| I've done a bit more research to find the best selling | | | | free of chemicals. The market share in Germany is a |
| natural skin care moisturizer, so that I could tell you | | | | little higher at 4%. The researchers hope that the |
| about it. But, I seem to have run into a brick wall. | | | | market share will grow to 10% in the coming years. Still |
| Marketing companies conduct all kinds of surveys and | | | | that would mean that 90% of Europeans are |
| research concerning the industry. They just don't look | | | | seemingly not interested in the best selling natural skin |
| at individual or specific products. So, I really can't tell | | | | care moisturizer. That is surprising. |
| you which are the moisturizers most people are | | | | As you may know, many of the moisturizers on the |
| buying. | | | | market contain hazardous compounds. Practically all of |
| What I can tell you is that cosmetic companies sell | | | | them contain petrolatum or mineral oils, which are not |
| billions of dollars worth of products every year. | | | | moisturizing. They actually cause more problems than |
| Worldwide figures for major manufacturers reveal | | | | they cure. |
| that. Of course, most of them do not use naturally | | | | So the best advice I can give to you is to read the |
| occurring ingredients. | | | | label of ingredients, because even the terms "natural" |
| Statistics from the European Union indicate that natural | | | | and "organic" are not regulated by the US FDA. You |
| and organic cosmetic sales reached 1.7 billion Euros in | | | | can read their reports concerning the safety of |
| 2009. The forecasts for the industry were positive. | | | | cosmetics online. The advice the agency gives is the |
| The reporters expected sales revenues to get a little | | | | same as mine. Read the labels. |
| closer to 2 billion in 2010. | | | | While there is no way to tell what might be in the best |
| When you compare that figure to what a single | | | | selling natural skin care moisturizer, there are a few |
| non-natural cosmetic manufacturer does in a year, it's | | | | ingredients that I recommend. One is Functional Keratin. |
| a bit disappointing. I won't mention any names, but one | | | | Functional Keratin is a proprietary ingredient available |
| of the major cosmetic companies had total revenue | | | | from only a select few manufacturers. It is a naturally |
| amounting to 17.4 billion EU in 2009. | | | | occurring protein extracted from sheep's wool. The |
| The figures concerning the "chemically clean and | | | | company deals only with trusted farmers that do not |
| ethical cosmetics" are from the Organic Monitor's 2009 | | | | use pesticides, herbicides, hormones or other |
| edition of the European Natural Cosmetics Market | | | | chemicals. |
| report. There is no similar report for the US or Canada, | | | | Creams containing Functional Keratin have been |
| at least that I can find. | | | | shown to increase the skin's moisture content |
| Certainly some North Americans would be interested | | | | dramatically and provide many anti-aging benefits. This |
| in the best selling natural skin care moisturizer. But, the | | | | should give you an idea of what the best selling natural |
| percentage is probably very low. | | | | skin care moisturizer "should" contain. |
| In Europe, only about 3% of total cosmetic sales are | | | | |