| Nature is good. Nature provided the human race with | | | | as moisturizing the skin or peeling off layers of dead |
| everything it thought it could need, and continues to | | | | skin cells. Natural products, because of these methods |
| provide humanity with most of its needs. Whenever a | | | | and the similarity of the chemicals found in them, are |
| product is labeled as being natural, it is automatically | | | | just as likely to cause irritation as synthetic products. |
| assumed to be better than its artificial counterparts. | | | | Also, just because a number of natural beauty |
| There is a common belief that natural beauty products | | | | products claim that they are hypoallergenic does not |
| are better than their chemical opposites, or are less | | | | mean that they are hypoallergenic. There is also no |
| likely to cause side effects, or are better for the skin. | | | | guarantee that they are as effective in preventing |
| Whether or not this is actually true is something that | | | | acne outbreaks as a synthetic drug that might cause |
| most people who use natural cosmetics don't bother | | | | allergic reactions. |
| to verify by talking to a medical professional. That, in | | | | Natural vs All-Natural |
| the end, would be the fundamental question on this | | | | Some also point out that natural and all-natural are |
| matter. | | | | different from one another. Anything with the label |
| Are natural beauty products inherently better than their | | | | all-natural, by virtue of legal and medical regulations and |
| pharmaceutical counterparts? | | | | restrictions, is likely to have gone more rigorous, |
| The actual answer is no. A chemical, whether made in | | | | stringent testing than other products. There are rulings |
| a lab or extracted from some obscure Tibetan herb, is | | | | passed down from various authorities that dictate that |
| still a chemical. Yes, it is true that some people find | | | | any product that uses the label natural as containing |
| natural beauty products work better for their skin and | | | | 70% natural ingredients. Claims of being holistic may be |
| their bodies, but that does not mean that it will be the | | | | inaccurate, largely because holistic medicine takes |
| same case as everyone else. The one thing that | | | | everything into account and focuses on specific |
| neither synthetic cosmetics, nor their natural | | | | treatments for specific patients. By nature, |
| counterparts, pay too much attention to is that no two | | | | pre-packaged natural beauty products being sold on |
| individuals have the same skin. Things like sensitivity, pH | | | | the market are not made with a specific patient in |
| balance, and tolerance can all vary from person to | | | | mind. |
| person, with even the slightest difference making one | | | | That is not saying that natural products are useless, |
| cosmetic worth and trigger an adverse reaction with | | | | however. Just as some skin types and variables can |
| another. | | | | make a conventional cosmetics fail, some natural |
| Some chemists point out that many of the compounds | | | | products can also fail. The ultimate decider of whether |
| found in plant and herbal extracts are the same things | | | | a person should use natural beauty products or |
| that can be found in conventional beauty products. It | | | | synthetic ones comes down to one very simple |
| just happens that they're from different sources. | | | | determining factor: if it works without causing any |
| Natural beauty products also usually rely on the same | | | | undue or unpleasant side effects. |
| principles that their conventional counterparts do, such | | | | |