Organic skin care sounds healthy, but isn’t quite what you may have expected. As a matter of fact, organic simply means that a product is free of artificial ingredients, petroleum-based ingredients or other unsafe ingredients.
Nevertheless, there are several ingredients that we don’t deem as natural that are commonly added to natural skin care products. For example, petroleum is considered a natural ingredient added to several natural skin care products, however, I can’t think of many people that would knowingly want to put it on their skin. Therefore, the best way of having a say in what goes on your skin is by learning how to spot noxious ingredients on the product labels.
Anti Aging Products Should Not Contain These Ingredients
Anti aging and organic skin care products should be able to help keep your skin looking young and healthy, however, not knowing which ingredients are good or bad can lead you to using products that can actually speed up the aging process and lead to dull skin and wrinkles.
Warning: Petrochemicals
This group of ingredients is derived from crude oil, giving it the name of Petrochemicals. These petrochemicals coat your skin and make it impossible for your body to eliminate toxins. Because it is difficult to eliminate toxins your body may experience dull skin, allergies, and clogged pores.
Don’t use anti aging creams that contain mineral oil, paraffin and petrolatum. This is especially true for people with oily or combination skin.
Stay away from Quats (Quaternary Ammonium Compounds)
Quats are used in conditioning products, but be careful because they have also been linked to antibiotic resistance. Try and avoid using products that contain benzalkonium chloride, cetrimonium chloride and cetrimonium bromide, among others.
Avoid Synthetic Colors
Synthetic colors are often made from coal tar and heavy metal salts. They are known to lead to eye wrinkles and dull skin. This happens because they produce free radicals which are damaging to the skin’s structure. In order to avoid exposure, do not use products that contain FD&C or D&C.
Stay Away from Sulfates
These components are usually found in soaps, detergents and cleansers. They are listed under the following names: sodium lauryl sulfate and sodium laureth sulfate. Sulfates dry out the skin and cause rashes, and in some cases have been known to cause ocular problems.
Not All Alcohols Are Good
Anti wrinkle creams should not contain alcohol because it dehydrates the skin and can lead to wrinkles. Alcohol can also lead to irritation and rashes, unless of course, the product you are using contains stearyl or cetearyl alchol. Both of these types of alcohol are acceptable ingredients in any wrinkle treatment cream.
All you need to do is invest a little time and research to find the ingredients that you should avoid. It’s not too much to ask when looking for the best wrinkle creams out there.
REJUVENATING CREAM is both a potent natural skin care product and an excellent wrinkles cream that is made with a perfect mix of two potent natural ingredients: snail serum and strawberry seed oil. This combination of potent natural ingredients makes REJUVENATING CREAM a gentle skin care cream that can safely be used on sensitive and dry skin.
- Aileen Fitzharris