One of the reasons I started looking into natural skin care products in the UK is because of the harmful chemicals that contained in our everyday skin care products like toothpaste and shampoo. When you decide to buy the natural skin care products available from us you will be happy to know that none of them contain any of these deadly things:
Parabens
Parabens are a synthetic group of chemicals used as preservatives in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and foods to prolong their shelf life. There is a lot of debate around about whether parabens are carcinogenic for humans and promote endocrine disruption. Parabens have been found in breast cancer tumours although in very low quantities but because a link hasn’t been made between the two parabens are not considered a real threat. In my opinion anything synthetic that was made to make products last longer like cosmetics, which are then spread and absorbed by our skin can’t be great for us!
More information : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parabens
SLS
Isn’t it amazing that this product that is used to help water mix with oil so that the oil can be rinsed away is also available in the things we put on our skin and in our bodies.The full name for SLS is sodium lauryl sulphate (SLS) which is used in household clearners and is a detergent useful for removing grease. SLS can be found in most shampoos, toothpaste and other personal care products. Every day either through our skin or because we swallow little bits of it (through brushing our teeth and washing our hair) SLS enters our body. It has been linked to causing skin irritations
Source : http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/34559
SLES
Sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES) is a detergent and like the other two it can be found in a number of personal skin care products like soaps as well as other personal products like shampoo. It is used for its ability to create foam and when tests were performed it was shown to produce eye or skin irritation. There is no evidence that this ingredient is carcinogenic and can cause major diseases like cancer but the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association has recommended that products made for long term use shouldn’t contain SLES.
The problem isn’t just with these chemicals but to quote the Chemical Encyclopeida
“Irritants may permit the penetration of other, more dangerous chemicals.”
Which means using them could actually allow other chemicals to get through to your body, which is scary in itself.
Source: http://healthychild.org/issues/chemical-pop/sodium_laureth_sulfate/
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_lauryl_ether_sulfate
This is one of the many reasons why I decided to start using natural skin care products because they do not contain any of those ingredients and are 100% natural.
It is frightening the information we are not told about the harmful chemicals in our everyday skin care products and although I have only been looking at this for the past 12 months I have learnt enough to know that I won’t compromise my health any longer because many of them have been linked to a number of major illnesses. I don’t want to scare you just make you more aware because natural skin care products do not contain these harmful chemicals.
If you are interested in changing the products you put on your body take a look at the natural skin care products available in our store
robynwilliamson
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