• All Natural and Organic Skin Care Products #30

    01Dec
    Categories: Natural Skin Care, Natural Skin Care Ingredients Comments: 0

    Tips to help you choose the best natural skin care products

     

    Always read all the ingredients on the label of every natural skin care product before you buy.

     

    Just because an herbal skin care product claims to be natural doesn’t mean it is. It may contain a few herbs along with synthetic ingredients, contaminants that cause cancer or chemicals that cause some type of harmful effects.

     

    Not all plant derived skin care ingredients are natural. If the label says an ingredient was derived from coconut, it may or may not be natural, depending on the extent and type of processing. Many plant-derived ingredients are so heavily processed they don’t come close to resembling the plant from which they were derived.

     

    A manufacturer of skin care products may claim that their products are natural or organic, but that doesn’t mean it’s true. The cosmetic, skin care and personal care products industry is highly unregulated. There’s a lot of misinformation presented by the companies in this industry. You can’t believe the advertising or the product labels. The truth is in the ingredients list.

     

    If you don’t want to read the ingredients list on all the natural and organic skin care products you buy, make sure that you choose skin care products that were certified organic by the USDA National Organic Program. Other organic certifying organizations allow ingredients that should not be in organic products.

     

    The bottom line: Read the ingredients list and make sure all the ingredients in every natural skin care product you buy are healthy. Or buy only USDA certified organic skin care products.

     

    Christine H. Farlow, D.C.

    The Ingredients Investigator

    Protecting You From Harmful Ingredients…

    www.dyingtolookgood.com

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  • All Natural and Organic Skin Care Products #28

    26Nov
    Categories: Natural Skin Care Comments: 0

    Bogus organic natural skin care products

    The lawsuit filed back in April 2008 by Dr. Bronner’s and the Organic Consumer’s Association against “organic cheaters” has been given the green light to proceed by the San Francisco Superior Court.

    If you use all natural skin care products with organic on the label, make sure you read the ingredients list if the product is not USDA certified organic skin care. A number of natural skin care companies were caught red-handed labeling their products as organic when they contained the cancer-causing contaminant 1,4-dioxane.

    The companies named in this lawsuit are

    • Avalon Organics
    • Jason Pure, Natural & Organic
    • Nature’s Gate Organics
    • Kiss My Face Obsessively Organic
    • Giovanni Organic Cosmetics
    • Head Organics
    • Desert Essence Organics
    • Stella McCartney’s CARE 100% Organic

    Two other natural skin care companies, whose products were found to contain the carcinogen 1,4-dioxane, have agreed to reformulate the problematic products. They are Ikove and Juice Beauty.

    There may be other skin care products on the market labeled as all natural and organic that are not listed above but do also contain the 1,4-dioxane or other harmful ingredients. Not every skin care product on the market labeled as organic and natural was tested for the contaminant.

    For your health and your family’s health, be a wise consumer and read every label of every skin care product before you purchase.

    Christine H. Farlow, D.C.
    The Ingredients Investigator
    Protecting You From Harmful Ingredients…
    www.dyingtolookgood.com
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  • All Natural and Organic Skin Care Products #26

    19Nov
    Categories: Natural Skin Care, Natural Skin Care Ingredients Comments: 0

    Organic or natural skin care – which is better?

     

    If a skin care product states that it is natural on the label, it may contain natural ingredients. However, the quantity and the quality of the natural ingredients are unknown. It may also have other synthetic ingredients that can be harmful, cause cancer or be tainted with cancer-causing contaminants.

     

    If the skin care product is certified natural by the Natural Products Association (NPA), it is required to be comprised of “at least 95% all natural ingredients.” The NPA defines natural as “Ingredients that come or are made from a renewable resource found in nature (Flora, Fauna, Mineral), with absolutely no petroleum compounds.”

     

    The NPA Standard for natural skin care products allows some synthetic ingredients only when “there is not a readily available natural alternative ingredient” and “there are no suspected human health risks as indicated by peer-reviewed third-party scientific literature.”

     

    The natural skin care ingredients as defined by the NPA may have been grown with synthetic fertilizers and sprayed with chemical pesticides and herbicides. In this case, there may be unknown harmful chemicals and contaminants in the product which are not listed on the label.

     

    Skin care products that claim to be natural and organic, without any certification, are similar to products that claim to be natural without certification. These products will contain some organic ingredients, but the same questions that lurk for the uncertified natural products still remain for uncertified natural and organic products. Although some of these companies may have top quality products with impeccably pure ingredients, many do not. 

     

    So, what is the best natural skin care? It is a skin care product that is USDA certified organic to food standards.

     

    The problems with the OASIS and EcoCert Organic certifications have been previously discussed in this blog.

     

    Christine H. Farlow, D.C.

    The Ingredients Investigator

    Protecting You From Harmful Ingredients…

    www.dyingtolookgood.com

    www.dyingtolookgoodbook.com

     


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  • All Natural and Organic Skin Care Products #15

    24Oct
    Categories: Natural Skin Care, Natural Skin Care Ingredients Comments: 0

    Certified organic skin care product reviews

    Miessence is the Australian certified organic skin care line that set the standard for certified organic skin care and cosmetics. Years of research and development went into developing their extensive skin care, personal care and cosmetic product line, certified organic to international food standards, including the USDA National Organic Program. Highly recommended.

