All Natural Skin Care Ingredients. Do They Matter?
Posted on July 1, 2009
Filed Under Skin Care |
The ingredients of natural skin care products don’t matter as long as they work. Is that right? Are natural skin care ingredients irrelevant as long as the products work? Lets have a look at this as I saw that exact comment recently on a skincare website.
I dont care whats in it as long as it works.
Why is there such a consumer movement towards natural skin care products? There seem to be 2 reasons.
1. That there is a slow realization amongst consumers of skincare products that there really are naturally occurring substances that are extremely good for your skin.
Theres now no doubt about that. In the past I have talked about Phytessence Wakame for example. This is a seaweed found in Japan that has extraordinary properties that are excellent for skin health, and this is one of the major reasons why Japanese women have such good skin. They eat the important ingredient.
Or perhaps Shea Butter, the oil from the nut of the African Shea tree, one of the best moisturizers around. And theres many many more examples of natural skin care ingredients that are as effective, and in many cases better, than the ingredients used in mainstream big brand skin care products.
2. And consumers are finding out that there are often suspect or dangerous ingredients found in big brand skin care products, usually because a chemical alternative is way cheaper than the more natural alternative.
It’s not news to some that there are chemical ingredients in some skin care products and cosmetics and there are even some found in so called natural skin care products as well.
So if you consider those 2 reasons why so many people are turning to more natural skincare alternatives it would seem that the ingredients DO matter.
So it would seem that the natural skin care ingredients found in their products is what is driving people towards safer and more effective alternatives.
Consumers demand safe and effective products now.
But sadly not even all natural skin care products contain safe and effective ingredients.
The good news though is that there are some excellent, safe and effective natural skin care products around.
The best natural skincare products are made by a company that clearly lists all the ingredients in it’s products on it’s website and is also a signatory to the Compact For Safe Cosmetics.
That is pretty persuasive. Find out who they are on my website.