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    Home » HEALTH » Natural Living

    The Safer Chemicals in Health and Beauty Products

    Published: May 6, 2009 / Modified: Mar 1, 2020 by: Karen Lee / This post may contain affiliate links. As Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. /

    This is the final part of the Toxic Chemicals in Health and Beauty Products. Now that the "bad guys" have been revealed here and here, in this final part, I want to share with you the good guys for you and where you can look for them the next time you shop for health and beauty products.

    The Safer Chemicals in Beauty Products

    Ascorbic Acid – Vitamin C
    Keeps products from spoiling, stimulates production of collagen, which slows as you age, and minimize fine lines.

    Butyrospermum parkii – Shea Butter

    Provides easily absorbed moisture and can also heal minor blemishes and reduce inflammation.

    Cera alba – beeswax

    Helps make products more uniform in texture. It also allows skin to heal in moisture naturally and has antibacterial properties.

    Hyaluronic acid – sugar compound that occur naturally in skin cells
    Boosts firmness and combats aging and wrinkles, and plays a role in cell turnover, which promotes radiant, healthy skin.

    Panthenol – Vitamin B5
    Offers deep penetrating moisture to heal and fortify skin and hair. Additionally, it may heal repair skin tissue and fight certain types of dermatitis.

    Retinol – Vitamin A
    Boosts long-term hydration, penetrates deeper layers of the dermis to improve texture, and also aids in evening out mottled pigmentation.

    Tocopherol – Vitamin E
    May slow the aging process by fighting free radicals and protecting skin against sun damage. It can also help smooth out skin overall.

    Here are Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. I hope you know a bit more about what's in our health and beauty products so you can make a sound decision on what to put on your skin.

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    1. Alaska says

      May 16, 2009 at 12:39 pm

      I have heard so many great things about these products ! haircut salons I would love to try them out.

    2. Sheryl Karas says

      May 06, 2009 at 4:15 pm

      Thanks for this series of articles. It's an important topic for us all.

      Sheryl Karas
      http://healingcommunication.blogspot.com/

    3. Bliss Mistress says

      May 06, 2009 at 1:28 pm

      Thanks for talking about this! It's amazing some of the stuff that is is common brands of lotions and creams. Gross!

      And thank you so much for including our Vita-Skin lotion. We added Red Raspberry Seed Oil which we LOVE as a "good guy." It has high proportions of Vitamin A, Vitamin E, omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. It's also high in alpha linolenic which is great as an anti-inflammatory. That means (and I won't make any drug claims about my products here!) that it may be helpful in battling common skin problems. It may even screen some UV-B and UV-C rays!

      We love and use almost all of the "good guys" on your list here and have to whole-heartedly agree. Well done!

    4. Dr. Karen says

      May 06, 2009 at 1:17 pm

      Ha ha ha.......I'm really laughing now. Thanks for the compliment! I actually learned a lot from this posting/reporting. I hope people will learn from this as well.

    5. Vivi says

      May 06, 2009 at 1:13 pm

      Check out Lois Lane over here with all the eco investigative reporting. Way to go. Keep up the great writing.

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