Beauty and personal care products

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No one wants to learn that their trusted products which they are putting on their skin or hair for years are actually hazardous. The Beauty and personal care products industry is multi-billion dollars a year industry and it is growing with every passing year. New products are always coming onto the market, but one needs to decide which one is safe for them. Manufacturers claim that every product is safe on skin and hair, but not every product suits everyone, and many of these products are made of harmful ingredients. So if one doesn't know how to choose the safe products, then most likely he or she will start using the wrong one with troubling ingredients. Manufacturers will tell that using specific products will make one look more beautiful, attractive will offer one smooth and glowing skin, erase wrinkles, blemishes and will make her look younger. There seems to be one cream to fix every real or imaginative issue. Now to come up with the best result, one needs to choose the best products, and here readers will know how to choose the best natural beauty and personal care products.

 Learning about the product as much as possible Dermatologists suggest before trying any new product; one must read the level and pay attention to ingredients that have been used. One can research the ingredients used in a product in EWG's skin in-depth cosmetics database. Four ingredients especially to watch out for ďƒ˜ Parabens These are preservatives which disrupt hormone, and these are present in many cosmetics. Avoid products that come with isopropyl, butyl, and propyl-.


 Isothiazolinones These preservatives can cause severe skin rashes and are banned in many countries, yet these are still used in products even in which are advertised as hypoallergenic.  FORMALDEHYDE RELEASERS The preservative ingredients can cause skin allergies and sensitisation. Components like HYDRATION, UREA and SODIUM, Diazolidinyl, IMIDAZOLIDINYL, and HYDROXYMETHYLGLYCINATE are most dangerous.  RETINYL PALMITATE AND OTHER RETINOIDS These particular ingredients can mainly be found in sunscreens, lip balms. Basically when exposed to sun retinols can break down and damage skin.  Look for ‘nature’ on the level Nature tag on the level ensures that the product is made of ingredients from natural sources. However, the product may contain all natural ingredients or just a few natural ingredients, which are added to a synthetic product.  Organic on the level Don't use the product that claims to be 95% or 90% organic. As per cosmetic chemists, it's physically impossible for more than 40% of the ingredients to be organic. Typically 60-70% of the product is water which can't be certified or organically grown. Even if it is processed with natural herbs or essential oils, this can't be wholly categorized as organic.  Hypoallergenic Hypoallergenic products don’t cause allergic reactions. No standard can define hypoallergenic. In many cases ingredients are the same and manufacturers remove only the fragrance.


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