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The right ingredients for your skin type
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The right ingredients for your skin type
When choosing a product, read the list of ingredients and remember this simple rule: if you cant pronounce it, and wouldnt eat it, dont put it on your skin.
Avoid chemicals with:
- DEA (diethanolamine)
- MEA (monoethanolamine)
- TEA (triethanolamine)
'These chemicals are already restricted in Europe due to known carcinogenic effects. Dr. Samuel Epstein (Professor of Environmental Health at the University of Illinois) says that repeated skin applications . . . of DEA-based detergents resulted in a major increase in the incidence of liver and kidney cancer. Often used in cosmetics to adjust the pH, and used with many fatty acids to convert acid to salt (stearate), which then becomes the base for a cleanser. TEA causes allergic reactions including eye problems, dryness of hair and skin, and could be toxic if absorbed into the body over a long period of time.
From Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)'
Oily skin
Ingredients to look for
organic lemon peel oil
witch hazel
burdock
green clay
organic echinacea
organic lavender
lemon myrtle
plantain
calendula
tea tree
lemon myrtle.
Blemishes
Ingredients to look for
organic thyme
plantain
marshmallow
natural green clay
organic echinacea
witch hazel
organic lavender
lemon myrtle
tea tree
Dry skin
Ingredients to look for
organic geranium
hops, chamomile
gotu kola
horsetail
avocado
rosehip seed oil
horsetail
nettle
roman chamomile
rose essential oils
Sensitive skin
Ingredients to look for
organic bergamot
chamomile
iron oxide rich red clay
organic chamomile
organic St John's wort
lavender wort
horse chestnut
essential oils like carrot and chamomile
nut and seed oils and butters
chamomiles (German and Roman)
calendula
carrot
Normal/combination skin
Ingredients to look for
organic seed butters and oils
organic rosehip seed oil
jojoba
calendula
chamomile
olive leaf
lavender
organic olive leaf
calendula
marshmallow
pink clay
organic marshmallow
calendula
organic orange peel oil
Products I use and love. They are certified organic to intenational food standards. Free of harmful chemicals, synthetics and GMO.
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