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Many skin problems such as acne, rosacea, sallow, unhealthy looking skin and aging wrinkles can be traced to the toxins routinely found in skin care products. The best way to achieve beautiful, youthful skin is to use skin care products free of these toxic substances.
Dr. Mercola also offers organic skin care products and packages such as his anti-aging skin care package. His organic skin care products are USDA certified organic ingredients.
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Showing posts with label organic skin care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label organic skin care. Show all posts
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Thursday, July 24, 2008
I Only Wish I'd had an Organic Baby
The light of my life, my once-tiny daughter is now a beautiful 22 year old college student. Even though I cherish her now in all her adultness, that sweet little blond baby with the curly locks will live in my heart forever. Even back then, the essence of the adult she would become was obvious. She was determined, curious and focused in everything she did.
I've always been interested in alternative medicine, natural living and organics but back when she was a baby, there weren't many organic or non-toxic foods and products. My daughter was also a very picky eater and existed for about 2 years on turkey ham (with nitrates!), cheese and grapes. Oh those grapes, probably dripping with pesticides. She loved apple juice too and about the time she was 2 there was a report of all the pesticides making their way into the finished apple juice products.
When I go to the grocery store these days, I only wish back then I'd had as much choice of what to feed my daughter or what products to use for her and our home. As she got older and more products became available, I used them. I planted my own veggies so I could control what went into growing them. My daughter loved strawberries so I planted a strawberry bed (strawberries are usually high on the polluted fruit list if conventionally grown). We took vitamins and started our day with a supercharge smoothie, which we still do now.
I can only hope that the changes we made later in her life will decrease the chances that those early exposure to toxins won't cause damage to her cells.
What drew me to Miessence as a product, when I first heard of them, was that they had organic skin care products. My daughter still has a few problems with skin breakouts and I felt the organics for problem skin would help her - and it did! Even though I use Miessence skin products, their organic toothpaste and organic cleaning products, I'm still in the "mother mode" of buying organics with my daughter in mind.
Recently, Miessence has introduced some new products that I only wish I'd had when my daughter was tiny. Miessence now has organic baby powders, lotions, body washes and more, which will protect babies from absorbing all the potentially toxic ingredients found in most skin care products.
On the Miessence website you can find a list of the potentially toxic ingredients which are in most commercial skin and body care products. You can compare the list to your current products. Check out this list of toxic ingredients
Even if you don't use Miessence, I urge you to try organics on your babies and children. I truly believe that all the toxins in the air, water and products that little bodies are exposed to is now causing the rise in cancer and other life altering diseases and illness. The only way to protect children is to try and limit this exposure.
If you'd like to check out the Miessence organic baby products click here. Miessence offers a wonderful opportunity for a home business, selling quality products that really help mothers and their families. It gives you a chance to use the products at a discount and make some money too.
Click here for more information about why Miessence could be the perfect company for you.
I've always been interested in alternative medicine, natural living and organics but back when she was a baby, there weren't many organic or non-toxic foods and products. My daughter was also a very picky eater and existed for about 2 years on turkey ham (with nitrates!), cheese and grapes. Oh those grapes, probably dripping with pesticides. She loved apple juice too and about the time she was 2 there was a report of all the pesticides making their way into the finished apple juice products.
When I go to the grocery store these days, I only wish back then I'd had as much choice of what to feed my daughter or what products to use for her and our home. As she got older and more products became available, I used them. I planted my own veggies so I could control what went into growing them. My daughter loved strawberries so I planted a strawberry bed (strawberries are usually high on the polluted fruit list if conventionally grown). We took vitamins and started our day with a supercharge smoothie, which we still do now.
I can only hope that the changes we made later in her life will decrease the chances that those early exposure to toxins won't cause damage to her cells.
What drew me to Miessence as a product, when I first heard of them, was that they had organic skin care products. My daughter still has a few problems with skin breakouts and I felt the organics for problem skin would help her - and it did! Even though I use Miessence skin products, their organic toothpaste and organic cleaning products, I'm still in the "mother mode" of buying organics with my daughter in mind.
Recently, Miessence has introduced some new products that I only wish I'd had when my daughter was tiny. Miessence now has organic baby powders, lotions, body washes and more, which will protect babies from absorbing all the potentially toxic ingredients found in most skin care products.
On the Miessence website you can find a list of the potentially toxic ingredients which are in most commercial skin and body care products. You can compare the list to your current products. Check out this list of toxic ingredients
Even if you don't use Miessence, I urge you to try organics on your babies and children. I truly believe that all the toxins in the air, water and products that little bodies are exposed to is now causing the rise in cancer and other life altering diseases and illness. The only way to protect children is to try and limit this exposure.
If you'd like to check out the Miessence organic baby products click here. Miessence offers a wonderful opportunity for a home business, selling quality products that really help mothers and their families. It gives you a chance to use the products at a discount and make some money too.
Click here for more information about why Miessence could be the perfect company for you.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Organic Sunscreen - Do You Need to Use It?
It is necessary to use organic sunscreen? Is it really better for you?
We've all been convinced that if we want to avoid skin cancer, then sunscreen is a MUST. Did you know though, that as the use of sunscreen has risen, so has the incidence of skin cancer? Since most people now use commercial sunscreens loaded with chemicals, perhaps organic sunscreen offers a safer form of protection.
A recent study by the Center for Disease Control showed that 97% of Americans are contaminated with oxybenzone, a commonly-used sunscreen ingredient. This chemical has been linked to allergies, hormone disruption, and cell damage, and to low birth weight in baby girls whose mothers used it during pregnancy. Oxybenzone enhances the penetration of sunscreen chemicals into the skin and these chemicals are absorbed into the blood stream to cause serious health problems.
