Natural Skin Care

“Over the last 100 years, the rate of cancer in the U.S. has sky-rocketed from 1 out of 800 people diagnosed, to 1 out of 3 today. Are you Wondering Why?” (- Ralph Nader). Could this be because of something found in personal products such as anti aging skin products, cosmetics, personal and beauty products?

There’s no doubt that many of the ingredients found in so many personal products including skin care products that we use on our skin today are suspect or dangerous. This isn’t confined to the skin care or personal products industries, it is true of so many of the products that we use today including many we eat.

Here’s an example. One ingredient that you should avoid in anti aging and skin care products. Mineral oil.

Mineral oil is a petrochemical product which means that it comes from distilling crude oil. If you buy baby oil you’re getting a bottle of mineral oil.

Mineral oil is found in a wide range of anti aging products and skin care products and it is added to those products as a moisturizer. The reality is that mineral oil has absolutely no moisturizing properties of it’s own. Rather the intention is that mineral oil in anti aging products will cover the face with a thin film of oil on the skin that will help minimize moisture lost from the skin. And to some extent this is successful.

Have you ever heard of a Material Safety Data Sheet? A Material Safety Data Sheet is a document that lists essential information for anyone handling a chemical, including important safety information. Read a Material Safety Data Sheet on mineral oil and you’ll see that it says that mineral oil is are “suspected carcinogens of the skin and scrotum, larynx, lung and alimentary tracts” and that mineral oils “may cause eye, skin and respiratory tract irritation” and also that “pre-existing skin disorders may be aggravated by exposure”.

So mineral oil cause cancer and skin conditions.

That’s one of very many ingredients that you may find listed on the label of a bottle of skin care products or anti aging products that you may have on the shelves right now and may have even used this morning. How can it be that there are products available for everyone to buy that contain ingredients that are potentially dangerous?

The FDA isn’t required to protect us. It’s not their job to test how well anti aging products work or how safe they are for us to use. And of course big companies are known for their concern about the well-being of their customers. A fine example is the cigarette companies. If the company is allowed to use these ingredients then it will.

Many of these dangerous ingredients are found in our personal products like our skin care products because they’re cheap. The cheaper the ingredients the more profit that is made on the sale of the product. It’s well known that there are excellent ingredients that work extremely well to promote skin health but most of these are not used because they are expensive.

However some clever people have seen an opportunity here and have started small skin care and anti aging companies that produce excellent quality products, however because they put their money into product quality they cannot afford to advertise and compete on price. So you’ll most likely never hear about them.

I seek to inform readers via my website of the sorts of ingredients they should avoid when buying anti aging skin care products and others and point them in the direction of companies that make safe and effective alternatives.

Visit my website to find out more.

Visit Restore My Skin for more about the best Anti Aging Skin Products or more about the Best Natural Anti Aging Skincare.

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