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Thursday 28 July 2011

Naturally Beautiful Skin

The skincare business is a multi-billion dollar industry, every week there seems to be a new product on the market to cure acne, or eliminate your wrinkles and shrink your pores - this is all well and good, but the question remains - what is it that you are actually feeding your skin, and eventually being absorbed into your bloodstream?

Your skin is the largest organ in the body and it has been estimated that the average women douses herself with 126 chemicals each day! What's more some believe that anywhere from 10 to 50 % of what you put on your skin may be absorbed into your bloodstream. So clearly what skincare product you choose is vitally important, which may be why so many new natural, organic, plant based products and natural preservatives are popping up on the market (Source: Go Vita).

This is a topic I am very interested in and passionate about - as I have battled eczema all my life - so always had to be careful what I put on my sensitive skin. After years and years of topical treatments, bathing in all sorts of lotions and taking supplement after suppliment - the bottom line is there are so many external and internal influences that can affect the skin condition - it really is to hard to pin-point just one. Merely walking through the Sydney CBD, you are exposed to so many chemicals and toxins that can affect overall health and as a consequence your skin. Some things are just out of our control, but there are some things you can do to take control of beautiful glowing skin, apart from of course diet.

Below is a list from Go Vita's monthly reference guide of not-so-good-for-you-chemicals to avoid in skincare products:
  • BHA (butylated hydroxyl anisole)
  • BHT (butylated hydroxyl tolulene
  • DEA (diethanolamine)
  • fomaldehyde (often claled formalin)
  • ingredients prefixed by benzyl, butyl or isopropyl
  • methylchloroisothiazolinone (this is the longest word I've ever seen)
  • mineral oils
  • paraben preservatives
  • paraffin
  • PEGs
  • phthalate (often listed as fragrance)
  • polyethylene glycol
  • propylene glycol
  • silicone oils
  • SLES (sodium laureth sulfate)
  • SLS (sodium lauryl sulfate)
  • triethanolamine
Go through your products and see how many of these bad boys make a guest appearance. It is quite remarkable.


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