Organic Skin Care Products

7 Important Things to Look For and Avoid in Organic Skin Care Products
By Valerie Rosenbaum

It seems like every time you turn your head, someone's gone organic. The same holds true for skin care. Organic skin care is getting very popular because more and more people are worried about what they put on their skin.

Using skin care products that contain chemical ingredients has been linked to a variety of health problems as well as bad skin. What is the point of spending time and money on skin care if you aren't going to get the results you want and you put your health at risk to boot?

Many people are going natural in order to achieve younger, healthier, and more beautiful skin. The only way to know whether the products you are using are truly natural or not is to look for some important characteristics. Here are 7 of them.

1. Only buy organic skin care products from a company that has signed the Compact for Safe Cosmetics. Any company that has signed this compact has pledged not to use any ingredients in their products that are strongly suspected of causing cancer or other health problems.
2. In organic skin care, the only way to know if a product is truly natural is to find out whether it is edible. Products that are safe enough to eat are safe enough to put on your skin because they get absorbed and enter your bloodstream.
3. Organic skin care products should contain a high concentration of active ingredients. Make sure that at least 50% of the product is made up of active ingredients because the active ingredients can only have a significant effect when they are used in high concentrations.
4. Look for organic skin care creams with active ingredients that combat the three causes of aging skin if you want skin that is younger looking and more beautiful. Ingredients like phytessence wakame, coenzyme Q10 in the nano-emulsion form, and functional keratin fight the three main causes of aging which are the loss of collagen, the loss of hyaluronic acid, and the damage done by free radicals.
5. Make sure the organic skin care products you are interested do not contain any synthetic chemical ingredients whatsoever. Avoid ingredients such as mineral oil, which clogs your pores and causes photosensitivity, acne, and more. Also avoid parabens, which can cause cancer and interfere with your body's endocrine system.
6. Make sure to use products that are compatible with all skin types. Gentle, effective products in organic skin care are okay to use on all skin types because they do not contain any harsh ingredients that can irritate sensitive skin. They also contain natural ingredients that balance sebum so your skin is never too oily or too dry.
7. Organic skin care products that contain an SPF factor should be avoided. You may have been trained to believe that products with an SPF factor are necessary if you want to prevent skin cancer but the truth is that the chemicals in SPF factors can actually cause skin cancer.

So what are you waiting for? Make the change and get started with organic skin care. Use this information to guide you in finding products that are effective, natural, and affordable. For more beautiful skin, go organic!

Dr. Valerie Rosenbaum is a dermatologist who specializes in aging of the skin. She has done extensive research on the many chemicals used in skin care products. For more information visit her website http://www.DefendYourSkin.com

Skin Cream

Expert Tips For Smooth, Healthy, and Beautiful Skin
By Alex Fir

Beauty of the skin starts from inside your body! Your skin needs fresh air, exercise, a proper diet, minerals and vitamins and it needs protection from the sun.

Many people just put skin cream on their skin, thinking it is going to make it soft and smooth. Skin cream on the skin feels soft and smooth, but if you want your skin to benefit from that cream, you need to dampen your skin first then add the cream. The cream will help retain the moisture in the skin.

Start walking and building up your muscle tone. Muscle tone will keep your skin from looking so saggy.

Keep your skin clean. Do not scrub your face. The face does not need scrubbing. And, neither does your back. In fact, the more you scrub on it, the more acne you can get and more trauma to your skin.

A warm face cloth with a non-chemical soap, patted. Then a good gentle rinse. You next dry your face by patting with a soft clean towel. You can actually not use soap on your face at all, especially if you have dry skin.

USE Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHAs) as a perfect exfoliate for your face. A good cream should last a long time and not be expensive. Use it at night when you wash your face before going to bed.

It is derived from fruit, milk and sugar cane and when used on the skin it helps remove the dead skin cells, which will give your face a much younger, fresher look.

Easy, effective and cheap ways to do a mask are:
Use an egg yolk and honey mask. Just mix one egg yolk with a little honey and spread it on your face and neck. When it dries, rinse it off. It makes your skin feel very soft.

Another one:

Use plain egg yolk. It is good for acne, too. Mix it up. Spread it on your face for 20 to 30 minutes. Rinse it off.

Another one:

Take plain egg white, beat up the egg white, and then spread it on your face until dry about 20 minutes, rinse off with water. This leaves your face refreshed and helps clean the pores. You can make masks of many things that are right in your kitchen, such as oatmeal. Grind it up. Mix it with some skimmed milk and let it dry. Rinse well. Milk can attract bacteria so you don’t want to leave it on your face.

Ancient Chinese Secrets from Ning Hua: Wrinkles Reduction

Two tablespoons of fresh cucumber juice and same amount of egg white (about one egg), stir well, and then apply on wrinkles every night after cleansing. In the morning, rinse off thoroughly using warm water. Keep using for a month, your skin will be firmed, your wrinkles will disappear.

Pigment Fading:

5 teaspoons fresh tomato juice with 1 teaspoon honey, apply on the pigment, rinse off thoroughly. Keep using for 10-15 days; your pigment will fade away.

Fruit Mask:

Juice apple, cucumber and pear, mixed with flour, add a teaspoon of water, and stir thoroughly. Apply after cleansing, avoiding eye and mouth areas, leave on for 20 minutes and rinse off thoroughly.