Product review for Glimpse natural skin care line from Xango
The company website says that Glimpse is “a wholesome, natural, botanical line of skin care products that works in harmony with the needs of your body.”
The ingredients in natural skin care products, to be considered “wholesome,” should be healthy ingredients. Because a great deal of what you put on your skin is absorbed into your bloodstream, the ingredients should be ingredients that you want in your body, like the ingredients in foods that you would eat.
Their moisturizer contains hydrogenated oils from soy and canola. Hydrogenated oils are unhealthy. They contain trans fats that are associated with heart disease. In addition, not only are soy and canola oils bad for your health, but they are among the most commonly genetically engineered crops.
Furthermore this product has ingredients derived from corn, also commonly genetically engineered.
The only way to be sure these ingredients are not GE, if it’s not stated on the label, is to buy natural skin care products that are 100% organic. Better yet, choose products that are both organic and do not contain soy or canola or any other hydrogenated oils.
In addition, the product is preserved with sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate. While potassium sorbate is one of the less harmful preservatives, sodium benzoate is not. If there is vitamin C in the product, a possibility because some of the ingredients in this product may contain vitamin C, sodium benzoate can react with vitamin C and cause the formation of benzene, known to cause cancer.
The best natural skin care product is certified organic with healthy ingredients that you would find in your kitchen, ingredients that you would feel great about eating.
Not only is the Glimpse product line less desirable than the best certified organic skin care products on the market, it is also quite a bit more costly. Why pay more for lower quality and inferior ingredients?
Christine H. Farlow, D.C.
The Ingredients Investigator
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