Submitted by: Valerie Rosenbaum
Many companies provide natural skin care remedies and you can make some of your own. Here are the pros and cons of doing it yourself.
Water is one of the major components of cleansers, creams and other skincare products. Professional manufacturers used distilled or purified water for mixing.
You could buy distilled or purified water to use for mixing, but you would spend a lot of money. There is also the issue of bacteria growth. Once a jug of distilled or purified water is opened, it is no longer pure. Bacteria will be present, as well as other contaminants.
If you use the tap water present in your home and you are serviced by a public treatment facility, then you will be adding chemicals to the safe and natural compounds that you worked so hard to collect.
You could install a home purifier on your tap to reduce the number of chemicals and other contaminants present in your water. But, you would still have to mix your skincare products on a daily basis.
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Without preservatives, bacteria would start to grow in any pre-mixed solutions. Using natural skin care remedies containing bacteria is counterproductive. They would be detrimental to your skin s health and appearance.
Mixing up your skincare products every day would be time consuming. As busy as most people are, they simply don t have time for that sort of thing.
Most cosmetic companies use artificial preservatives to help protect you from bacteria and the skin infections they can cause. The better companies preserve their products with naturally occurring vitamin E.
You might be able to add a crushed up vitamin E tablet to the natural skin care remedies you prepare at home. But, that s risky. There is also the problem of finding a tablet containing natural vitamin E. Most of the vitamin E on the market is manufactured synthetically using petrochemicals.
There are other reasons that making your own products is ill-advised. The preservative issue is just one of the most important in terms of your skin s health. At the least, you will experience more blemishes and breakouts. At the worst, you could develop a nasty staph infection. Staph infections have become more difficult to treat as they have become more resistant to antibiotics.
My suggestion is to leave it to a company you can trust. Let them prepare your natural skin care remedies. Not only is it the safest solution. It is also the most effective.
There are naturally occurring compounds to smooth, soften, moisturize and de-age your skin. Certain types of antioxidants have been shown to reverse sun damage and wrinkles. Active protein complexes have been shown to stimulate the growth of cells and collagen fibers.
For specific problems, such as psoriasis, eczema and acne, there are specific naturally occurring solutions. Shea butter works well because of its natural anti-inflammatory activity. Manuka honey helps to prevent acne and heal existing blemishes, because of its antibacterial activity.
Not all commercial natural skin care remedies are safe and effective. But, if you do a little shopping around, you can find the ones that are.
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