| It is a well-known fact that the cosmetic industry is | | | | should try to go back to basics. If the natural skin |
| booming and will continue to boom. With the | | | | care products work in those days, it should still work |
| presence of so many different types of skin care | | | | for us today. Of course, we must be cautious in |
| products being introduced to the market almost daily, | | | | choosing fruits and vegetables which are not sprayed |
| consumers are hard-pressed to choose products | | | | with too much pesticides or herbicides as such |
| which they believe "are good for their skin". | | | | chemicals can do more harm than good to our skin. |
| Nowadays, the hottest terminology in the cosmetics | | | | The choice of organic produces can ensure that our |
| skin care arena is "natural skin care". However, | | | | skin has less contact with these harmful chemicals. |
| contrary to popular beliefs, many of these "natural | | | | Fortunately for us, there are many resources we can |
| skin care products" still contain many synthetic or | | | | make use of to create our own natural skin care |
| man-made chemicals. | | | | products. If we are allergic to any of the common |
| In fact, synthesizing these chemicals is pretty easy | | | | natural skin care ingredients, we can just avoid this |
| and presenting consumers with a jar full of chemical | | | | particular fruit or vegetable. |
| concocts shouldn't be too hard too. Moreover, with | | | | These are the advantages of producing your own |
| less stringent FDA regulation for cosmetic/skin care | | | | natural skin care products: |
| products as compared to drugs, we as consumers | | | | 1) Affordability |
| have more reasons to worry about harmful chemicals | | | | Without advertisements coming into the picture, it |
| present in the skin care products. | | | | would really be much more affordable to produce |
| Even though we are constantly being introduced to | | | | your own natural skin care products than to buy |
| the concept of "natural skin care products" by | | | | them from the skin care product manufacturers who |
| cosmetic manufacturers, as a matter of fact, some | | | | had spent big bucks on their advertising strategies. |
| "natural skin care products" can be quite unnatural. It | | | | 2) Ease of preparation |
| is even more crucial for consumers with skin allergies | | | | Since we are not trying to produce concocts of |
| to be well-equipped with knowledge of choosing the | | | | chemicals here, we would not require common lab |
| right type of skin care products. Learning to read the | | | | vessels and containers such as pipettes, burettes, |
| ingredient labels on skin care products is one of the | | | | conical flasks and test tubes. We would basically just |
| ways to ensure that we purchase skin care products | | | | make use of juicers and other simpler equipments. |
| which are as natural as possible. However, reading | | | | 3) Knowledge of the actual components of your skin |
| ingredient labels is not for everyone. After all, not | | | | care products |
| everyone is a chemist or even likes to read and | | | | Since we are the producers of our own natural skin |
| understand chemical names and formulas. | | | | care products, we can avoid adding ingredients which |
| An alternative method we can ensure our skin get | | | | we are allergic to. |
| the best natural skin care products would be to | | | | The three advantages stated above are just many |
| handmade our own skin care products. At the turn of | | | | of the advantages that creating out own natural skin |
| the previous century, cosmetics and skin care | | | | care products can bring. I will list some of the |
| products were either handmade or were created by | | | | common ingredients we can use to produce our very |
| licensed pharmacists. With less access to skin care | | | | own natural skin care products.o Salt and Sugar are |
| products manufactured by skin care product | | | | good for exfoliating dead skin cells and can also have |
| manufacturers, people in those days used fruit, | | | | therapeutic qualities.o Olive oil posses moisturizing |
| vegetables and herbs grown in their own gardens to | | | | benefits.o Apple can tighten and tone the skin.o Oats |
| treat skin conditions. It is not uncommon for these | | | | or oatmeal smoothen and refine the skin. They also |
| people to make use of common cooking ingredients | | | | aids in whitening of the skin. Oats also relieves |
| to produce their own natural skin care products too. | | | | irritated skin and is good for individuals with a |
| I highly recommend such practice and think that we | | | | sensitive skin type. |