| If you wanted 100% pure skincare solutions, how | | | | The word "holistic" means considering the "whole" |
| would you go about finding them? What do you know | | | | person, rather than just one area of the body, such as |
| about holistic skincare? What do you know about | | | | the skin, because every aspect of the human body |
| environmental toxins that affect the health of the | | | | affects every other aspect. Mental stress negatively |
| whole body, as well as the appearance of the skin? | | | | affects the appearance and plays a role in acne and |
| Briefly, let me tell you about some of the things that | | | | eczema. Fragrances in our personal care products can |
| everyone needs to know. | | | | negatively affect our moods and our mental balance. |
| You are probably seeing more and more organics in | | | | A 100% pure skincare product may contain any |
| the supermarket. Farmers that provide organic | | | | number of chemicals and added fragrances. There's |
| produce must certify that they do not use chemical | | | | no way for an individual to test for contaminants like |
| herbicides, pesticides or fertilizers. | | | | herbicides and pesticides at home. We have to rely on |
| But, when it comes to 100% pure skincare, looking for | | | | the manufactures to perform testing and provide truly |
| organics won't help you. In fact, it could hurt and that's | | | | holistic skincare creams, but most of them don't. |
| not what holistic skincare is intended to do. | | | | I do know of one company that truly attempts to |
| You see there are a number of organic sun-screening | | | | provide 100% pure skincare by testing each batch and |
| compounds (including oxybenzone and benzophenone) | | | | buying only from reliable sources. They don't use any |
| that have been shown to increase the amount and | | | | synthetic chemicals, artificial preservatives or added |
| activity of free radicals within the skin's cells. When | | | | fragrances. |
| free radicals get out of control, they damage the | | | | They use natural vitamin E, an effective preservative, |
| cellular membrane, the protein complexes that hold the | | | | in their whole line. They use cold-pressing, rather than |
| skin together and eventually DNA strands, which can | | | | refining, to provide essential oils that maintain all of the |
| lead to the formation of a cancer cell. That makes | | | | health-giving qualities found in the naturally occurring |
| those sunscreens "probable" human carcinogens. | | | | botanical. |
| Holistic skincare involves the avoidance of carcinogens, | | | | It is holistic skincare, because there is nothing in them |
| environmental toxins and synthetic chemicals, | | | | that could do any harm to any part of the body. They |
| whenever possible. Toxins and chemicals penetrate | | | | are hypoallergenic, can be used to soothe and relieve |
| the skin's outer layers and enter the bloodstream. | | | | inflammation. They prevent free radical damage and |
| They end up getting stored in the body's organs, | | | | help repair cellular damage. |
| primarily the liver, kidneys and bladder. Every time that | | | | They are more like nutritional supplements than |
| we are exposed to them, we increase our risk of | | | | cosmetics and that's what makes them effective for |
| cancer. | | | | practically any skin condition. When I think of 100% pure |
| Holistic Defined | | | | skincare, I think of their products. |