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Posted by Bobby Brown on August 04, 2019 - 8:14am Edited 8/4 at 8:14am

Non-Toxic Beauty: Your Skin is A Gateway

Adults have on average five million pores on their body and over 20,000 on the face alone. These pores are microscopic gateways inside the body, and depending on the size of the particle they come in contact with, they can offer direct entrance into the bloodstream. This becomes a major problem in today’s modern world because of an increasing amount of beauty and body care products that are full of toxic chemicals. These toxins should not make their way into the circulatory system, and yet the lack of awareness around the issue results in people unknowingly adding to their toxic load with every application.

The majority of beauty care products on the shelves are not suitable for human consumption and therefore aren’t safe to apply to the skin either. A long list of toxins applied regularly to the skin will quickly begin to accumulate in the body, increasing your toxic load, and can eventually lead to a host of health problems.

Toxic Beauty Products and Your Health

Non-Toxic Beauty: Since your excretory system (that naturally detoxifies the body) is truly a whole-body system, it puts immense pressure on organs like the liver, kidneys, and of course the skin. As toxins accumulate in the body, these organs can no longer keep up with the natural process of elimination, and toxins begin to get stored in your fat cells, tissues, and organs.

Over-time this can lead to a wide range of health problems. The symptoms of body toxicity include:

  • Chronically tired
  • Slow digestion
  • Bloating
  • Chronically ill
  • Skin inflammation/ irritation
  • Allergies
  • Brain fog
  • Painful or irregular menstruation
  • Unexplained weight gain
  • Weight loss resistance

One of the biggest ironies with the mainstream beauty care industry is that many of these products are marketed to promote youthfulness and the appearance of health, but are actually having the opposite effect. In the short term, your face of makeup might hide dark under eyes of mask wrinkles and your perfume might make you smell nice– but in the long run, these toxins are aging you and your body odor is oftentimes your skin trying to purge out the toxins you’ve taken in.

Natural Non-Toxic Beauty: The Worst Offenders

The list of ingredients used in mainstream body care and beauty products range on a scale of less to extremely toxic, but essentially you want to avoid any ingredients that are not an edible grade. To get a toxicity score ranting on individual ingredients and on a wide range of products you can visit the EWG Skin Deep Cosmetics Database.

Non-toxic beauty: Some of the most toxic ingredients that should be avoided at all cost include:

  • Sodium Lauryl/ Laureth Sulfate (SLS and SLES)
  • Petroleum/ Paraffin/ Mineral Oil
  • Formaldehyde (also called quaternium-15, DMDM hydantoin, imidazolidinyl urea, Diazolidinyl urea, sodium hydroxymethylglycinate, 2-Bromo-2-Nitropropane-1,3 diol (Bronopol), glyoxal, and oxaldehyde)
  • Synthetic fragrances/ Parfum (these are often labeled as ‘natural fragrances’)
  • Parabens
  • Mercury (also called Thimerosal, and Merthiolate)
  • Phalates (also called BDP, DEHP, and DEP)
  • Hydroquinone
  • Propylene Glycol
  • Triclosan

These ingredients are found in a wide range of body care products. These range from shampoos and conditioners to body cream, body oils, deodorant, shaving gel, perfumes, sunscreens, hairsprays and gels, body wash, face wash, and makeup.

The Solution: Natural Non-Toxic Beauty Care

The modern beauty care world is full of harmful toxins. However, we’re not suggesting you ditch all deodorant and stop wearing makeup. Every harmful product on the market has a more natural version, and by making the switch to natural beauty care you can achieve your aesthetic goals while actually helping your body maintain good health.

Natural beauty products contain ingredients that can double as food. Believe it or not, there are incredible innovations that include not only natural body creams and oils, but also bronzer, blush, mascara, and eyeshadow. You don’t have to compromise your inner health to feel good on the outside. 

 

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