| In this day and age, there is a backlash against | | | | yourself...and will do long term harm to your skin. |
| synthetic, unnatural, and drug based products and a | | | | Now, when it comes to effectiveness, you want |
| major shift toward the natural. | | | | science on your side because science can give us a |
| And I personally think this is a good thing, as natural | | | | high potency and also pioneer processes by which |
| skincare is best. However, we must also be careful. | | | | natural substances can be more readily-absorbed. |
| Nowadays a lot of products tout the "natural" label | | | | If, for example, there is a natural substance that is |
| when they are not, or will say "organic," just hoping to | | | | proven to have benefits for the skin, then extracts of |
| use the buzzword to increase their sales without ever | | | | that substance can be produced, which is a hyper |
| really specifying what they mean. | | | | concentrated version....and therefore, give you much |
| Also, we must remember that science is not a bad | | | | greater benefits. |
| thing. We may want natural skincare products, but | | | | If you take any type of nutritional or herbal supplement, |
| we'd be foolish to ignore what science can do to | | | | the same concept here applies. The supplements, |
| make the products as best as they can be, as long as | | | | particularly with the herbs, are made from extracts |
| that science does not come with substances that will | | | | which are much higher in potency. |
| cause us potential harm. | | | | One such natural substance you should look for, and |
| The kind of substances you don't want are anything | | | | which I personally use, is called phytessence wakame, |
| with parabens and fragrances in them. Unfortunately, a | | | | which is an extract that comes from a special type of |
| lot of skin care products have these in them. They | | | | Japanese sea kelp. In Japan this sea kelp is also |
| make the cream itself smell nice and who wouldn't | | | | consumed as part of a healthy diet, but now extracts |
| want that. Unfortunately, a lot of these parabens and | | | | are used in some elite skincare products because of |
| fragrances are known carcinogens. | | | | the amazing benefits phytessence wakame has |
| You must remember that natural skincare products | | | | shown when used on the skin. |
| are best, simply because anything you put onto your | | | | Increased suppleness and smoothness of the skin, as |
| skin is literally "eaten" by your body. What I mean is | | | | examples, has been shown to develop on human |
| that it passes through the pores and into your | | | | volunteers. |
| bloodstream and tissues. If your skincare product | | | | Other natural skincare ingredients like these are |
| contains these substances, you are slowly poisoning | | | | covered at my website. |