Natural Skin Care Blog

Be prepared to be shocked. Our skin care products and cosmetics are dangerous.

Over the life of this website we have sought to alert our readers to the dangers of modern skin care products, cosmetics, personal and beauty care products such as shampoos, soaps and deodorants and much more.

And we have also sought to publicize the work of organizations such as the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics who are tirelessly working to publicise the dangers of modern personal products.

Unfortunately in the US so many personal products such as skin care products and cosmetics and much more contain chemical and petrochemical ingredients which are risky to your health and in some cases are known to cause cancer.

And our government does nothing about it.

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics has now released a hard hitting must see video about the dangers of modern cosmetics and skin care products and in fact virtually all personal and beauty products, (unless you choose very wisely).

We bring that video to you  here.

Remember, skin care and cosmetics companies can pledge themselves to producing only safe products using known safe ingredients, so it’s entirely possible to purchase SAFE (and extremely effective) skin care products using known safe ingredients. They can do this by signing the Compact at the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics.

In our view the skin care products of Xtend Life are the best, and safest, skin care products by far. The company has signed the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics compact, and produces extremely high quality, and safe, skin care products.

Here’s the video.
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Can eating foods that help improve skin elasticity in aging skin actually improve your skin health?

The quick answer to this question is yes and no. Sorry to be confusing. However we’ll explain further.

There’s no doubt at all that what you eat directly affects the condition of your skin and how well it ages. Eating a good diet rich in anti oxidants and vitamins and minerals is essential to optimum skin health and the look and feel of your skin.

You need to follow all the advice that you read everywhere about eating to stay healthy. Lower intake of fats, particularly animal fats, higher intake of fresh fruit and vegetables and lower intake of salt and sugar. What is good for our body generally is good for our skin. No doubt.

But there are many people who think that there are miracle foods that help improve skin elasticity in aging skin and which help slow the skin aging process. And to some extent that’s true. But actually producing the result you want, namely to improve your skin health and the looks of your skin simply by eating isn’t as easy as you might expect.

Lets look at 3 examples of foods that help improve skin elasticity in aging skin.

1. One of the good fats that help improve your skin health is omega 3. You’ve probably heard of omega 3, it’s a fatty acid found in, amongst other places, oily fish. It’s good for your heart, it’s good for your health generally and it is also very good for your skin.

A diet high in omega 3 fats is well worth it, for your overall heatlh as well as your skin health. However it is quite difficult to ensure adequate levels of omega 3 in your diet unless you regularly eat large quantities of oily fish. In some cultures this happens all the time. But in ours the right types of fish isn’t a huge part of our diet, and is very expensive.

2. Phytessence Wakame. Now unlike omega 3 there is a good chance that you’ve never heard of phytessence wakame. It’s a seaweed and is found around the coast of Japan, and is cultivated by the Japanese. It is a large part of the Japanese diet, both fresh and dried, and has been for centuries.

And it’s no coincidence that Japanese women have the worlds best skin right into old age. And science knows why this is, it’s because of all that seaweed they eat right throughout their lives.

There’s a range of reasons why phytessence wakame is good for skin elasticity, but there’s no need to explain the benefits of phytessence wakame further, we’ve written about phytessence wakame here before, suffice to say it’s one of the best things you can do for your skin.

To read more about phytessence wakame read our article on Japanese skin care secrets.

3. Sorbitol. Sorbitol is very good for your skin and is found in grapes and berries, plums and pears and seaweeds and algea. It helps the skin retain moisture and so acts as a natural moisutizer.

There’s many more foods that contain ingredients that are beneficial to your skin, but you might see what we’re getting at here.

It’s extremely difficult to put together a diet that will really make a lot of difference to your skin purely from what you eat. Certainly there’s no doubt that eating a healthy diet is extremely good for your skin, but just trying to eat foods that help improve skin elasticity in aging skin and offer other skin care benefits is like trying to catch a cloud. It’s very difficult.

And in many cases the active ingredients in come foods can actually be better for your skin when applied directly to your skin, rather than eaten.

So what do you do if you want to improve your skin elasticity? (And there’s no doubt that skin elasticity and improving skin elasticity is essential in the fight against wrinkles.)

What you can do is to use the best natural skin care products that contain all these ingredients in one easy to use product.

Most big brand skin care products tend to contain chemical ingredients manufactured in a lab, usually as these are much cheaper than natural ingredients. But it’s quite possible to get skin care products with the ingredients mentioned above, and lots more. Read the rest of this entry