky about what they put on the outside of their bodies.
We owe a debt of gratitude to the Environmental Working Group, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and other consumer groups for letting us know about loopholes that allow US cosmetic manufacturers to put unlimited amounts of chemicals in items that are sold as “health and beauty aids”.
Because there is a lack of federal law concerning the subject, a few states stepped in to help out. Washington State recently banned phthalates from skincare products designed for children. California now requires cosmetic companies to report to the state whenever they include an ingredient that can cause cancer or birth defects.
But that type of legislation is slow-moving. Right now, it is up to the consumer to learn about ingredients, read labels and investigate manufacturers.
A lot of people think that by shopping for only natural skin care products, they don’t have to take the time to read the label of ingredients. That is not the case.
Some naturally occurring ingredients are allergens or irritants. They can cause irritation, redness and itching. Essential oils are an example.
When it comes to anti-aging ingredients, the alpha and beta hydroxy acids are naturally occurring acids found in fruit. Salicylic acid is found in certain kinds of tree bark. It is the compound from which aspirin was created.
While those mild acids are naturally occurring and relatively safe, they burn. Feeling the burn might be a good thing for bodybuilders, but it is not good for the skin’s health.
When natural skin care products or the chemical-filled kinds cause burning, the reaction is due to the body’s inflammatory responses. Inflammation is a function of the immune system designed to protect the body. But, the inflammatory chemicals released during the process will degrade the skin’s collagen fibers.
Collagen fibers are responsible for the skin’s firmness and elasticity. They are replaced on a fairly regular basis until we start to get a little older. As the replacement process slows down, we start to see sagging and wrinkles.
Depending on your age, you might not be too worried about those things. But, the sooner you start trying to make an effort to avoid them, the better off you will be.
Some natural skin care products have gentle anti-aging activity. Instead of causing inflammation, they actually prevent it. They feel good going on and as the days go by, they work to stimulate collagen production, instead of causing the collagen you have to degrade.
One of the compounds to look for is called Functional Keratin. You can find it in deep cleansing masks, soothing eye serums, anti-aging facial creams and body lotions.
Just be sure to fully evaluate the so-called natural skin care products on the market before you buy them. Compounds that burn are not good choices.
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