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Few Things You Didn’t Know About Hair Care Products

1. Washing every day makes your scalp produce more oil, not less.  The body makes up for the removal of oil by rushing to replace it, so you may feel greasy only a few hours later.2. Many hair cleansers are too harsh.  That squeaky clean, fluffy feeling is the feeling of hair that's been stripped of all its natural protections.  It's a lot more fragile than you think.3. Regulations on hair care products and cosmetics aren't very stringent at all, allowing many poorly tested and unsafe substances to be used and outrageous claims to be made.4. The same detergent in most shampoos - sodium lauryl sulfate - is also what takes grime off your dishes and is even an industrial degreaser.5. Most products that claim to smooth or mend hair contain silicone derivatives, which coat your ...

Organic or Natural Skin Care Products – what’s the difference?

Today more and more people are becoming aware of the benefits nature has to offer and are seeking environmentally friendly products in their homes and in their skin care regimen. Therefore, it is no surprise that skin care manufacturers are catering to this wave of eco-friendly consumers and labeling products natural and/or organic. The words natural and organic are interpreted and implied as the same meaning, however, there are distinct differences between the two. Natural - this implies that one, some, or all of the ingredients are unprocessed and comes from nature, such as fruits, vitamins and minerals for instance; Aloe Vera is a natural product thus a product with Aloe Vera could be labeled natural. However, that does not mean the natural ingredient was grown organically and it does not mean that the skin care ...

Tips for Healthy Skincare Cosmetics

Skincare cosmetics should be good for your skin's health. If you have started to see some of the signs associated with aging skin, it is particularly important that you avoid certain ingredients, because they are damaging. Here's a look at the bad, the good and the best.Bad ingredients make a bad product, but there are so many of them in skincare cosmetics, that it is hard to know where to begin. I came up with this list, although it is surely incomplete, of ingredients to avoid when you are shopping for beauty aids.<ul><li>Added fragrances or essential oils, whether natural or artificial, because they are toxic to the skin's cells and prone to cause allergic reactions.</li><li>Artificial preservatives of any kind, because they are the number one causes of allergic and adverse reactions. Natural vitamin E is an ...