The Cosmetic Safety Database is one of the best resources you have.

We’ve talked before about the Cosmetic Safety Database. It’s a website where you can search to see if any particular personal product or ingredient in a personal product, such as a skin care or anti aging product, is safe to use.

Today we’ve decided to put up a video for you to actually see how to do this. It’s not difficult but for some it might be a little daunting and so seeing it done is always the best way to get started yourself. Just follow the same process that you see in the video.

This is the first in a series of videos about how to use the Database. Over the next few days we’ll be adding more, telling you about how to search individual products as well as how to search individual product ingredients, and even product manufacturers.

As we say in the video however, you can’t rely on the results of a search 100%. There are always shades of gray in these things. There are always data gaps, meaning that all of the data is not available. And it’s astounding the number of new chemicals that are used in these types of products that haven’t been tested for human safety, so no one even knows if they are safe or not. That’s a data gap.

But it’s about the best place to start if you’re worried about the possible health risks of some personal products that you may be concerned about buying or may use now. Use the information as a starting point to more research, and if you see a score of 7 or above consider using a safer alternative unless you can see powerful reasons to stick with that particular product.

But for the moment the Cosmetic Safety Database is the best tool we’ve got to find out more about the possible health risks of so many personal products.

Enjoy the video, we hope you find it instructive.

Here’s the link to the Cosmetic Safety Database.

And if you’d like to find out which skin care products we consider to be both the safest, and the most effective, click here.

The ingredients of skin care products is a hot issue. What are all natural skin care ingredients?

Gradually consumers are beginning to realize that the ingredients of skin care products (and cosmetics and other facial and beauty and body care products as well) are not necessarily that good for you.

We’ve talked about this before. About how tests have found lead in lipsticks, about phthalates in skin care products and parabens in skin care products. About how many teenage girls have elevated hormone levels linked to the cosmetics they use.

Gradually consumers are realizing that mainstream skincare products are  not necessarily that good for you, and most don’t work. They don’t work because the skin care companies use chemical ingredients that are cheap, instead of natural and organic ingredients that cost a lot more but are safe and work better.

Natural skin care ingredients are much safer for a number of reasons. Firstly they are derived directly from such places as plants, seaweed and the wool of sheep. Many are classed as organic and are even certified organic ingredients.

This alone doesn’t guarantee that these all natural skin care ingredients are safe. There can be numerous “natural” substances that are quite dangerous.

However the company that makes the best natural skin care products in the world actively guarantees that their products are made from natural ingredients that are proven to be safe. How can they guarantee this?

By signing the Compact For Safe Cosmetics Pledge.

This is a pledge that a company can sign with the Campaign For Safe Cosmetics that pledges the company to use only known safe ingredients in their skin care products and other body care products.

So any company can objectively evidence their commitment to product safety.

And product quality, because natural skin care ingredients work way better than chemical ingredients, but because they’re much more expensive the big brands won’t use them.

What are these ingredients found in natural anti aging products and organic skin care products? Ingredients like Aloe Vera gel and extracts from the Japanese seaweed Phytessence Wakame, known for centuries for it’s skin health properties.

Or how about extracts from the wool of sheep that actually help your skin replace it’s own collagen and elastin supplies.

Or how about Babassu oil from the nut of the Babassu tree with magical moisturizing qualities.

You get the idea, the best natural skin care products in the world list every single ingredient in their products at their website, including what it is and why it’s good for your skin.

If natural skincare ingredients are more expensive why aren’t these products very expensive? (They’re actually quite cheap)

Because the company doesn’t spend megabucks on TV advertising with megastars that don’t use the products. They don’t advertise at all, so you may well have never heard of them. But their products are stunningly effective, and they’re guaranteed with a money back guarantee.

See if the company that makes the products you use now has signed the pledge or offers a money back guarantee. Read the rest of this entry