To Paraben or not to Paraben? August 17, 2009

Lately on many cosmetic, skin care and beauty products a Paraben-Free fad has hit the shops. But before you start dishing out the dollars on Paraben Free products, what exactly are Parabens?

Parabens

Parabens are a group of the preservatives found in care products, which stop fungus and other bacterias growing in your make up and creams. You can find them in almost all your personal care products including shampoos, mascara and any creams or foundations. Despite being used for over 70 years a debate has no emerged over the safety of Parabens.

While there is no actual proof that Parabens can harm you, but Parabens traces have been found in breast cancer tumours. Another study in the Never lands found that even a few hours after a lotion being applied to the skin, traces of Parabens could be found in the blood and urine of young males. However, to date the Cosmetic Ingredient Review have found the levels of Parabens used in cosmetics to be safe.

While there is a big argument pressing for more research to be dome on the effects of Parabens it is important to remember that if you go for the Paraben-Free products it doesn’t mean they are preservative free, merely they are without the Paraben preservatives that include propylparaben, butylparaben, methylparaben, ethylparaben and isobutylparaben.

So unfortunately it seems we are forced to continue to use Paraben products until more research has been done, which hopefully for all our sakes will find that all these fears are false

Benefit Your Skin Through What You Eat- Ginger August 2, 2009

It is amazing what you can do to improve your skin purely through eat. And I’m not talking about what you can’t eat, because frankly if the key to fantastic looking skin is giving up chocolate for the rest of my life, I’ll live with so-so skin thank you very much.

The benefits of Ginger

Ginger not only has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties but is also great for circulation, so much so it is often used in organic skin creams and lotions. If that isn’t good enough it also calms digestion, nausea and fights of colds and is a great cough remedy. So why wouldn’t you use it?

It can easily be added to soups, porridge, curries, stir-fries and even in cakes and even biscuits and cakes. If you feel a cold or cough coming on make a big pot of ginger tea.

To make it extra refreshing put ½ slice of lemon, a generous teaspoon of honey and about 4cm of finely sliced ginger into hot water and leave it there for about 5 minutes.

So not only will the tea refresh you and fight off colds and coughs but also increase your circulation to give you better looking skin!

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Skin Care June 25, 2009

Hello skin care,

Hi! I’m new to the blogging world, but I’m excited and ready to get going. Having study make-up application it is really important to me the value of health skin and great skin care. I’ll try to give some useful information about all aspects of skin care, so you can get the best tips possible

The Value of Milk And Honey For Skin Care

Cleopatra used to bath in milk and massage honey into her skin, and what’s good enough for Cleopatra should be good enough for us.  Milk and honey are great ways but often overlooked ways to moisturizer the skin, with the honey helping to hydrate the skin and milk tones and moisturizers. Now filling the bath with actual milk may not be the most partial thing in the world, and putting honey all over your body will probably just leave you feeling very sticky, however there are some great skin care products on the market.

Why Do You Need It For Your Skin Care

Products available generally feature animal milk, such as cow or goat or vegetable sourced milk such as soy or coconut. Not only is it extremely gentle on the skin but it helps irritation and contains a mild exfoliant. As part of your skin care, milk will help improve skin tone, help structure and improve hydration.

Honey as part of your skin care, is gentle enough that it is often used in baby skin care products. Honey has properties that attracts moisturizer from the air and locks it into your skin. It also helps disinfect any wounds and sped healing and is great for treating blemished skin.

Other recommended skin care sites

Information on all things skin care

For all natural and home make skin care products

Something’s you should know about the chemicals in skin care products

A Useful review on the anti wrinkle creams product Obagi

Home remedies for different skin types