Natural Skin Care Products

The Advantages of Using Natural Skin Care Products
By Cavyl Stewart

Interest in natural skin care products is on the rise. It seems like people are realizing that, just as foods free of additives and preservatives, are better for their bodies, skin care products that don't contain chemicals might be better for their skin.

What are the Benefits?

Using beauty products that are all natural, and don't contain any chemicals, comes with many benefits.

Some people are allergic to, or have bad reactions to, the chemicals used in many beauty products. If you can't use certain over the counter products because they leave your face feeling tight, or itchy, or sensitive, chances are you can find a natural product that has the same benefits without the unpleasant side effects.

Organic products are often the best choice for those with sensitive skin, who can suffer from skin irritation and even rashes when exposed to some chemicals.

Your skin will also absorb natural products more quickly, so they work faster, and you will see positive results sooner. The theory is that the body is more accepting of natural ingredients than it is of "unnatural" chemicals.

Common Ingredients

There are many common ingredients used in organic products. Here are just a few of them.

• Almonds are often used as an exfoliant, to remove dead skin cells.
• Aloe Vera helps to hydrate the skin. It also has healing properties, which can help those suffering from conditions like acne. Aloe Vera also has anti-aging properties.
• Like Aloe Vera, honey has many healing properties. Honey can also help unclog pores and remove dead skin cells.
• Cucumbers have astringent properties, which help tone and tighten the skin.

Where Can You Find Natural Skin Care Products?

Organic beauty products aren't hard to find. There are many companies that specialize in products made with natural ingredients. You can place an order online, or through a catalog, and have your purchase delivered right to your door. You can also find natural products in some stores.

Another alternative is to make your own products using the natural ingredients you can buy at your local grocery store. Making your own does take a little time and effort, and there might be some mess involved. But many find the benefits worth the effort.

Natural skin care products are not only safer and healthier than the chemicals found in many commercial products, but they are also effective. Once you give organic skin care a try, you will be amazed by the results.

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Organic Beauty

Juice Beauty Skin Care - Organic Beauty Solutions for Healthier, Younger Looking Skin
By Cavyl Stewart

The makers of Juice Beauty skin care products believe that leading a healthy, organic lifestyle doesn't just apply to the foods we eat. It also applies to what we put on our faces and bodies. And what we feed our skin should be as organic, healthy, nutritious and toxin-free as what we feed our bodies.

Using these organic skin care products will give you healthy, radiant, younger looking skin the natural way.

The Organic Juice Base

Not only are Juice Beauty products up to certified 95% organic, they are made with an organic juice base.

What does that mean?

Well, many products that are called "organic" are really only five percent organic, at most. The other ninety-five percent of the product is water. And this water base doesn't provide much in the way of added nourishment to your skin.

Juice Beauty products use an organic juice base. This base of organic fruit juices is not only packed with antioxidants but is much more nourishing to your skin than plain water.

Beauty products made with organic ingredients are free of toxic insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and fertilizers. Organic fruit, like those used in this skin care line, have more antioxidant benefits than non-organic fruit. And these antioxidants are essential to helping make skin healthier and more radiant.

Age Defying Ingredients

Only the best organic ingredients (like aloe vera, honey, plant oils, ylang-ylang, myrrh, blue chamomile, and raw cane sugar) are used to make these age defying products.

Ingredients are chosen for their age defying potency, and contain powerful antioxidants, essential vitamins like vitamin C, essential fatty acids, vital phytonutrients, and age defying hydroxy acids.

What You Won't Find In Juice Beauty?

The things you won't find in this skin care line are almost as important as what you will. Juice Beauty products don't contain any of the following:

• Artificial colors and dyes
• Harsh surfactants and sulfates
• Pesticides
• Petroleum and petroleum derivatives
• Phthalates and dibutyl phthalate
• Synthetic fragrances
• Toluene
• Toxic preservatives

All of the certified organic ingredients contained in these products meet the strict USDA organic guidelines.