Worse yet, for those who use sunscreen in hopes of avoiding wrinkles and age spots due to the sun, studies find that sunlight also causes oxybenzone to form free radical chemicals that may be linked to cell damage - which in fact CAUSES premature aging of the skin!
Under pressure from the Environmental Working Group (EWG), the Food and Drug Administration is only now, after 30 years, beginning to invesitgate the safety of oxybenzone.
So how can you protect yourself from the harmful rays of the sun? One answer is organic sunscreen by Miessence.
Reflect Outdoor Balm offers an spf of 15 and is made of 100% certified organic ingredients. It nourishes the skin with natural minerals that help reflect damaging ultraviolet radiation. Microfine zinc oxide offers protection from harmful rays while organic olive oil keeps the skin supple. Potent antioxidants include natural vitamin E, beta carotene and polygonum extract, which protect your skin from premature aging and prevent damage caused by the elements.
You can get more information about Miessence organic sunscreen, or click here to order. You don't have to "join" anything. Simply sign up as a preferred customer. Samples of other great organic skin care products are also available on this site.
More information about organic skin care
Keep in mind too that the sun provides us with Vitamin D, an essential vitamin for building bones and even preventing cancer so a certain amount of safe exposure to the sun is necessary for overall health.
We've all been convinced that if we want to avoid skin cancer, then sunscreen is a MUST. Did you know though, that as the use of sunscreen has risen, so has the incidence of skin cancer? Since most people now use commercial sunscreens loaded with chemicals, perhaps organic sunscreen offers a safer form of protection.
A recent study by the Center for Disease Control showed that 97% of Americans are contaminated with oxybenzone, a commonly-used sunscreen ingredient. This chemical has been linked to allergies, hormone disruption, and cell damage, and to low birth weight in baby girls whose mothers used it during pregnancy. Oxybenzone enhances the penetration of sunscreen chemicals into the skin and these chemicals are absorbed into the blood stream to cause serious health problems.
Worse yet, for those who use sunscreen in hopes of avoiding wrinkles and age spots due to the sun, studies find that sunlight also causes oxybenzone to form free radical chemicals that may be linked to cell damage - which in fact CAUSES premature aging of the skin!
Under pressure from the Environmental Working Group (EWG), the Food and Drug Administration is only now, after 30 years, beginning to invesitgate the safety of oxybenzone.
So how can you protect yourself from the harmful rays of the sun? One answer is organic sunscreen by Miessence.
Reflect Outdoor Balm offers an spf of 15 and is made of 100% certified organic ingredients. It nourishes the skin with natural minerals that help reflect damaging ultraviolet radiation. Microfine zinc oxide offers protection from harmful rays while organic olive oil keeps the skin supple. Potent antioxidants include natural vitamin E, beta carotene and polygonum extract, which protect your skin from premature aging and prevent damage caused by the elements.
You can get more information about Miessence organic sunscreen, or click here to order. You don't have to "join" anything. Simply sign up as a preferred customer. Samples of other great organic skin care products are also available on this site.
More information about organic skin care
Keep in mind too that the sun provides us with Vitamin D, an essential vitamin for building bones and even preventing cancer so a certain amount of safe exposure to the sun is necessary for overall health.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Do Organic Skin Care Products Make Sense?
Do you suffer from acne, skin irritations, rashes and redness? Is your skin dull and lack-luster or show premature wrinkling? Maybe organic skin care products can help.
Take a comparison test. Read the label of your current product or, better yet, check it on the Household Products Data Base.
Is there a long list of words you can't pronounce? Could these ingredients, which are absorbed into your skin and through your skin into your blood stream, be toxic or cause allergies and skin irritations? Here is a list of potentially toxic chemicals which are commonly added to skin and body care products.
Many of these ingredients are known to cause allergies, reproductive and neurological disorders and even cancer.
Compare these ingredients to a certified 100% organic skin care lotion:
Here you see such ingredients as organic aloe vera, shea butter and chamomile.
Which would you rather be putting on your skin?
Take a comparison test. Read the label of your current product or, better yet, check it on the Household Products Data Base.
Is there a long list of words you can't pronounce? Could these ingredients, which are absorbed into your skin and through your skin into your blood stream, be toxic or cause allergies and skin irritations? Here is a list of potentially toxic chemicals which are commonly added to skin and body care products.
Many of these ingredients are known to cause allergies, reproductive and neurological disorders and even cancer.
Compare these ingredients to a certified 100% organic skin care lotion:
Here you see such ingredients as organic aloe vera, shea butter and chamomile.
Which would you rather be putting on your skin?
Monday, March 31, 2008
Miessence Organic Skin Care
I've always been very careful about the products I promote. I want them to be as natural as possible, organic if possible, and the company has to be honest in its dealings and have great customer service. I prefer promoting products I actually use, as opposed to signing up with some company just to make money. A company I promote has to fit into my overall concept of promoting health and wellness, which is what I do on my health website.
Recently, I found a company whose mission is very similar to my own-promoting the use and importance of organics. This company is ONEGroup which sells Miessence, MiVitality and MiEnviron which are all organic products for your skin, hair, body and home. Not only can you purchase products on the site but there each product offers a complete list of organic ingredients so you know exactly what you are getting when you're shopping.
ONEGroup also offers education on what the organic movement is and why organics are important .There is a great list of potentially toxic ingredients contained in most health and beauty products so you can check the products you are currently purchasing.
What led me to ONEGroup was an article I was writing about the toxic ingredients in toothpaste. When I checked the toothpaste I was using which was supposed to be "all natural", I discovered several ingredients in it that I didn't want to be using!
As much as possible, I stick to organics in the food I eat and the products I use so ONEGroup seemed a perfect fit for my lifestyle and my beliefs.
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