Natural Skin Care. What Is It?

We’ve talked about natural skin care, what does it mean?

Skin care products contain many ingredients, and it’s these ingredients that go into making up the product. A skin care products is the sum total of it’s ingredients. And natural skin care products are too.

Of course there are thousands of ingredients that go into making up skin care products, and many companies that make skin care and anti aging products, as well as lots of other personal products like hair care products, body care products, and all those other beauty, hair, body and skin products that we all use day to day.

And most don’t disclose what goes into their products, except as far as they have to put it on the label. And even then they disclose as little as they can get away with.

Unfortunately, however, many of these ingredients are not what we would call natural. They are chemicals, sometimes made in a lab, and sometimes a chemical produced as a by product of the manufacturing process.

Where the company manufacturing the anti aging and skin care products uses a chemical it does so for a reason. Perhaps it produces a hair color, or maybe it assists in hair removal, or maybe it does this, or that. Perhaps it’s just cheaper than using a natural alternative.

Bottom line for us though, is that many of these chemicals used in our skin care products are not good for out health. Here’s an example. Recent tests showed lead in more than 50% of the big brand name lipsticks.

The lead will be there for a reason, it will do something, and the companies that manufacture the lipstick don’t have a culture of paying attention to making safe skin care products or cosmetics. They just want to make products that sell, and if they are allowed to put lead in their products they will.

There’s many other examples, including chemicals called Phthalates that have been found in many skin care, beauty and common household personal care products like shampoos and hair products. Phthalates have been shown to have reproductive implications for human beings as well as other effects. But they are still in many of our personal products and aren’t listed on the label.

But as a consumer you have a choice, and you can choose to buy natural skin care products instead. Natural and organic skin care products are made from ingredients that are both naturally occurring and also are known to be safe for human use.

Here’s some examples of natural skin care ingredients used by Xtend Life, the best, manufacturer of natural skincare products in our view.

Shea butter. Extracted from the nut of the Shea tree from Africa, an excellent natural skin moisturizer.

Jojoba oil extracted from the seeds of the Jojoba plant, very high in good anti oxidants.

Grape seed oil extracted from the seeds of various grape varieties, high in important fatty acids and also full of anti oxidants, and also very effective as a skin moisturizer.

Phytessence Wakame, a Japanese seaweed. Very rich in essential vitamins and minerals, high in anti oxidants and with an enzyme that helps improve skin health.

Xtend TK extracted from the wool of sheep. Containing keratin, an important part of the makeup of skin, and important in the regrowth of collagen and elastin, both essential for skin health.

And many more. These are the type of organic, or natural, ingredients in the makeup of natural skin care products.

And it’s not just the ingredients of the skincare products that go into making up an effective and safe skin care regime. It’s also the philosophy of the company that makes the products that is important too.

Xtend Life have a commitment to making products that are safe enough to eat. That was their brief to their scientists making up the products, that as well as being the most effective on the market the skin products must also be safe enough to eat.

Try getting a commitment like that from Revlon, or Proctor and Gamble, or Christian Dior, or the company that sells the skin care products you are probably using now.

So there are a number of things that go into making up natural skin care products. It’s the ingredients found in the products, and where they are sourced, and it’s the philosophy of the company that makes the products. Read the rest of this entry

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As You Grow Old Do You Look Old?

What are the factors that can make you look older, or younger, than you should?

Everyone grows old, there’s no avoiding that. And everyone looks older as they grow old, there’s no avoiding that either.

However there are a number of things you can do to minimize the impact of growing old on both your skin and looks, and your overall health. And some of them impact all of these together.

What are the factors that contribute most to you growing old and looking like it?

There’s basically 3. And surprisingly, you genes isn’t one of them. Scientists have established that genetics don’t have as much impact on our looks, and on our general health, as we age. Genetics certainly do impact on specific medical conditions, but on our overall looks and health, not so much.

So what are the 3 most important factors to how well we age and hold our looks?

1. Lifestyle.

There’s no doubt that lifestyle issues are right up there. Lifestyle plays an extremely important role in both our overall health, and our looks, as we age.

And of course the 2 go hand in hand. If we’re fit and healthy then our skin looks good. If we’re in poor health, fat and unfit then our skin will reflect that. Our skin health is just a reflection of our general health, with the exception of maybe some specific skin conditions.

So, if you haven’t realized it already, you MUST stop smoking. That’s the number one lifestyle factor that is the worst for our overall health, and skin health.

You must also exercise. You don’t need to become the next olypian, but you do need to do at least some exercise each day.

2. Diet.

And you must concentrate on eating the right foods. Fruit and vegetables high in all sorts of vitamins, minerals and anti oxidants are all great for your skin. Pizzas, burgers and deep fried food not so much.

Diet relates specifically to your skin, as well as your overall health. Many of the essential ingredients of fresh fruit and vegetables are extremely important for your skin, and without them your skin will show their lack.

You also need to take the best health supplements you can too. Our food just isn’t packed with all the good natural ingredients now that it used to be as a result of intensive farming practices, use of artificial fertilizers, overfarming, picking fruits and vegetables for optimum transport rather than optimum health, and much more. Modern research has produced some seriously effective health supplements, you need to take them.

3. A Good Skin Care Routine.

Even if you do all that above you aren’t doing enough to ensure OPTIMUM skin health and looks. You’re certainly way in front of the general population, but it’s not the best you can do. If you’re interested in serious skin care then you need to use the best skin care products money can buy.

That doesn’t mean the most expensive, just the best, because in the skin care industry the best isn’t the most expensive.

Product pricing doesn’t relate to how good the products are in the skin care industry, and many of the most expensive do very little.

That’s it. Simple and in a nutshell. Simple but not easy we know. Giving up smoking isn’t easy, taking up exercise after a lifetime of no exercise isn’t easy.

But if you do these things, all of them, properly, over time you will be amazed at how much better your skin looks, how much slower you appear to age and how much better you feel too. Read the rest of this entry

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