Posts Tagged ‘moisturizers’

Is It Really Possible That Your Anti Aging Products Are Damaging Your Health?

December 1st, 2009 Peter Clark

Ralph Nader has said that “Over the last 100 years, the rate of cancer in the U.S. has sky-rocketed from 1 out of 800 people diagnosed, to 1 out of 3 today. Are you Wondering why?” Is it possible the reason is that so many ingredients found in anti aging skin care products, cosmetics and other personal products could be dangerous?

There’s no doubt that many of the ingredients found in so many personal products including skin care products that we use on our skin today are suspect or dangerous. This isn’t confined to the skin care or personal products industries, it is true of so many of the products that we use today including many we eat.

Here’s an example. One ingredient that you should avoid in anti aging and skin care products. Mineral oil.

Mineral oil is a byproduct of the distillation of crude oil and is therefore a petrochemical product. If you buy baby oil you’re buying pure mineral oil, sometimes with a fragrance added to it.  Read more...

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Why Do Sheep, Seaweed And Skin Care Go Together?

December 1st, 2009 Peter Clark

You’d be forgiven for thinking that modern cutting edge technology would be producing high-tech ingredients at the cutting edge of skin care science to produce high-quality and more effective antiaging products. However the reality is that the reverse is the case and there are many ingredients which have been known for centuries to be good for your skin which are, or should be, found in the best skin care products to produce the optimum health for your skin. Seaweed and sheeps wool are 2 examples.

The obvious question is what does sheeps wool and seaweed have to do with skin care? In fact for centuries there has been a seaweed skin care link, because for centuries Japanese women have known how to use seaweed for good skin care.

Seaweed, and in particular Phytessence Wakame, a particular type of seaweed found around the coast of Japan, has been eaten by the Japanese for centuries. And it is no coincidence that Japanese women have some of the best looking skin in the world as they age. And the Japanese have known about the seaweed skin care link for a long time.

Phytessence Wakame has always been prized for its properties in promoting better skin health.  Read more...

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Should We All Be Worried About Mineral Oil In Moisturizers?

November 27th, 2009 Peter Albertonach

If you use a moisturizer right now is there mineral oil in it? Should there be mineral oil in moisturizers, and if there shouldn’t why not?

Mineral oil is derived from crude oil, in other words it’s a petrochemical product. It is a by product of the process of producing petroleum products. It is used in many skin care products and anti aging products, cosmetics and much more. Mainly because it is extremely cheap. You may also know it as white oil.

It may surprise you to know that many ingredients in big brand skin care products are also derived from oil.

According to the Cosmetic Safety Database mineral oil is used extensively in skin care products, anti aging products and cosmetics. It lists 454 different moisturizers that contain mineral oil, so chances are very high that the moisturizer that you use will have mineral oil in it.

And if you have a baby you’d know mineral oil really well, though it’s called baby oil, which is 100% mineral oil with a fragrance added.

And there’s more from the Cosmetic Safety Database. They say that mineral oil is linked to allergies, cancer, toxicity in biological systems in the body and irritation of lungs, eyes and skin.  Read more...

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Are The Best Anti Aging Products Really The Best?

November 25th, 2009 Peter Geraldson

Women who are beginning to see the first signs of skin ageing on their face often spend so much time searching for the very best anti aging products on the market.

Those glossy advertisements or seductive television advertising seem so convincing. Those anti aging creams or anti aging moisturizers just have to be good.

However for anyone searching for the best anti aging products there is a question to ask yourself before you decide whether or not those seductive skin care products work well. The question to ask is are those skin care products safe to use?

The reason is that there is a massive range of chemical ingredients that are found in in almost all of the big name skin care products you might even be using right now. Oof those ingredients is named Propylene Glycol and it’s Propylene Glycol that I would like to tell you about today.

You may have some Propylene Glycol in your car right now because it’s the principal component of antifreeze that goes in car radiators. The EPA suggests that people working with Propylene Glycol wear protective clothing including gloves and goggles to avoid it coming into contact with their skin.  Read more...

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All Natural Skin Care. What Does It Mean And Why Should You Care?

November 25th, 2009 Peter Albertonach

Are you getting older and are you noticing your skin aging? This happens to everyone and when it does our thoughts usually turn to better skin care. I want to examine the problems with modern skin care products and anti aging products and to consider why you might be well advised to choose all natural skin care products the next time you purchase.

Using anti aging products is meant to be a positive to your life, not a negative. They’re meant to be good for you, by reversing skin aging problems that you see with age including wrinkles, age spots, lines and skin sagging and more.

But unfortunately for many people the use of anti aging products is not a positive but a negative. There are many people who suffer negative health and skin reactions to the use of anti aging products, including skin problems like eczema and allergies. I research these types of problems because I saw it happen to a member of my own family.

And the reason for this is simple, and it does not apply to all natural skin care products.  Read more...

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Moisturizing. The Ingredients You Find In Your Moisturizer Are Crucial To Which One You Buy.

