Are Natural Skin Care Products Really Natural?
Let’s face it … natural skin care products might contain all-natural ingredients, but they might not. Even some naturally occurring ingredients are not particularly safe. About 25% of all cosmetic users have an allergic or other adverse reaction, at some point. The only solution is to test everything that you use on a small area, first, or to learn which ingredients are non-irritating, non-allergenic and non-toxic. For many years, lanolin was often recommended, because it does not cause allergic reactions. It is a kind of fat squeezed out of sheep’s wool. Recently, researchers learned that keratin, a protein in wool, is very similar to the skin’s own keratins. It can be gently extracted and softened, while retaining its functionality. In other words, the skin’s cells can use it. Natural skin care products that contain this “functional” keratin have been shown to increase the production of new cells and fibers, while moisturizing, firming, reducing inflammation and acting as an antiox
