The Importance Of Ingredients In Organic Lotions
The skin care industry is always trying to be on top of the latest and greatest as we grown in our scientific knowledge. Organic lotion is one of those latest and greatest ideas to be brought to the forefront. Most lotions, though, don’t actually live up to being called organic. Even those professing to be “all natural” and “healthy” are anything but. Our challenge is to find an organic lotion product that can truly be considered organic.
Even though the label may say organic, most skin care products have very low levels of natural, plant based ingredients. Most of these so-called “organic” products are actually made of chemicals and other synthetic ingredients. In order to be truly considered a natural organic lotion at least 50% of the active ingredients should be made from plant-based materials.
Many active ingredients in any product touching the skin will be absorbed into the bloodstream, Because of this it is vitally importance that these products are as safe as possible. Organic lotions and creams should never contain anything that could harm your body’s systems when absorbed. Therefore, you need to look carefully at the labels in order to determine what is really inside that bottle or jar.
The important compounds in organic lotions include natural oils, plant based waxes, vitamins, coenzymes and antioxidants. These particular ingredients provide essential nutrients while helping help to soften and replenish the skin. They strengthen and heal skin from the inside out and treat the cause of skin problems. These natural products provide lasting effects and they give the user a peace of mind about what is being put into and onto the body.
Not only do we need to be concerned with what ingredients are in organic lotions, we must also realize the importance of what these products don’t contain. You will not find fragrances and parabens in a truly natural product. These are two synthetic compounds that are found in most popular skin care products. Parabens and fragrances contain chemicals that can be harmful to your overall health. These synthetics are especially detrimental to allergy sufferers.
Finding a product which promotes health is the key to the development of an effective organic lotion. Although looking great is the ultimate goal when you use a lotion, such as an organic lotion, you need to be pleased with the look and feel of your skin. When you feel good, you will look good. Combining good nutrition, the use of natural products, and good health will provide an added benefit of good skin.
Do some reading or research and find out as much as possible about the ingredients of an organic lotion you want to use before you buy it. The label will have information from the manufacturer that you should carefully read and will also indicate if there is a money-back guarantee. Remember that every person is different so every product works differently on every person. When choosing an organic lotion for your use, keep your individual needs in mind.
You can and will find organic lotions that work just right for you, no matter if you have dry skin, oily skin, or normal skin. You don’t need to load harmful chemicals onto your skin in order to have skin that is the envy of others. Do some research and reading and you will find a safe, organic lotion which will heal your skin, pamper it, keep it soft and supple, and will ease your mind. Taking care of your skin in a natural way will allow you to look and feel better without worry.
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Organic Suntan Lotions
It seems chemicals are everywhere. Growing up we had our parents, most likely Mom, slather suntan lotion all over us when we went outside. Today, many of us, as parents, continue the tradition and slather lotion on our kids. The problem is, if you look at the ingredients you will notice that many of the suntan lotions have chemicals added to them. You want something better? Look into using organic suntan lotions.
Organic suntan lotion, as with all organic lotions in general, don’t have extra chemicals added. This is the major advantage to using them because when you add these chemicals to your skin, your skin will actually absorb them. Since chemicals will, over time, turn into toxins, you skin ends up absorbing toxins, i.e. your body absorbs the toxins and your body (skin) reacts. In other words, when you use these suntan lotions not only does your skin have to fight off the harmful effects of the sun but it must do double work and fight off the chemicals that are supposed to protect you from the sun.
A number of manufacturers have realized that these chemicals are not good for your skin. The manufacturers started coming up with hypo-allergenic alternatives to chemical-ladened suntan lotions. These organic suntan lotions are designed to help your skin stay healthy and moist. These natural suntan lotions can even help to prevent the premature aging of your skin, although frequent tanning is a fast way to bring about premature aging even with the religious use of tanning products.
Many organic suntan lotions have vitamins in them to help your skin be healthy. These vitamins (A, B, C, E, beta carotene) and other nutrients help prevent your skin from being hurt by the sun. Rather than being derived from chemicals, these vitamins come from natural ingredients that have been mixed together. This give you the best of both worlds – protection from the sun and organic lotions that are safe to use.
When shopping for organic sun tan lotions you will find there are a wide variety of herbs and plants that have been added to the lotions help prevent the sun from ruining your skin. The organic lotions end up not only functioning as a sun tan lotion but some also have extra benefits you can derive from using them. For instance, some organic sun tan lotions will add in aromatherapy to help you relax. Other beneficial nutrients are added to other lotions that not only stop the sun from burning you, but also will help to moisturize your skin. An additional excellent benefit to using organic lotions, such as suntan lotions, is that it is better for our environment. Marine life, in particular, benefit because chemicals which cause damage to marine life don’t enter the ocean.
If you are looking for the perfect suntan lotion, organic suntan lotions are as good as it gets. The ingredients in many organic sun tan lotions are superior in quality and will give you excellent results while helping to protect your skin.
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Why Make Your Own Organic Lotions?
Sometimes the best way to know for sure that you are using truly organic lotions is to make them yourself. This isn’t as hard or complicated as it sounds. For a fraction of the money of “store bought” you can make organic lotions right in your own kitchen or bathroom. You control the ingredients so you can be sure they have no harmful chemicals or ingredients. You will save so much money that you can generously use your home-made organic lotions for your face, hands, body, and feet without shelling out enormous amounts of money. Also, once you have created your first batch or two, you’ll be increasing the amounts you make at one time so you can give away bottles and jars of your handmade organic lotions as gifts. As word gets around, you’ll even be able to sell your product, helping you to make more for yourself!
There are good reasons to make your own organic lotions. Any substance you apply to your skin, such as cosmetics, creams, moisturizers, and lotions will be absorbed into your body. Not only are your heart, liver and lungs organs of your body but your skin is also an organ. In fact, your skin is the largest organ of your body, so it has lots of area which can absorb substances which come in contact with it. Because the skin is an effective vehicle for the absorption of substances into your body, the pharmaceutical/medical profession takes advantage of this by making medications specifically designed to be absorbed through the skin.
Read the labels on every product you purchase to put on your skin. You will see lots of long, strange words, such as para-hydroxybenzoic acids, (parabens), triethanolamine, and stearalkonium chloride that you can barely read or pronounce. Many of the chemicals are often preservatives that allow the product to remain on the shelf for many years or months without “going bad”. The parabens (Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Butylparaben, and Ethylparaben) often cause allergic reactions and rashes. Organic lotions don’t do that.
You also want to avoid products containing petroleum or petrolatum. Do you recognize any part of those words? Petrol —– that is what fuel (gasoline or diesel) is called in other countries. It is derived from oil. You are putting a black crude oil product on your skin. It is oil, but instead of being beneficial to your skin, it dries the skin out. Exactly the opposite of what lotions should do!
We will cover some basics to making your organic lotions in another article. It really isn’t as hard as you think!
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