What to Demand in an All Natural Skin Care Line
I don’t know a thing about you, but I’ll bet that when you buy a lotion or cream that says “natural” on the label, you expect to get Natural SkinSkin Care ingredients. Well, you don’t always get what you expect. There is an all natural skin care line that provides exceptional value, the highest purity and excellent results, but that’s unusual.
When you buy anything, you need to be an informed consumer. When you are buying cosmetics, you have to be especially careful, if you want to protect your appearance, your skin’s health and the long-term health of your body.
News reporters frequently inform us of the dangers that exist in our personal care products. Just recently, they reported that many anti-aging creams contain estradiol, a kind of estrogen. Exposure to this substance increases a woman’s risk of certain kinds of breast and uterine cancer. Other reports have been about lead contamination and other health risks.
So, we think that we can protect ourselves by shopping for natural skin care ingredients. But, then we learn that, in the US at least, there is no legal definition for the term “natural” when it is used by cosmetic companies. So, when a company claims to provide an all natural skin care line, it might mean something or it might not.
In a truly all natural skin care line, there should be no artificial preservatives, fragrances, colors or additives. The raw natural skin care ingredients, which are usually derived from plants, should be tested for contaminants like lead, bug spray and weed killer. Each batch, should be tested, as well, because 1, 4 Dioxane, another carcinogen, can form during the manufacturing process.
The FDA recommends that the consumer read the ingredient’s label, but that tells us nothing about the manufacturing processes that the company uses or if they test for purity. You first need to find a company that you can trust to actually provide an all natural skin care line. I have found one that I trust.
They use the highest quality and the most effective natural skin care ingredients. The creams, lotions, gels and masks that they provide are clinically proven effective for moisturizing, firming and wrinkle reduction. The masks that they offer have deep cleansing and deep moisturizing abilities.
Because they reduce inflammation, they are beneficial for treating rosacea and redness caused by irritation, overexposure to the sun, wind or other environmental factors. Because they include antioxidants like vitamin E and coenzyme Q10, they prevent free radical damage, which helps to delay the signs of aging.
Some of the extracts that the products contain include wakame kelp, avocado oil and Shea butter, as well as, macadamia oil, olive oil, grape seed, jojoba and manuka honey. By itself, active manuka honey is one of the best ingredients for any all natural skin care line, because of its antioxidant and antibacterial activity.
Those are just some of the best natural skin care ingredients. But, remember, you need to find a company that you really trust to put your skin’s health, first.
To learn more about vitamins for healthy skin, and other incredible natural substances for natural healthy skin care, visit my website today.
Laurel Levine
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March 11th, 2010 at 10:56 am
Does TNS Recovery Complex really work? I don't Think So!? TNS Recovery Complex Review?
Quite a few of you have written asking about the rather prominent
ads for the product TNS Recovery Complex ($139 for 0.6 oz). Increasing number
of topical products hitting the market claiming they can diminish or reduce wrinkles without "painful injections," I certainly understand the
curiosity.
I wrote about TNS Recovery Complex (SkinMedica) in a previous newsletter, when a reader asked about its ability to diminish the visible signs of aging, such as wrinkles, fine lines and uneven skin texture. SkinMedica claims that NouriCel is derived from Advanced Tissue Sciences’ patented process for growing bioengineered human tissue for treating serious burns and wounds, and help diminish wrinkles. That was SkinMedica’s
original marketing claim to fame, though the fame was all self-promoted,
as there is not a single independent, peer-reviewed study to prove that
TNS Recovery Complex is an effective option for repairing and diminishing fine lines and wrinkles. The studies that do exist about TNS products with (Nouricel) for treatment and diminishing wrinkles were paid for by SkinMedica, the company that distributes TNS products.
