The Benefits of Natural Skin Care

Your skin is as unique as you are and everybody has different requirements when it comes to skin care. It can be a little overwhelming choosing the right cosmetics from the thousands now available and there is so much to consider when picking the right product. Unfortunately, the last thing many people think about is what actually goes in to your cosmetics, when in actual fact this should be one of the most important things you consider.

Skin is the biggest organ on the human body and it makes up 15-20% of our totally body weight. It’s kind of a big deal. So it’s really important that your skin receives proper nourishment and care, both from what you put into your body and from what you put on to your body.

Skin Care Ingredients to Avoid

Many cosmetics on the market are made with a slew of synthetic chemicals and many of these are currently under scrutiny for their possible risk to human health. You’ve may have heard of some of the culprits; triclosan, sodium laurel sulphate, mineral oils, petroleum and parabens, a long list of synthetic chemicals that are thought to have links to a number of diseases including cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. While the links are yet to be proven, scientific studies continue, and we can say without doubt that many of these chemicals can cause skin irritation and discomfort – not very practical for skin ‘care’ products.

How to Take Good Care of Your Skin

So, what can you do about it? How can you avoid these chemicals without ditching the cosmetics? Well, I’m glad you asked. Don’t give up cosmetics, proper skin care is necessary and it makes you feel great, both of these things are important. But by proper skin care I mean natural skin care. Cosmetics made from botanicals; plants, herbs, essential oils and good old fashioned water. These cosmetics are made with healthful, living ingredients that provide your skin with essential nourishment and care in a gentle and safe manner. They’re extremely effective at cleansing, moisturising, anti-aging and beautifying, often even more so than their synthetic alternatives, but they’re gentler, kinder and less likely to irritate skin.

In short, the benefits of natural skin care are:

• They’re full of healthy, nourishing plants and herbs, ingredients that in many cases are safe to eat, providing your skin with much more beneficial nourishment.
• Natural cosmetics are gentle, they’re unlikely to contain skin-irritating synthetic chemicals and fragrances and the chances of an allergic reaction are lower.
• They’re very effective at what they do. Whether that’s cleansing, moisturising or acting as sun screen. In fact many synthetic chemicals are formulated to replicate natural ingredients; but synthetic chemicals are widely used because they are much cheaper to produce.
• Natural skin care is infinitely kinder to the environment than its synthetic counterparts. Many synthetic chemicals are known to have detrimental effects to our environment; some examples are Propellants, Triclosan and Mineral Oils. These chemicals are all commonly used in commercial cosmetics.