There is absolutely no animal testing, and the ingredients are 100% vegetarian.

Who Will Benefit from Using Juice Beauty Skin Care Products?

Juice Beauty Skin Care will appeal to anyone living an organic lifestyle, who also wants healthy, younger looking skin. And, if you have been using other products, and are disappointed by the results, these healthy, natural products might be the answer you have been looking for.

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Body Scrubs

Spa Treatments: What's So Hot About Body Scrubs?
By Cherisa Chapa

"Receive a salt glow treatment and start looking and feeling great today," declares the advertisement. "Enjoy silky soft skin from our body scrub," states another. So what is special about these spa treatments? Depending upon what you are trying to achieve - everything.

What is a Body Scrub?

A body scrub entails using a granular substance mixed with a specific liquid with essential oils which will cleanse, exfoliate and hydrate by removing dead skin cells and moisturizing the skin. The primary base of the body scrub is usually Dead Sea salt, Epson salt, sugar, or baking soda generally mixed with massage oil, essential oils, honey, milk or milk-like product. Some spas or massage therapists will call their version of a body scrub a "salt glow" since the primary base of the scrub is a type of granular salt or combination of salts.

This scrub is then used on the body to improve circulation, stimulate the metabolic system, increases the body's ability to carry waste products for elimination, and assist with skin care issues. It also gives the skin a very healthy, vibrant look and a silky softness that is divine!

Preparing for the Scrub

The same medical precautions for massage are applied to a body scrub as it will have a similar affect to the body. It is highly recommended that if you have high blood pressure, that you not receive a scrub that has salt in the product as it could raise your blood pressure, or if you are a diabetic, a honey and sugar scrub since it could raise your blood sugar.

Scrubbing product variations could be made so that you will still be able to experience a body scrub. If you are in doubt about the body scrub product used, ask the massage therapist or spa coordinator regarding their particular body scrub and if it will be accommodating for you.

In preparing for your treatment, you will not want to shave any areas, such as your legs, on the day of your treatment. Otherwise, you may experience a stinging sensation to these areas when the product is applied.

Getting Scrubbed

In general terms, a basic body scrub can either be done in a wet room where the table used is designed to get wet or in a dry room where you generally get your massage. The type of equipment will depend upon the spa or massage therapist.

You will need to completely undress for a body scrub. However, your personal dignity will be protected by either disposable undergarments or the therapist will use towels or sheet placement to cover the areas not worked. You may be lying either on a sheet, towel, or a thin piece of plastic.

After the scrub, the therapist will either gently remove the remaining, unabsorbed scrub from the areas treated or direct you to a shower where you will be able to rinse off. You will not want to actually shower with soap since it will remove the oil residue from the scrub and ruin the treatment. Then you will return to the treatment room that has been prepared by the therapist to begin the portion of the treatment designed to moisturize your skin with a cream.

Enjoying your Scrub

You will notice after your receive your body scrub the difference in your skin. To preserve the 'glow' for awhile, you will need to refrain from activities that affect your skin such as go swimming at the beach directly after the treatment since the sand and sunlight will change your skin's exfoliation and hydration effects.

Also check with the massage therapist or spa coordinator concerning the after affects (if any) of the essential oils used in the body scrubs; such as restricting your sun exposure after your treatment to reduce light sensitivity and/or sunburn.

There are literally hundreds of body scrub products that are used by spas and massage therapists providing body scrubs treatments. Experiment, if you will, by receiving a body scrub at different establishments and then decide on your favorite.

If you have never received a body scrub before, I hope that you try it. It is an experience in pampering that is hard to duplicate, especially if you follow your body scrub with a therapeutic massage. Enjoy!

Cherisa Chapa, LMT is the owner of Nature's Paradise Spa where you can learn more about stress and tension reduction, pain management and injury recovery, and self-wellness and pampering information. We also offer advertising and marketing techniques for massage therapists. - Finally Pampering Just for YOU!