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.
So first lets talk about why so many consumers are now turning to natural skincare 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.
This is clearly true. A good example is Phytessence Wakame. This is a seaweed that has fantastic properties for optimum skin health. It is found around Japan and is eaten by the Japanese and is one of the big secrets of why Japanese women have such great skin.
A second example is Shea Butter, the oil from a tree found in Africa called the Shea tree. It is a very good natural moisturizer. There’s many more examples of naturally occurring substances that are very good for your skin and as good, often better, than the ingredients found in mainstream 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.
I have also written extensively about the dangerous ingredients that can be found in skin care products and cosmetics, (and some so called natural skin care products too).
So there are what I consider the 2 major reasons why people are turning to more natural alternatives. So it would seem that natural skin care 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.
We demand safe and effective products.
Do all natural skin care products contain only safe and effective ingredients? No sadly.
But there is a way to work out which products are safe and effective and I’m pleased to say that there are some very good, effective and safe natural skin care products that are well worth using.
The company that makes the best natural skin care products lists all the ingredients on it;s website and has also signed the Compact For Safe Cosmetics.
That’s persuasive. I’ll tell you the name of the company on my website.