The anti aging and skin care industries are huge. Millions or billions of dollars are spent by consumers on anti aging skin care treatments, and so there is big money to be made. And there are plenty of big companies in the anti aging and cosmetics industry that take advantage of this. The result is that many mainstream anti aging skin care products just don’t work. The cosmetics and skin care industry is quite unregulated in the US, and so the big cosmetics and skin care companies can put any product on the market without first proving that it works, and even without showing that it is safe for the people who use it. As a result there are many anti aging skin care treatments available that don’t work, and contain suspect, or known to be dangerous ingredients. But they sell in spades to cater to the desire of so many consumers to look younger, or at least to believe that they will look younger. And so there are hundreds of well known brand name products that promise all sorts of anti aging benefits everywhere you look. So, how do you navigate your way through all this to choose an anti aging skin care treatment that does work, and doesn’t contain ingredients that you should be scared of?Here’s how not to choose a good anti aging product. 1. Don’t buy any skin care products that include fragrances in them. Now of course everyone likes to smell good, and the cosmetics companies pander to that, by adding fragrances to their products. Apply the cream and smell good and look young all at the same time. There’s 2 problems. Firstly you won’t look younger because chances are the skin cream won’t make you look younger, though you may feel good about having used it. Secondly, fragrances are not good chemicals to put on your skin. Because that’s what they are, chemicals that smell good, and many of them aren’t that good for you. It’s the same with perfumes, for example, but if you apply a perfume it’s only a small squirt on one spot, it’s not massaged all over your face where it disappears, into your blood. So just use a perfume instead. 2. Don’t buy skin care creams that have collagen in them. Now this at first glance appears counterintuitive doesn’t it? Everyone knows that collagen, or the breakdown of collagen in your skin, leads to sagging and wrinkling of the skin so putting more collagen on must be good. Not necessarily. Yes it’s good to replenish the collagen, however collagen molecules are quite large and don’t really enter the skin. So rubbing it on might make you feel good, but doesn’t really add to the levels of collagen in your skin. The best way to improve the collagen levels in your skin is to stimulate the body to produce more collagen itself. However remember, the big cosmetics and anti aging companies are in the business of selling their products. If they put collagen on the label people buy it. And if they put it in a fancy bottle and get a good looking celebrity to say how much younger they look using it, then it will sell. Even if it doesn’t do anything for you. Even if it’s got suspect ingredients. It will sell. That’s marketing for you. Problem is, all this marketing is expensive. The good looking celebrity has to be paid, usually lots, the fancy bottles need to be purchased, and the advertising costs a bomb. So the anti aging skin care treatment that really doesn’t do much costs a bomb too. But that’s ok because people believe that if it’s expensive it must be good. So they pay anyway. So there is 2 things to avoid when looking for a good anti aging skin care treatment. There’s more but this is getting long. Does all this mean that you should give up on anti aging creams and products because they don’t work? Not at all. There are excellent anti aging products that work fine, produced from ingredients from plants that are safe to use. But they are produced by small niche companies that you’ve probably never heard of, who quietly produce high quality products at reasonable prices because they don’t pay the good looking celebrities and spend up big on TV advertising. That’s why you’ve never heard of them. If they started doing that their products would cost a bomb too. So don’t despair. I’ve given you some things to look for when buying an anti aging skin care product, and told you that there are excellent products available. Now it’s your turn to find them.
