Why use Natural Skin Care Products?

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Why use Natural Skin Care Products?

The natural skin care market is booming? Is this just another gimmick or are there some good reasons for a proliferation in new natural and organic products and brands?

There are 2 main advantages to using natural skin care products. Firstly as a good proportion of products applied to the skin is absorbed into the body there is a concern over the long term health issues associated with non-natural products. Secondly skin care products are generally disposed off through our water system giving rise to potential environmental problems.

Concern over long term health issues

Current safety testing looks for immediate reactions such as skin redness, rashes or stinging. It does not look for potential long-term problems in humans or in the environment.

Parabens are in almost every cosmetic product and a lot of foods and drinks. Even many so-say 'natural' products contain parabens, as manufacturers try and claim that their parabens are naturally derived. Whether a paraben is natural or synthetic doesn't matter, as it ends up being the same chemical, a paraben and is therefore as oestroginic as any other paraben.

Secondly, the parabens in cosmetics are often mixed with other ingredients like penetration enhancers to encourage the skin to absorb the product (including the parabens) being applied, which is then often left on the skin to be absorbed rather than washed off.

There are a whole host of other chemicals that are used in for various skin care products in which the full effects on the human body as yet are unknown. These include SLS, synthetic fragrances and petrochemicals amongst others.

Environmental Issues

Most consumers are aware of the damage caused by fertilisers and pesticides, but are unaware of the pollution caused by household products flushed down the drain.

Toiletries such as shampoo, deodorant and even perfume and toothpaste, which are all washed down the drain after baths and showers, can contain harmful chemicals that hang around in the water environment for a long time. These chemicals can also build up in the bodies of wildlife and some cause reproductive problems.

When we wash our hands, shower our bodies or clean our teeth invariable the water goes down the drain. But all the drainage points in our house - sinks, toilets, washing machines and baths - drain into sewers; this wastewater flows to treatment works where it is treated then returned to the water environment: our lochs, rivers and seas. Unfortunately the treatment works do not remove all of the chemicals in the water and some of these chemicals accumulate in us and in the environment.

In order to avoid these concerns the advice is to use skin care products from one of the many natural and organic brands available in the market.

For a great selection of natural and organic skincare products visit Beautiful Pure

~HealthCrazed.com

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