A new study links chemicals in cosmetics with hormones in teenage girls.

It’s not news to you if you’re a regular reader of this website that mainstream skin care products and cosmetics contain dangerous ingredients.  We’ve talked before about the nasty ingredients and chemicals in cosmetics. However here’s a new study.

It links cosmetic use with dangerous chemicals that may disrupt the hormones of maturing teenage girls. The Environmental Working Group tested the urine of girls aged between 14 and 20 and found that there was chemicals from 4 families of chemicals in EVERY sample tested.

The chemical families are Phthalates, Parabens, Musks and Triclosan.

And some of these chemicals have been linked to possible disruption of hormones in girls.

So really there’s a giant trial going on to see if these chemicals found in cosmetics and skin care products are dangerous to the hormonal development of our daughters, and everyone else who uses cosmetics and skin care products. It’s unregulated and no one really knows what the results will be, but if it turns out that having these chemicals in our cosmetics is dangerous to our children, (and of course us too) then it’s too late.

Luckily there are both safe cosmetics and safe skin care products available using natural non toxic ingredients. Luckily too, they work extremely well and are very price competitive.

Click the links top right to find out more about safe natural cosmetics and safe effective natural skin care products. More on Cosmetics And Teenage Girls Spells Danger

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Everyone associates anti aging with looking good.

Anti aging, it’s a bit of a buzz word really. However it’s not entirely clear what anti aging is really.

Is anti aging really just about skin care? Is it just about looking younger? Well, less old perhaps, short of cosmetic surgery or botox there’s not a lot you can do to look younger, just to slow up the process that ages our skin.

There we go again. Talking about the look of our skin. That’s really only a part of anti aging, there’s a lot more to it than that.

Our philosophy is that anti aging is just that, a philosophy. It’s a total approach to life that makes the most of what we have in life, and health.

To make the most of life we need to be healthy. To live life to the full we need to be healthy. To age slowly we need to be healthy. To look our best and have great looking skin we need to be healthy.

Anti aging is about health, including skin health. It’s about making sure our bones aren’t being weakened by osteoporosis. Making sure we aren’t getting diabetes from too much sugar in our diet. Making sure our insides are healthy by drinking plenty of water, eating plenty of fruit and vegetables and taking top shelf nutritional supplements.

Anti aging is about getting plenty of exercise so we are fit and healthy and ready for anything that comes our way. More on Anti Aging Isn’t Just About Skin Care

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Everyone wants a good skin care tip. Here’s one about water.

We’ve written before about the importance of drinking water in your diet. And as we’ve been asked for some good skin care tips we thought we’d offer a few tips. One actually.

Now of course there are some excellent skin care products available, and we personally believe that the best skin care tip is to use Xtend Life natural skin care products. However as well as using good skin care products there are other things that you can do to improve your chances of having youthful looking healthy skin.

We’ve talked about the importance of your diet. You need to be eating plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables along with those other less healthy things in your diet to increase your intake of vitamins, minerals, fatty acids and other important substances found in plants to increase the overall health of your skin.

And we’ve talked about the importance of exercise to your skin health. It does a number of things that are very beneficial to your skin, like improving your blood circulation.

And both an improvement in diet and more exercise are great skin care tips, because they improve your overall health whilst improving your skin health too.

However here’s today’s number 1 skin care tip. Water.

Firstly it’s important to drink enough water. Some suggest 8 glasses a day. Whilst we don’t subscribe to the counting method you ought to be including regular glasses of water to your daily routine. Skin hydration is very important, and whilst water isn’t the only factor in skin hydration, it’s very important. Drinking enough water every day is important to your skin health.

And we offer water as our skin care tip for the day for a particular reason.

Everyone seems to think that it’s important to drink bottled water now. Sales of bottled water have skyrocketed over the last few years, and it seems that everyone needs to be seen with that brand name bottle of water.

We personally haven’t been so taken by the bottled water craze, preferring regular old water, after hearing a number of reports that many bottled waters are no better, or worse, than water taken from the faucet.

Here’s a study you might find interesting. Find it here, a study on bottled water by the Environment Working Group.

This study found contaminants in EVERY brand of bottled water tested. Some contaminants exceeded state limits on contaminants in bottled water. Bottled water contained, on average, 8 different chemicals.

And they point out that although you’re paying up to 1900 times the price for bottled water it may be no better for you than water from the hose.

That’s not to say tap water is perfect of course, but it sounds like bottled water is no better.

So, skin care tip for the day? Drink plenty of water, and don’t drink bottled water. More on Hot Skin Care Tips. Get Top Quality Aqua.

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And you’re general and overall health is vitally important to your skin too.

You’ll see that, although we talk a lot about skin care and skin health, our website title is natural health. There’s a reason for that.

You see everything in your body is related. You can’t have soft, glowing, radiant looking youthful skin if you’re general health is terrible, your hair is limp and lifeless and your nails are dull and weak.

Because your hair, skin and nails, or at least the health and look of your hair, skin and nails, are all related to your general health.

Get healthier generally and your skin will look much better, your hair will look better as well as your nails. Because your skin, hair and nails are just organs of your body that happen to be visible, and they reflect what’s happening inside.

If your body is lacking in nutrients like vitamins, minerals, essential fats and amino acids, and more, then your skin, in fact all visible parts of your body, will show less than optimal health too, because it’s not just your inside organs that are lacking, it’s your whole body.

That’s why we stress the importance of overall good health and nutrition as well as the use of high quality skin care products.

And as well as producing fine quality skin care products, Xtend Life produce a range of health and nutritional supplements which, if taken regularly, will promote overall health as well as skin health.

Their flagship nutritional product is called Total Balance, and it’s not a skin care product, it’s a nutritional product. However despite this many people who use Total Balance report dramatic improvements to their skin health, and the look of their skin.

And also improvements to the health and look of their hair, and nails.

Less skin blemishes and less lines and wrinkles, and a more youthful looking skin. And that’s just from taking Total Balance.

Imagine how much better they could make their skin look taking Total Balance as well as using the Xtend Life skin care products, as many do. More on Hair, Nails And Skin. They’re All Related To Your Health.

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(And make sure you read our page about Natural Skin Care, it's quite an eye opener about modern skin care products.)