| I was twelve years old when my mother finally | | | | be absorbed into the skin. Think about that the next |
| allowed me to wear makeup in public. At that age, it | | | | time you read the ingredients on the back of your |
| was more about feeling like a grown up than anything | | | | bottle of lotion. |
| else. But the habit has continued into adulthood | | | | Natural and organic beauty products are made with |
| because the true bottom line is that I love to look and | | | | only natural ingredients. Chemicals and dyes are left |
| feel beautiful. | | | | out, so there are no harmful agents for your skin to |
| A few years ago, a friend turned me onto organic | | | | absorb and even the most sensitive skin is less likely to |
| beauty products. Up until that point, I hadn't really | | | | be irritated. While natural ingredients do benefit your |
| thought too much about what I was actually putting on | | | | face, they are also much better for the environment |
| my face and body. I had a routine that stuck to on a | | | | than products from synthetic materials. You can feel |
| daily basis. Lotion from head to toe. A little bit of | | | | good about your impact on the environment as well as |
| eyeliner, and whatever lip gloss I had decided on that | | | | your face each time you apply that organic eye |
| week. I did all this without a second though of where | | | | shadow or lipstick. |
| the products came from or what they contain. Unlike | | | | Another reason to use these products is the small |
| organic beauty products, products made from | | | | amounts of SPF that are built in to organic beauty |
| synthetic ingredients can contain chemical combinations | | | | products protecting you from the harsh rays of the |
| that include aluminum derivatives, harmful antibacterial | | | | sun. It won't be enough to protect your skin on your |
| agents, and various pesticides. So, while they may get | | | | two hour rooftop tanning session, but it provides an |
| the job done of prettying you up, those man-made | | | | extra level of skin protection, which is always good. I |
| chemicals might be harmful when they are absorbed | | | | have also found that the organic beauty products that I |
| into the skin. I was fascinated to learn that up to sixty | | | | use show better on my skin and seem to last a lot |
| percent of ingredients from a typical body product can | | | | longer than synthetic stuff. |