Author: Alayna A Friesbr
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Do you ever think about what is really in that pretty bottle you
purchase at the beauty counter? What ingredients make up your
skin care products?

I want to share with you about what some manufacturers are doing
to the skin care products. You may think your skin care products
are the best for your skin, but for the most part are bad and
they are doing little good for your skin. When you buy your
products to use in the comfort of your home, you may find that
you cant even pronounce the weird names on the label. You may
have no idea what they are and probably never heard of them in
your entire life. You believe it is okay to use these products
because you may have been told that the product is great for you
skin. You may have been told it will make you have flawless and
fabulous skin and it will make all your skin symptoms disappear.

But then when I found out what was in them, WHOA!!! By my very
own experience, I was shocked to discover the information I
found about the ingredients I was putting on my skin everyday.

Do you know that most of the skin care products on the market
today are full of crap?

I am sure what you discover will shock you as well. I personally
found a huge company, claiming their product was Dermatologist
recommended and that it wont clog pores. Then I turn it over to
read the ingredients, and found that it contains sodium
tallowate, otherwise known as animal fats. Animal fats are known
to clog pores and cause acne.

The Skin Care Industry has conducted surveys concerning natural
products. These surveys proved that customers prefer all natural
products on the market. There has been a heavy increase of
natural products on the market, which is good, but what bothers
me about this is many of these products are far from being
natural. They may contain some natural ingredients or essential
oils, but they still contain many harmful toxins and chemicals
such as parabens, sulfates, and urea. This can be very
misleading to you when you are out shopping for the best product
for yourself. Let me suggest you dont allow these skin care
products to go on your skin let alone in your body! You
understand that these products do get absorbed into your body
through your skin, dont you?

Many skin care products on the shelves are loaded with toxic,
harmful, synthetic ingredients and they are very damaging to the
skin, let alone your health.

Here are some others you have to watch out for…

EDTA (Ethylenediamine Tetraacetic Acid) is a preservative found
in skin care products. Its primary use as I understand is to
keep the product from experiencing changes in color and keeping
the product in tact. Which in and of itself does not sound like
a really bad thing, my problem with this acid is it can cause
redness of the skin as well as enable other toxic chemicals to
enter more freely into the bloodstream. Other known hazards of
this ingredient are that it prevents the regeneration of the new
skin cells.

Gycerin is a fake moisturizer that is derived from propylene
alcohol. It is in products claiming that they will hydrate the
skin, but it actually does the opposite. It steals moisture from
the inside of the body, so it will make it look like it
moisturizes and hydrates, but it really isnt moisturizing the
skin. Look for Vegetable Glycerin, this is an emollient
naturally extracted from vegetable oils.

Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHA) This is another one of those acids
that scare me. I say this because of the skin damage that may
result from long term use for exfoliation purposes. Continued
use for exfoliation, can break down the skins protective
barriers. I say this because I understand it takes more than
just dead skin cells off while exfoliating. In my opinion, if
you feel you need to use alpha hydroxy acids, do so at your own
risk.

Petrolatum this is an ingredient that can actually interfere
with the bodys own moisturizing mechanism and can lead to dry
skin and cracking. This ingredient is found in moisturizers and
lip balms to protect them from chapping and sunburn. The skin
can become sensitive to the sun if you use petroleum based
products. Think about it like this, what happens when you put
french fries in a fryer full of oil, they cook. Do you want to
cook your skin? If so, pile on the oil and take a walk in the
sun.

The manufacturers say that by using these petroleum based
products you can achieve amazing, moist skin, and the dryness
will go away. What you may find is that by using these products,
your skin tends to become drier than when you began using the
product and your symptoms may worsen. Your skin may have been
simply over exposed to the ingredient. It also promotes acne and
slows down normal cell development.

All of these synthetic ingredients I have discussed to this
point are found in most skin care products, so you may want to
look at your very own skin care products, and see if you
recognize any of those ingredients I mentioned, so you can see
what I am talking about. I really want to help you achieve
amazing skin, so here are some tips on how to read labels of
your products. If you dont want to believe me or you feel as if
this is not the case, then you can research the chemicals in
your very own products and see for yourself. Always do your
homework. Investigate and research the ingredients listed on the
labels of your products. We have the Internet today that has
tons of information and knowledge on everything. The internet
makes it much easier to do your research on an ingredient in
your skin care product. See, you have the answers right at your
fingertips, you just have to do the research so you can protect
yourself. You can get quick, fast answers that reveal the truth
about the products you are purchasing to care for your skin. I
see and hear advertisements all the time for skin care products
and they claim their product will give you healthy looking skin.
Dont you want beautiful and healthy skin? Find out more about
ingredients in skin care products and what they are really doing
for your skin http://www.ifyourskincouldtalk.com

Alayna A. Fries, Author If Your Skin Could Talk, What Would It
Say? http://www.ifyourskincouldtalk.combr
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