The Benefits of Truly Natural Skin Care

We are all concerned about our health and wellbeing, the environment and climate change. Today it is not enough to choose products that make us look good. We must choose products that are also good for us and the environment. Choosing skin care products and make-up, mostly made with natural and organic ingredients, together with paying attention to what we eat, how we manage our priorities and stress and exercise regularly are essential in order to achieve beautiful and healthy living for us and our family.

Mass-produced skincare contains so many chemicals may cause or worsen skin concerns, such as acne, eczema, sensitivity. Minerals, Detergents and other chemicals are only used to make the products look good, smell nice and last for years. It is suggested that, typically, women use around twelve beauty products and toiletries in a day (cleanser, toner, moisturiser, soap/shower gel/exfoliating scrub, body lotion, foundation, mascara, eye shadow, lip stick, blusher).

Because our skin is our largest organ and plays a vital part in our immune system, whatever is put onto our skin is absorbed into our bodies and, soon enough, makes its way into our lymphatic channels. This means that we can expose our skin and ourselves to up to 175 different chemicals, absorbing around 2kg of chemicals each year! Most of these compounds are absorbed easily by the skin, yet the body has no way of ridding itself of them. The toxins remain in our intestine and eventually get spread through the body and can damage organs throughout our body.

Further reports from the institute of Child Health at University College London have suggested that using body scrubs and strong soaps on the skin could be behind a recent rise in eczema, asthma, hay fever and rhinitis, because the chemicals strip natural oils from the skin.

There are also increasing medical studies showing the connection between illnesses, such as chronic headaches, cancers, breathing disabilities, hormone disruption and chemicals.

Why? Because our body will generally recognise the structure of anything that comes from nature and utilise its components without issue. But, the introduction of unnatural synthetic and chemical substances into our bodies (that our bodies do not recognise) can cause distress, triggering serious damaging reactions not only to our skin but also internal organs.

How to choose the right natural skin care

It is enough to check the ingredients on the back label and avoid products that contain chemicals.  Also, you must check the percentage (%) of herbal ingredients and avoid the products that contain herbal ingredients in low concentration.

For example, if the natural ingredient is listed towards the end of the ingredients’ list, it means that the concentration of that natural ingredient is very low. Alphabetic listing also needs to comply with this order.

If you want to find out more about Ingredients of Truly Natural Skincare Products, visit our Natural Ingredients page.