Essential Oils in Natural Skin Care Products

Author: Cynthia Suzannebr
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What do you look for in your choice of anti aging skin care product? When you are shopping for anti aging skincare products, what are you looking for? Well, perhaps we should start with what you should not be looking for…or, if you are looking for these things, its because you want to know to avoid them.

First of all, no anti aging skin care product that you buy should contain mineral oil. Anti aging skincare products that contain mineral oil are bad news for you. Mineral oil often gets put on labels as paraffin wax, liquid paraffin, or petrolatum. Mineral oil is put into skin care products all the time because it is so cheap. It is also an officially approved substance because, since it makes your skin temporarily shiny and smooth-feeling, it must be good for you skin, right? Wrong. Used over time, mineral oil will clog up your pores, so that your skin cannot breathe and it cannot naturally eliminate toxins as it usually does. This will cause you to have acne flare-ups. Over time, mineral oil will also dry out and chap your skin, for it will become dependent on the oil so that its own natural moisturizing powers are diminished.

What else do you want to avoid in your choice of anti aging skin care product? Well, let me tell you that your selected anti aging skincare products need to be free of dioxane . This synthetic coconut derivative is also widely used in skincare products because, as with the mineral oil, it is easy to acquire and quite inexpensive for manufacturers to use. It is typically found in high concentrations in the form of 1,4-dioxane – readily and easily absorbed through the surface layer of the skin. Whats wrong with it? 1,4-dioxane is a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer. But it is not banned by the FDA, so it is permitted to be used, at least for now. If you use a skincare cream once in a while, dioxane is not going to give you cancer. But think about all the people who are using this substance on their skin day in and day out over extended periods of time!

Now, here is something that you probably think is totally innocuous to have in an anti aging skin care product: fragrance. Who doesnt like anti aging skincare products that help them smell good as well as look good, right? Guess again. A lot of fragrances are derived directly from ingredients that are known to be carcinogenic or toxic. Its crazy but its true. It used to be thought that your skin was nothing less than a protective barrier, biologically speaking, for your internal organs and arteries. Its true that it is, but…it is also porous. What you put on your skin, you are, in a certain sense, eating or drinking. Your skin is not intended to be purely a barrier. If you want to smell good, stick with your colognes and body sprays. They may contain toxic chemicals, too, but you only have to use so little at a time to get the scent you want that you dont need to worry. But leave the fragranced skin creams on the shelf!

Is there an anti aging skin care product that doesnt have any of this wicked stuff in it? Yes, there is. You just have to look outside the big advertising to find it!

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