Lets talk about “all natural” skin care products.

The movement towards all natural skin care products is gaining momentum. And for good reason. And so many women who are new to this area of the anti aging industry are now trying to work out which are the best all natural skin care products.

Because there is a growing realization amongst consumers that our skin care products as well as our cosmetics and many personal and beauty products contain potentially harmful ingredients.

A quick example, a recent study found lead in over 50% of big brand lipsticks tested.

And whilst it’s good to look better or have better skin or use a nice smelling soap or deodorant or other personal product it’s not as important as guarding your health. After all, who wants lead in their system?

As this is becoming more well known skin care manufacturers are recognizing this trend towards natural skin care and anti aging products and natural cosmetics, soaps and much much more. The are recognizing it and looking to enter the market.

It’s no coincidence that L’Oreal has recently bought The Body Shop, a huge seller of all natural personal products.

So back to skin care. Firstly lets ask ourselves what “all natural” means. First thing to note is that there is no formal definition of “all natural” when it comes to skin care products, or cosmetics or other products.

All natural is a general term. It can mean what you want it to mean and so one “all natural skin care” line may well have ingredients in it that are suspect to some people.

Read more about this, and the problems caused by the lack of industry standards about what “all natural” means, by clicking here.

So if there is no formal definition of “all natural” what do we do? Well lets consider why we’re looking for the best all natural skin care products in the first place.

We’re looking because we want to use the best skin care products that are SAFE to use. We don’t want to use any products that may pose any risk to our health in the process of using them.

So once we recognize this we can use this information to find what we want. We want the best all natural skin care products that are SAFE to use.

How do we find these? Lets look at how we determine if a product should be safe. There is a website called the cosmetic safety database. It considers the health risks inherent in a wide range of cosmetics and skin care products and more. It rates the potential health risks of various ingredients in these products.

For example go here and search “parabens” and see what you get. A list of the various parabens used in products, and their considered risk potential to health. So you can actually search the various ingredients used in products and see what risks they pose, though of course these are hotly debated by the mainstream cosmetics and skin care industry.

And then you can go to the Campaign For Safe Cosmetics. They have a “Compact” that any company can sign that pledges that company to making products that are free of dangerous or suspected dangerous chemicals.

And if a company has signed that compact it should make the safest, natural, and effective skin care products. You can search this compact for any company name to see if they have signed. Do so here.

Try searching some of the big brand name companies and see what you get. Nothing.

So there’s a process that you can go through to find great natural skin care products from a company that has publicly evidenced it’s commitment to product safety by signing the compact.

When we get asked to recommend the best all natural skin care products the answer is simple. The products from Xtend Life.

They are a signatory to the compact,  and have an extraordinary commitment to product safety and quality. When they started their natural skincare products line they asked their scientists to produce skin care products that were safe enough to eat.

And we know from all the testimonials we see from satisfied customers that their products work better than the big brand skincare products. Xtend Life actually offer you a money back guarantee on the quality of their products, something extremely rare in the skin care industry.

So hopefully that’s given you an insight into how to find the best all natural skin care products. There are excellent, and safe, skin care products available. Read the rest of this entry

Here’s some tips to finding the best skin care products that work for you.

There’s hundreds of skin care lines available, and for many women finding the best skin care products isn’t easy. You may know what it’s like, try a product, it doesn’t seem to do much, you’ve wasted your money and you move on.

Finding great skin care products is like finding a needle in a haystack. It can take a long time and it can sting, in your bank account. Because many skin care lines are extremely expensive and you can use them for some time before you decide that they really aren’t working for you.

Before all else we always suggest one important thing. One factor that you ought to consider before all others.

Believe it or not there are many skin care products that contain ingredients that are suspect to your health, potentially dangerous with extended use, and which in one case is “known to cause cancer”.

Is this news to you? If so you’re in good company, so many women don’t even consider the possibility that their skin care products (and cosmetics and many other personal, beauty and body care products) have ingredients in them which are less than ideal for your body.

Why? Usually because they are cheap to make. There are some excellent companies making natural skin care products that don’t contain these types of ingredients, and their products work extremely well.

We have written about this before, if you’re interested in finding out more about this read our article about dangerous skin care products.

There is a huge movement worldwide towards natural and safer products, including skin care and anti aging products. Why else would L’Oreal, the largest skin care company in the world, buy The Body Shop except to get into selling more natural and safer products. They can see the movement worldwide.

The next step to finding the best skin care line for you is to recognize that many skin care lines don’t do very much, so if you aren’t seeing a visible difference in a relatively short period of time, move on. You’re probably wasting your time. Stop spending your money unless you see a difference. Give it say, 3 months, then give it a miss.

That’s not to say that there are no good skin care products, in fact it’s quite the opposite. It’s just that there are so many women who use their products on trust, trusting that they are doing something even if they can’t see it.

If you can’t see it move on.

Finally we have a suggestion to make. The company that makes what we consider the worlds best skin care products give you an opportunity to try their products RISK FREE because they offer you a guarantee.

They know that there are many women who are sceptical of the claims made by many anti aging companies, and who are tired of spending their money without any visible result. So they offer a MONEY BACK GUARANTEE so women can try their products risk free. If you don’t like the products for any reason you can get your money back.

These are natural skin care products with no nasty ingredients.

That’s putting your money where you mouth is. And as it’s so rare in this industry to get a money back guarantee it’s worth noting. If their products were no good they would be inundated with refund requests. They aren’t.

And their products are good enough to produce a visible difference. Like we say, if you can’t see a difference it aint working. Read the rest of this entry