| Be honest---when you're looking for face creams that | | | | bad ingredients are trickier. They don't sound harmful, |
| give great results, it's easy to get frustrated and end | | | | but they are terrible for your skin. A few of the |
| up with a mediocre product. When every skin cream | | | | most common ones: mineral oil, parabens, dioxanes, |
| on the shelf offers you the "secret" for younger, | | | | alcohols, and fragrances. |
| radiant skin, how do you decide which to use? I hate | | | | Cosmetic companies use these ingredients, because |
| buying face creams and seeing poor results; that | | | | they're cheap. They skimp on quality ingredients and |
| really burns me up. No one should feel like they | | | | put the bulk of their budget toward celebrity |
| wasted their hard-earned money on hollow promises. | | | | endorsements and advertising. As consumers, this |
| To help you, here are 3 tips for finding effective | | | | seems backward to us. Why would a company |
| face creams: | | | | deliberately produce mediocre products? It's because |
| Stick to natural face cream | | | | developing a natural skin cream requires scientific |
| Yes, when you see the word "natural" on a tube of | | | | expertise and a lot of capital. |
| skin cream, it can almost anything. So what do you | | | | And it's because these companies know that |
| do? To determine if face creams are truly natural, | | | | consumers are desperate to stop skin from aging. |
| focus on the ingredients listed on the label. You | | | | People who are desperate buy into slick advertising |
| should find high concentrations of active nature-based | | | | and promises of beautiful skin. |
| ingredients. | | | | Focus on clinical testing |
| What are some examples of these ingredients: | | | | Don't believe the claims made by the company selling |
| - avocado oil | | | | the product. The cosmetics and skincare industry is |
| - macadamia nut oil | | | | largely unregulated, so claims have not been verified. |
| - vitamin E | | | | They can be only partially true or even completely |
| - coenzyme Q10 | | | | false. |
| - grapeseed oil | | | | To safeguard yourself, look for a natural face cream |
| - manuka honey | | | | that has scientific testing on human volunteers behind |
| These ingredients have the right stuff, because they | | | | it. Only companies dedicated to research and |
| produce positive changes at the cellular level. | | | | development of effective ingredients conduct clinical |
| Specifically, they stimulate the production of collagen | | | | trials. Knowing that your face cream has been |
| and elastin and stop free radical damage in skin cells. | | | | scientifically proven to work should make you feel |
| As you age, collagen and elastin production slows | | | | confident about your purchase. It did for me. |
| down, causing undesireable lines, wrinkles, sagging, | | | | It's definitely possible to find face creams that make |
| and blotchiness. A natural face cream reactivates, at | | | | your skin younger. Is that your goal? If it is, visit my |
| the cellular level, the youthfulness of your skin. | | | | website where I expand on the three tips in this |
| Avoid chemicals | | | | article. I discuss cutting-edge natural face cream |
| Look at the ingredient list on the label. Go through | | | | ingredients being developed by a company in New |
| the ingredients one by one. A simple rule to follow: If | | | | Zealand. |
| you can't say it, don't buy it. Now, some of these | | | | |