Are Your Facial Products Safe? You Might Want To Check!

Parabens are found in most moisturizers and facial products,  shampoos and even in toothpaste. Look on the back of your bottles and you will be shocked at the ingredients they use.  Parabens are known to be a skin irritant to even those with “normal” skin. Commom parabens that you may find listed on some of your facial products are: methylparaben, propylparaben, ethylparaben and butylparaben. There are others parabens that are used, also, just look for ingredients that end in “paraben.” You will be amazed!

Although using just one product with parabens may not harm you, think about everything else you put on your body!  As you can imagine, the use of parabens chalk up quite quickly.  Whether you want to avoid parabens for health reasons or simply because the harsh chemicals irritate your skin, there are more and more products available out there for you to choose from. Right here at Nature’s Genesis you have options since we don’t allow a product to be featured if it contains parabens.

There are other alternatives that cosmetic companies could use for the perservative in their skin care products and cosmetics, but their opting for the cheaper route. Sadly enough, parabens are quite cheap to use.  Thankfully, there are more and more  consumers out there who are demanding safer, healthier alternatives, and more companies are responding to that call. You will find “paraben free” on more labels then ever before. As time goes on, there will be even more of a demand for safe, healthy,  all natural skin care products.

Next week we’ll continue along in this same vein. You won’t want to miss this.

Have a wonderful week,

Tracy

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Are Your Facial Products Safe?

Have you ever wondered what perserves your facial products? Why do they have such a long…….shelf life? Have you ever wondered about  the ingredient named “paraben?  Parabens are a preservative  added to prevent bacterial growth and increase the shelf life of a product, which means the company can keep the same product around for a longer length of time. As we all know this saves time, but ultimately  it saves MONEY.  Parabens have been a concern in the natural beauty industry for quite sometime. As you will, the concerns are legitimate.

Parabens may affect the male reproductive system and have been known to mimic estrogen hormones in the body. One scientific study reports that parabens were found in samples of breast tumors.  Their analysis of 20 breast tumors found high concentrations of parabens in 18 samples. Another study showed evidence of parabens in 100 adults that were tested.  There is no scientific data that proves  parabens contributed to the tumors. All the same though, it does make you think. Many people are conviced it is safer all the way around to go Natural! I agree!

We here at Nature’s Genesis Skin Therapy do not sell any products that carry parabens of any sort, so you are safe here:)

I’m going to write more on this next week. If you have time,  it would be interesting to look at all your products and see if the ingredient paraben is listed. I’m sure it is.

Until next time,

Tracy

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What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You! Part 2

The animal rendering plant (recycling plant)  pays the area farmers for their dead animals that die either from natural causes or diseases.  This plant uses many different kinds of animals in their operation cows, horses, lamas and pigs to name a few.  On this episode, cows were the main focus.  Some were bloated because they had lain dead for up to four days. So, you can imagine how they looked, how they stunk, and how they….  you get the picture. The process was horrendous. First, they stripped the hide off the bloated animals to be used for leather items. Next, they took everything else, Blood, guts, eye balls, hoofs, ears, intestines (with everything in there), you name it, and threw it into a grinder where everything was ground up. Some of these bovine were diseased. Needless to say, the sight was not pretty to look at. Subsequently, they cooked the animals until the fat/oil rose to the top. When the fat/oil cooled, they skimmed the fat off to  sell to the manufacturers to use in their cosmetics, skin care, and soaps that are distributed around the country. These are products  that ladies, men, and children are applying to their faces and bodies. I’m amazed that the FDA doesn’t have better regulations regarding the cosmetic industry, but they don’t. Cosmetic regulations are one of the lowest in the industry.

Ladies, we need to do our homework. Do you want to apply cosmetic and skin care products to your skin that are riddled with potential disease? Do you desire to use cosmetic and skin care products with these kind of harmful ingredients? I don’t think so! As you all know, our skin is the largest organ in our body. What is applied on the outside seeps into the inside.  Hopefully, this brief little article made us all more aware of the importance of using All Natural Skin Care products. We here at Nature’s Genesis only use the purest ingredients that have the finest quality. The bottom line is, our products do not cost anymore than your average retail outlet. Yet, they  host the best ingredients possible for your health, beauty, and welfare. Why not give us a try? You have nothing to lose but wrinkles!

Here’s another fact finding article.
http://purehealthsystems.com/render.html

Until Next Time,

Tracy

naturesgenesis.com