It's known that so many synthetic materials used in beauty products has preservatives, fragrances, sunscreen agents and emulsifiers which can risk our skin and health.
Marta from Truth in aging said it well: "One chemical requires another. So, the chemist puts in one ingredient and needs another to stabilize it, the stabilizer needs something to thicken, the thickener needs a preservative, the preservative will irritate so an anti-inflammatory is required and so on and so on."
It has become clear that the identical natural materials/substances made by cosmetic chemists don't quite behave the same as the agents of the real plants in which there is harmonious interaction.
The experience of recent years shows that the natural products (herbs, vegetables, fruits, beeswax, thermal water, thermal soil, etc) are less foreign and toxic for the body and they have less side effects than their counterparts which has produced in the laboratory.
And don't forget of course that organic/natural products are better for the environment too.
You can ask now if natural products are so good and obviously better for the skin and the health, then why there are synthetic products and why the manufacturers prefer to use chemicals instead of natural ingredients? And last, but not least why can't we buy those good and healthy products at every drug store?
Just think about it! If everyone would have nice, healthy, hydrated skin with no black heads and pimples, then to whom cosmetic companies would sell their antidote?
Therefore the manufacturers' interest is not to solve the problem, but to create more skin problems. Today the cosmetic industry's principal is to seemingly improve to condition of your skin, while doing just enough damage to ensure your repeat business.
Because they are expensive the profit margin is reduced. In addition, the natural materials can not be patented, but a patent can put billions of dollars in their pocket. Synthetic materials are cheaper.
The plants have to be harvested by hands or machines. The extraction of the substance from them is expensive and complicated. How much easier to synthesize everything for pennies, right?! You just forget that the synthetics don't have the same effects as plants, moreover, many of them are toxic, allergenic or carcinogenic.
There is no interest to sell clean cosmetic and skin care products, because the healthy skin is the biggest competition.
Various laws hinder the clean products on the market, ie. they dictate how much and what kind of preservatives a product has to contain. A product must be good for at least 3 years. Imagine how much preservatives a natural product (which has just herbs and plants in it) should contain! The synthetics are not going bad. The mineral oil is good for billions of years. So obvious that manufacturers will chose synthetic to preserve a product.
Did you know that the 40-60% of a cosmetic and skin care product's price is advertising? In plain English: we pay 40-60% for the advertising, not for the product. For natural products you are paying for the ingredients. Which do you think is the better deal... for sure its the natural product.
Companies that work with natural and clean ingredients have to chose a different form of sale. Consumers are forced to find alternate means to purchase their quality, natural products... viva the internet!
There are so many good, natural products out there you can chose, just always check the ingredients.
- 100% Pure
- Zoe Organics
- Eminence Organic
- L'uvalla
- Miessence
- Petunia Essentials
- Trillium Organics
- Club Okoii
- Face Naturals
I hope it helped to decide what and how to chose. As you can read on the product reviews, you can see what kind of harmful chemicals are in the synthetic products.
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