| What to hot dogs and makeup have in common? | | | | as oil, uranium, and gas that are natural too |
| It sounds strange but they do have a | | | | but you sure wouldn't use them to put on your |
| similarity. Have you ever heard the term | | | | skin! Choose products such as herbs and |
| animal by-products? | | | | botanicals either alone or within a group of |
| | | | them that are used in products that make |
| This is something you may want to pay | | | | sense! |
| attention to even if you are not a | | | | |
| vegetarian. | | | | Here are seven ingredients that you can feel |
| | | | comfortable using in an antiaging product: |
| You may or may not be aware, but it has been | | | | |
| known for a while that hotdogs have fillers | | | | 1. Vitamin C, Magnesium Ascorbyl phosphate |
| in them unless you purposefully purchase a | | | | |
| brand that clearly states it is 100% meat. Do | | | | 2. Alpha Lipoic Acid |
| you know what it means when "fillers" are on | | | | |
| a label of our food or even our cosmetics, | | | | 3. Kojic Acid |
| shampoos and lotions? Fillers and byproducts | | | | |
| are used interchangeably and are sometimes | | | | 4. Copper |
| the same thing, depending on the final | | | | |
| product they are in. | | | | 5. Alpha and Beta Hydroxy acids |
| | | | |
| Information found on the web describes animal | | | | 6. Peptides |
| byproducts as being developed in rendering | | | | |
| plants where "raw product" of dead dogs, | | | | 7. Peppermint |
| cats, heads and hooves from cattle, sheep, | | | | |
| and other farm animals as well as road kill | | | | Vitamin C, magnesium Ascorbyl phosphate is a |
| such as entire skunks, rats and wild animals | | | | biologically active form of Vitamin C along |
| are gathered for processing. The processing | | | | with collagen and elastin promotes strength |
| of rendering is basically to cook the raw | | | | and elasticity of the skin. |
| animal materials to remove the moisture and | | | | |
| fat. This cooking process creates a soup like | | | | Alpha lipoic acid is helps to increase skin |
| substance of grease that is then skimmed off | | | | metabolism to aid in generating new skin and |
| and sold. | | | | again encouraging that youthful appearance. |
| | | | |
| Guess what the number one customer of a | | | | Kojic acid is a skin lightening agent |
| rendering plant is? You guessed it! AMERICAN | | | | reducing appearance of long term sun damage. |
| COSMETIC COMPANIES! Yuck! Do you want that | | | | |
| stuff anywhere near you let alone on your | | | | Copper softens and firms the skin reducing |
| body when you lather on the lotion or wash | | | | appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. |
| your hair? Do you realize that your skin | | | | |
| absorbs everything you put on it in a matter | | | | Alpha and beta hydroxy acids wake up the |
| of seconds? If you don't believe that do an | | | | healthy skin cells and help reduce appearance |
| experiment on your own. Take a clove of | | | | of fine lines and wrinkles. |
| garlic and peel it and place it between your | | | | |
| toes. You should have the taste of garlic in | | | | Peptides improve skin roughness and less |
| your mouth within one minute! If you are | | | | appearance of depth of wrinkles. |
| allergic to garlic then obviously don't use | | | | |
| it but choose something else strong that you | | | | Did you know that peppermint helps to open |
| can use. | | | | your pores and allows them to be cleansed |
| | | | from the inside? This means that pores appear |
| If you deliberately put something on your | | | | to be smaller giving you a more youthful |
| skin and it gets absorbed, isn't it | | | | appearance? |
| reasonable to watch what it is that you use? | | | | |
| Educate yourself by reading labels and | | | | With the above listed ingredients in a skin |
| watching for key phrases such as "animal | | | | care line, whether it be body wash, facial |
| byproducts", "animal products", "fillers", | | | | products or even lotion, you can avoid the |
| etc. | | | | animal fat and byproducts that sure do not |
| | | | sound appealing to have on your skin. |
| Here is some positive information for you to | | | | |
| look for. Be careful not to choose a product | | | | Choose your products wisely! Educate yourself |
| just because it says "natural". That alone is | | | | on what is natural and healthy to use! |
| not enough. There are things out there such | | | | |