| Are you still purchasing all natural skincare products | | | | of them as possible. |
| from companies based in your own country? If you | | | | *Many other countries have much higher standards |
| are, then you may be missing out on using some of | | | | and regulations to meet than the U.S. does. |
| the best skin care products even created. This article | | | | The U.S. has the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) |
| discusses why it's such a smart idea to start using | | | | to regulate the skincare industry, but they are not as |
| natural skincare products from other countries. | | | | hands-on as other regulating bodies in other countries. |
| I'll be completely honest with you: As soon as I stopped | | | | Sure the FDA has a list of ingredients that cannot be |
| purchasing natural skincare products from U.S. based | | | | using in natural skincare products, but a product doesn't |
| companies, I started to really experience the benefits | | | | have to be FDA-approved in order to be marketing |
| of applying all-natural products to my skin. | | | | and put on the shelves. Other countries like New |
| Here are a few reasons why this is so true: | | | | Zealand, Japan, and many in Europe have much |
| *Most countries do not allow the selling of skincare | | | | stricter standards. |
| creams and lotions made in foreign countries. | | | | *Other countries have access to a much higher array |
| To promote the success of domestic companies, | | | | of natural sources to extract ingredients from. |
| many stores will not sell foreign skincare products. | | | | Some countries are just located in better areas of the |
| Instead of stocking the shelves with the products that | | | | world and they have access to more beneficial |
| are most effective, they stock them with domestic | | | | sources of natural skincare product ingredients. And in |
| products made by the most popular and well-known | | | | most cases, companies will purposely place patents on |
| name brands. For them, it's all about getting products | | | | the ingredients they develop so companies in other |
| for the lowest unit price possible and selling as many | | | | countries cannot use them in their products. |