November 25th, 2009 Peter Albertonach

Could it be possible that the moisturizer that you may have used this morning is dangerous? How could a moisturizer possibly be dangerous? Isn’t it just a product intended to moisturize our skin?

There are many chemical and petrochemical ingredients found in moisturizers, as well as a wide range of other personal products such as cosmetics, bath and beauty products. Examples include mineral oil, an extremely common petrochemical derivative and sodium lauryl sulphate.

Usually these chemical ingredients are used in skin care products such as moisturizers that so many women use because they are incredibly cheap. Mineral oil is the perfect example. Mineral oil is cheaper to buy than it is to dispose of.

There is an organisation called the Environmental Working Group which maintains a database of ingredients used in these sorts of products. This is called the Cosmetic Safety Database and provides information on the massive range of chemical ingredients used in so many of our personal products, including moisturizers.

If you search sodium lauryl sulphate at the Cosmetic Safety Database you’ll see that it is linked to cancer, organ system toxicity, developmental and reproductive toxicity, neurotoxicity skin irritation and more. You’ll see similar concerns if you search mineral oil.  Read more...

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What Do Skin Proteins And Cynergy TK Have To Do With Skin Care?

November 25th, 2009 Peter Geraldson

With age our skin starts to lose some important components which, when we were young, all combined to produce healthy skin. But with age our skin starts to lose some essential qualities such as skin elasticity. Elasticity kept our skin supple and firm when we were young, but with loss of elasticity with age our skin gets looser, starts to sag and forms wrinkles. There’s 3 essential skin proteins that contribute to the elasticity called keratin, elastin and collagen.

Keratin is a protein which forms very strong fibres and is found in our skin as well as parts of our bodies such as a hair and nails. Keratin is very tough and makes up a large part of the epidermis. This contributes to skin strength and waterproofing, and forms an almost plastic layer on the outer part of our skin. Keratin is actually a family of proteins rather than one.

The outer part of your skin is mainly comprised of dead cells, containing keratin, and these help our skin retain moisture and help protect it. By increasing keratin levels in the skin it is able to produce new cells and this in turn increases its ability to protect itself.  Read more...

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Are There Good Reasons Why You Should Use A Natural Moisturizer?

November 24th, 2009 Peter Albertonach

The fastest growing segment of the anti aging skin care market is natural skin care products including natural moisturizers and there are good reasons for this. So many people are turning to natural skin products that are safer and more effective than so many of the regular mainstream skin care products that you may know well now. Lets see why you should use a natural moisturizer.

Modern skin care products including many well-known moisturizers and other anti aging products contain petrochemical and chemical ingredients. A good ingredient to highlight is mineral oil.

Mineral oil comes from crude oil and is a petrochemical product which is found in hundreds if not thousands of moisturizers. If you search the cosmetic safety database you’ll find that mineral oil is linked to allergies and immunotoxicity, cancer, skin irritation and bioaccumulation and more. The one reason mineral oil is used in so many anti aging products is because it is extremely cheap.

It has no moisturizing properties and it is simply intended that it coat skin with a thin film of oil thereby preventing moisture loss. Whilst this is effective it also exposes the user to the health concerns previously mentioned and clogs the pores of the skin increasing the risk of acne and reducing the ability of the skin to eliminate toxins through the pores.  Read more...

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How To Find The very Best Anti Aging Eye Cream.

November 21st, 2009 Peter Geraldson

The first place that skin ageing becomes noticeable, for many women, is the eyes. Wrinkles and fine lines, sometimes called crows feet, form around the eyes and you first start to notice puffiness and skin sagging under the eyes as well as dark circles. And for this reason, because the eyes are the first place to show the signs of skin ageing, the first anti aging product that you should consider is a high quality eye anti aging cream.

There are a range of causes of eye wrinkles, eye puffiness and bagging under the eyes. Some of these causes are unique to the skin around the eyes and some are the same causes that result in the signs of skin ageing over your entire face. An example of one of the causes of skin ageing around the eyes is a decline in the ability of the skin to drain fluid and as a result fluid builds up under the eyes causing bags and puffiness.  Read more...

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The Search To Find Natural Face Skin Care Products

September 29th, 2009 Peter Albertonach
by Peter Albertonach

Traditional skincare creams tackle this problem by putting collagen and elastin in the bottle. However it has for some time been known that collagen and elastin cannot enter the skin. However you still see collagen and elastin on the label of the bottles because it helps sell lots of bottles.

He is very quick example. A study recently on lipsticks found that there was lead in over 50% of brands tested. Lead it isn’t good your health. It accumulates in your body and can lead to a range of health consequences. And yet many big name in care and cosmetics companies are using ingredients such as this in their products. Of course they say that there are only small amounts of lead however I would prefer to see no lead at all. In countries in the European Union lead is banned in lipsticks.

And it’s not just lipstick. It also applies to other products including face skin care products. Many use ingredients that are suspect to your health or even “known to cause cancer”. It isn’t just lead.  Read more...

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