     

    Sensatia Botanicals all natural and organic skin care products are made by hand on the island of Bali from the finest raw botanical ingredients. They’re always fresh, 100% natural ingredients that you might find in your mother’s kitchen. Highly recommended.

     

    Dr. Bronner’s has recently come out with a new USDA certified organic skin care line which includes body balms, lotions, shaving gels and lip balms. Although it is not a complete skin care line, it does offer some basic organic natural skin care products at an affordable price. Highly recommended.

     

    Origins is Estee Lauder’s organic natural skin care line. Some of their products are USDA certified organic, most are not, though they may contain some organic ingredients. Origins does not list the ingredients in their products on their website, so if you’re going to buy this brand, your best bet is to go to the mall and look at the ingredients list on the package. Make sure you take a good reference with you so you know which ingredients are safe & which are not.

     

    I did find Origins Bath Matcha Tea Body Lotion on another website with a complete ingredients list. Some of the objectionable ingredients in this product include: Butylene Glycol, PEG-100 Stearate, Yeast Extract, Pentylene Glycol, Hexylene Glycol, Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol.

     

    The bottom line here is that Origins is a product line produced by a mainstream cosmetics company that uses synthetic and petroleum derived ingredients, some of which are harmful. Caution advised, read ingredients list carefully.

     

    The Origins products are priced similarly to those of Miessence and Sensatia Botanicals, which are produced by companies that are committed to producing truly healthy products from the best natural and organic ingredients. If you’re going to invest in organic natural skin care, why not get it from a company that is genuinely committed to exceptionally healthy organic and natural skin care products.

     

    Shop for top quality organic and natural skin care and personal care lines here.

     

    Christine H. Farlow, D.C.

    The Ingredients Investigator

    Protecting You From Harmful Ingredients…

    www.dyingtolookgood.com

    www.dyingtolookgoodbook.com 

      


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  • All Natural and Organic Skin Care Products #8

    08Oct
    Categories: Natural Skin Care Ingredients Comments: 0

    Best organic natural skin care - makeup

     

    You can’t talk about the best natural skin care lines without mentioning makeup too. For a great many women, young and old, teens as well, makeup is a part of their skin care routine. A good organic natural skin care program will include an excellent all natural makeup regime.

     

    Mineral makeup is very popular these days. Most of the products claim to be all natural and healthy for you. But that isn’t always the case. Some of the “all natural” mineral makeup products contain ingredients that aren’t natural and don’t belong in products labeled as natural. Here are a few of the ingredients to watch out for:

     

    Nano-sized minerals

    Bismuth oxychloride

    Parabens – such as methylparaben, propylparaben

    Fragrance

    Preservatives – such as diazolidinyl urea, imidazolidinyl urea, phenoxyethanol

    Talc

    Carmine

     

    The bottom line, when you’re purchasing your all natural skin care and makeup, is to read the ingredients list on every package … before you buy. If you buy your products online, make sure all the ingredients in the products are listed online. If not contact the manufacturer to get the complete product list or don’t buy the product.

     

    If you don’t know what the ingredients mean or if they’re healthy, you can get that information from Dying To Look Good. It lists over 1200 ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products and rates them according to safety.

     

    I’ll give you some recommendations for certified organic skin care and makeup that’s guaranteed to be healthy next time…

     

    Christine H. Farlow, D.C.

    The Ingredients Investigator

    Protecting You From Harmful Ingredients…

    www.dyingtolookgood.com

    www.dyingtolookgoodbook.com

     


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  • All Natural and Organic Skin Care Products #4

    29Sep
    Categories: Natural Skin Care Comments: 0

    What are the best natural skin care brands?

     

    100% natural skin care products that are also organic are always your best option. If your choice is also a certified organic skin care product that’s the best. Be sure the product is certified to the National Organic Program (NOP) standards, not OASIS or Ecocert, both of which are not true organic standards. This will assure you that you are getting a top quality, healthy product.

     

    Now, there are some organic natural skin care products that, even though they are not certified, are still recommended as a top choice. That you can only know by learning all you can about the company and the manufacturer.  

      

    Two of my favorite organic natural skin care product lines I’ll mention here. I have thoroughly investigated both of these companies and the quality of the products and their ingredients are unsurpassable.

     

    Miessence is the world’s first internationally certified organic skin care on the market. Their certified organic products contain at least 95% organically grown ingredients, and no synthetic or genetically engineered ingredients. The Miessence organic products contain at least 70% organically produced ingredients. Like their certified organic products they contain no synthetic or genetically engineered ingredients. All Miessence products are in compliance with the strict ingredient and processing requirements of the USDA National Organic Program (NOP).

     

    Next time, I’ll introduce you to another of my favorite all natural and organic skin care products.

     

    Christine H. Farlow, D.C.

    The Ingredients Investigator

    Protecting You From Harmful Ingredients…

    www.dyingtolookgood.com

    www.dyingtolookgoodbook.com

     


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