According to the company’s latest ads, they were surprised to find that
not only was TNS Recovery Complex healing wounds and burns, but
also that somehow their facial lines and wrinkles were going away, too. For that
reason, we now have the astounding "anti-wrinkle breakthrough of the
decade." Regrettably, no supportive research needs to be available to sell
this kind of hyperbole. All it takes is to promise women that a product
will get rid of their wrinkles and they will buy it in droves, no
matter how many other product lines, infomercials, advertisements, or
cosmetics salespeople pledge the exact same thing.
SkinMedica’s ad continues with " rebel, rebuild, and reborn” via The active formula Nouricel. Nouricel recently been shown in clinical trials to significantly reduce fine lines and facial wrinkles without irritation, painful injections, or surgery." One more flourish is the statement that "in fact, [TNS Recovery Complex and TNS Family Products] are the only topical formulation clinically proven to effectively confront every aspect of wrinkle reduction." It is easy to debunk all of this overblown nonsense by pointing out the product’s lack of sunscreen; perhaps SkinMedica overlooked the research about sun exposure’s deleterious, wrinkling, and
discoloring effects on skin.
SkinMedica has parlayed these claims into what appears to be little
more than an effort to spin off the popularity of wrinkle reduction skin care, wrinkle reduction concerns as well as recent use of Botox to its own
benefit. "The compounds in NouriCel-MD have been shown to aid in the healing of burns and wounds, so it’s no surprise that they rejuvenate aging and sun-damaged skin," said Richard Fitzpatrick, MD, founder and chairman of SkinMedica. "The addition of TNS Recovery Complex with NouriCel-MD to our product line will enable us to satisfy growing patient demand for a natural, non-invasive and proven anti-aging product." It is funny how the founder of SkinMedica can claim this and yet there is no other physician or scientist to claim this via actual research. TNS Recovery Complex is supposedly preferred because its long-term results
versus the short-term results (and repeated treatments) of Botox. Apparently, SkinMedica has conducted a research with over 200 people and the results were due in late 2002. For some reason, they do not have the result of the study yet. I wonder why?
Please note that in order for a growth factor or any hormone therapy, special ingredients like Nouricel-MD to work, it needs to reach the cellular level. There’s absolutely no scientific evidence that collagen, elastin, or hyaluronic acid - the three main components of your dermis - can penetrate the epidermis (top layer of the skin which is dead skin). Even "nanotechnology" has not been proven to be able to get these substances into the skin.
The molecules are simply too large. (Quick science lesson: The epidermis is your topmost layer of skin. The dermis, the next layer of skin, is where wrinkle-causing changes take place.) Be wary of creams and lotions that claim to topically replace, repair or produce collagen, elastin, or hyaluronic acid.
Growth factors applied to the epidermis (top layer of the skin which is dead tissue) will not rejuvenate, replenish or produce more cells. SkinMedica Claims that “NouriCel-MD contains multiple human growth factors including vascular endothelial growth factor (VEG-F) and transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta), as well as natural antioxidants, soluble collagens and matrix proteins. Together, these compounds have demonstrated the ability to help reduce the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines, while also helping to increase skin elasticity and texture in as little as 45 days”.
If you were to ask how would any of the growth factors mentioned above penetrate the epidermis to actually stimulate collagen formation for wrinkle prevention and reduction, not one scientist will back SkinMedica in this theory. Not one ingredient mentioned above would even penetrate the skin to stimulate a cell for production of collagen.
So is TNS Recovery Complex better than any other over the counter skin care prodcut? The short answer is no–and that
means no way, and nohow. It isn’t even better than the daily use of an
effective sunscreen! TNS Recovery Complex is merely a moisturizer. Botox prevents the use of facial muscles, and that instantaneously smoothes out the skin.
TNS Recovery Complex won’t alter the wrinkling on any part of your face, not in
the long term, and not in the short term.
There is no published research substantiating the results, and SkinMedica declined to send us any documentation at this time.
March 11th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
This is the longest question…not really a question, but…that I’ve seen on yahoo answers. The answer is….no
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March 11th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Are you asking if we agree with this article? It does look like quack medicine. (Most over adverstised paid programming sorts of medication/cures are).
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