Archive for February, 2010

Have you gone shopping for a skin care wrinkle cram lately? did you notice how many options are in any skin care store? most people are confused about what choose and what is really effective and they end up buying the most popular cream or the one the employee recommended.

However you have to do your own research and decide what is best for your skin and body health, not all skin care products are created equal, some are safe and others are not. To choose the best skin care wrinkle cream you need to first know what are the most important ingredients that an anti wrinkle cream should have and what effect they have in your body.

But you don’t need a Phd in skin care to know this facts, there are some simple guidelines that you can follow to choose what is best for you:

My first recommendation is that if you have the time and money consult with a dermatologist so he can make and evaluation of the current state of your skin and what solution you might need.

Another very important thing you should do is avoid any skin care product that contain fragrances. Any fragrance contains toxins and that hurts your skin tissue more that helping.

Avoid any skin care wrinkle cream that contains collagen, because they are lying you, collagen can not be applied topically because the cells of collagen are too big to penetrate the skin. The only solution is to use ingredients that stimulate the growth of collagen in your own body.

Be careful when your read that a product is “natural” or “organic”, read the label first to make sure it has the proper natural ingredients. There are many products that use the term “natural” and “organic” in their labels but they are just implying that their products contains a little bit of some natural substance, but they might contain a lot of chemicals that can hurt your skin.

So the best skin care wrinkle cream should do the following:

It should stimulate the growth of collagen and elastin in your body, it should gradually improve the quantity of hyaluronic acid in your body and it should contain potent anti oxidants to protect your skin from free radicals that cause most of the damage.

If a cream have the ingredients necessary to do those things then is effective and probably safe to use. Ask your dermatologist about the different ingredients and the product you plan to use.

At present, the government does not have a policy in place to help you identify which products are organic baby skin care products and which are not though there are few guidelines pertaining to what makes up organic food. It would therefore not be out of place to use the guidelines pertaining to organic foods to organic baby skin care products as well.

The very least that can be said about organic baby skin care is that the product must not contain chemicals such as artificial dyes or other colors and preservatives. What’s more, you will also need to wary about products that claim to contain only natural ingredients but which in reality contain a whole number of ingredients that contain chemicals in them and which are present in the product only to add color or scent or for some other purpose.

It is also necessary to check your organic baby skin care product to see whether it contains a common chemical called sodium lauryl sulfate that is a detergent that is used to add color to the product but which can lead to eye ailments, breathing problems as well as certain skin diseases. You need to be especially careful that when you buy an organic baby skin care product that it does not contain chemicals because babies have extremely sensitive skins that will react badly when they come into contact with chemicals.

It is therefore vitally important that you do not assault your baby at a very young age by buying and using the wrong organic baby skin care product. At that age babies do not need fancy products or aromatic ones because they are too young to know the difference. So, why should you act irresponsibly by choosing skin care products that are not organic and which contain harmful chemicals?

Furthermore, when picking the best organic skin care products you need to look beyond the hype that skin care product companies bombard the paying public with. You need to be sure of buying only products that will ensure that you continue enjoying healthy skin and for this you have to be absolutely sure that the skin care product is totally organic and also devoid of chemicals. Anything else will be a waste of money.

When parents have children, they often think that the best way to care for their child’s new skin is to give a lot of baths. This is not necessarily true, but letting your child “ripen” probably isn’t a good plan either.

In caring for a newborn, there are five general products use for skin care and bath time.

Baby Powder

Avoid baby powders containing talc (talcum) and those with skin irritants like fragrances. In fact, powders made of pure corn starch (or just finely ground corn starch, for that matter) or bentonite clay are best. These are widely available and are some of the most traditional of baby care products. Using powders to treat diaper rash is common, but not helpful. Use natural creams made of chamomile and zinc oxide instead.

Bubble Baths

These are popular amongst parents because, let’s face it, having the soap right in the water sure does make the whole process easier. Right? The problem is with what’s in many of those bubble baths. Many of them contain detergents, which are bad for your skin and especially bad for baby’s skin. In fact, bubble baths have been linked to urinary tract infections and vaginitis in infants.

Lotions

Lotions (and sometimes oils) are almost a necessity with most newborns. Use natural products made of coconut, chamomile, aloe, etc. In short, if you would use it for natural care of your own skin, you can probably use it on baby’s. Read more…