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November 3rd, 2009 
admin The skin is our largest organ, and yet, is that many of us forget to care for, and we should take. We sprinkled with perfumes, lotions and other beauty products, a staggering amount of chemicals, many of which were found to exist, which cause cancer (parabans as, for example). The best way to feed our skin is the same way we feed the rest of our body – from the inside, with fresh fruit and vegetables and plenty of good fats. In addition, there are several ways to keep your skin from the outside, the simple, cheap to feed, and all individuals: body brush: a wonderful way of body, ideal for your lymphatic system, nervous system and systems detoxification of the circulatory system, better dry brush once a day to three times per week, preferably before a bath or shower. With a natural sponge or a brush, and start at your feet. Brush towards the heart in a circular motion for five minutes. After a few sessions there is a more natural glow observed in the skin, increased vitality and a sense of strength, particularly if done in the morning. Masks: Our skin loves good food. Some beautiful masks that help nourish the face: for dry and sensitive skin: 1 / 2 avocado mashed and mixed with ground oatmeal. The fat in avocado nourishes the skin while oatmeal calm. For oily skin: a blend of French green clay powder, strawberries or blueberries act to remove impurities, skin, while the benefits are as necessary astringent. For normal skin: a Pina Colada for the face! crushed pineapple and banana wonders – the acid of the pineapple and exfoliates the skin while firming and calming the banana. Sea Salt Scrubs: exfolient These are still great for all skin types. Add a little almond oil to the salt keeps it soft and shiny. The salt helps to relax muscles and skin detoxification. Add the herbs, the vegetation is too great – calm, lavender, lemon or peppermint to strengthen, to heal a pinch of cayenne pepper on a cold day in heat, rosemary, calendula flowers, skin rashes or other skin problems . Repellent: As the approach of summer, our thoughts turn to how to prevent mosquitoes and their nasty bites. Bug repellents are literally more terrible for you. Prevention is the best natural shelter – less than 3 or 4 garlic capsules and 100 mg of vitamin B1 to create a scent that mosquitoes are to ensure the elimination of sugar and fruit juice, are designed to attract mosquitoes to reduce bullying. — The use of certain essential oils such as eucalyptus, lemon balm, pennyroyal, citronella, tea tree, geranium and makes effective insecticides. Just add a mixture of the above in a witch hazel water (3 parts water to 1 part witch hazel) solution and a spray bottle. Some doctors say that working with these oils as well as commercial insect repellent. Bathroom: Hot baths are very underestimated. Calm the skin, relax muscles and release tension from the body, mind and emotions. In addition, you can buy all sorts of wonderful things to add – the soft skin milk, sea salt to ease muscle aches, herbal tea such as lavender, mint, rose petals, chamomile, lemongrass, orange peel and leave you smelling sweet and entirely natural.
6 Tips for High Quality Natural Skin Care – for free
November 3rd, 2009 admin Products for natural skin care are top-seller in the market for skin care. More and more people that the substances are widely used brand of products for skin care is not good for us or our skin, and turned to natural alternatives, both products of skincare, haircare and cosmetics. Here are 6 tips for skin care that are wholesome, good-looking skin, free of charge. For though the best natural skin care and spectacular anti-aging products are effective, there is more to do not only use organic skin care. 1. Improve your diet. Whether he likes it or not, our diet affects our whole body and skin. Our skin is an organ of our body as any body, and like other organs, the skin can be unhealthy diet unhealthy. But as everyone can see your skin, is a very visible result of poor nutrition. This applies to all skin types, if you or oily skin or dry skin or any skin type, a poor diet on health and appearance of your skin. Skip the burgers and pizza for fruit and vegetables and your skin look better and be healthier. 2. Avoid big name brands of cosmetics and skin care. These products, including such things as hair care treatments, hair removal treatments, popular cosmetics, many care products for face and body and all they contain chemicals that are harmful to your health and harmful to the skin. Ironically, the products of skincare and cosmetics can cause actually cause skin problems. Your trash big brand products. The author has personal experience with this. My daughter is studying its traditional beauty of ballet for his first ballet concert a few years ago and immediately burst into a nasty skin reaction. Now we have our own (nature-have been) cosmetics for her and no repetition. 3. Do is to establish a regular exercise routine. Exercise improves blood circulation, and that's good for the skin, and the entire body. Exercise has many benefits, it is difficult to know where to start, and also belongs to improve skin health. 4. Always make sure a lot of beneficial essential oils in their diet. These include omega-3 fatty acids that comes from eating fish and some other foods. Omega-3 is good for your skin and your health. You may also be supplemented with the good omega-3-(natural), but if you are on a budget only to find out what foods contain omega-3 fatty acids and eating. Do a little research and find a good source of omega-3 oils and regularly in their diet. 5. Drink plenty of water. Your body and your skin needs to stay hydrated. If you do not drink the water that affect your overall health and healthy skin. Water is important for many things in your body, including skin health. 6. Home dry brush exfoliation. Sounds complicated, but it just peeled with a soft brush and brush gently dry the skin. Why would you want to brush the skin? The dry brush exfoliation helps remove dead skin cells, all of us on the surface of the skin. And not just brush the skin on the face or, you should brush your entire body. It is done by gentle brushing in small circles from the feet to the face. Dry brush exfoliation also helps improve blood circulation in skin and lymph system. There are 6 things you do for free to improve your beauty routine skin. In fact, you can even save some money, for example, fruits and vegetables are generally cheaper than burgers and pizza. And if the person performs the 6 things that improve your skin health over time, and you will see results. And your body will thank you with a general state of health improved. One last thing. If your big brand name products from skin care and cosmetics, and hair and face and body care products, discarded, you can find some high quality natural products skin care . They work better than big brand products (many of them) do nothing, and certainly not made of allergenic ingredients. Science is, responses to skin aging and skin health, and come from plant extracts, as some shea butter and natural keratin. Stay health, keep fit and keep your skin hydrated and do the same.