Cosmetic Ingredient Safety - Part Four

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Skincare Lines for Sensitive Skins

There are several skincare lines that cater to people with very sensitive skins or those who are concerned about the inclusion of particular ingredients like dyes and fragrances. Unfortunately, there are only a few that have developed anti-aging and age-reversing lines.



Arbonne is one of the best-known. Arbonne uses no artificial dyes or fragrances (in non-fragrance products), no animal by-products, no mineral oil and does not use animal testing. The prices are on the high side because of the multi-level marketing sales force which the company employs; but you can get around that by signing up as a distributor. Arbonne allows people to sign up just to get their own products at 35% off retail. I think they’ve found that many of these people start supplying friends and relatives and end up becoming distributors and making a business for themselves.



Another such skincare line that I am just beginning to look into is made by Revitol. Revitol has been a supplier of herbal supplements for 15 years. More recently they have expanded into skincare. Their stated goal is, “to provide retailers and vendors with the finest quality supplements ever made at wholesale prices barely above our manufacturing costs”.



It seems they have extended this goal to their anti-aging skincare line because the prices are very reasonable, yet the products contain some of the finest, most advanced ingredients found in higher priced brands. I will put up a full review of Revitol’s anti-aging skincare line as soon as possible.



The Bottom Line on Skin Care Safety

You stated that "If it means my health over a wrinkle, I would rather have my health." In my opinion, skin care and cosmetics products should never be the cause for concern.



So, if the use of skin care products causes you to worry about your health, don't use them. It is not worth it for you and that is a perfectly sensible conclusion for you to reach.



This article is for information only. It does not purport to offer medical or advice.



Tags: antiaging ingredients, cosmetic safety, carcinogenic chemicals

Cosmetic Ingredient Safety - Part Three

Here is the complete article about skin care safety.



Paula Begoun’s information on benzyl alcohol, which I quoted last time, is a lot more informative than posting a risk factor of 6 (out of 10) with a 67% data gap and the listing “Violations, Restrictions & Warnings, Neurotoxicity, Allergies/immunotoxicity, Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs), Occupational hazards”.



Sounds very scary, right? But look at each element on its own. “Occupational hazards” are relevant to those who may be exposed to massive amounts of a substance during manufacture or transport, but not to those who purchase a microscopic amount in a jar of skin cream.



“Allergies” and [skin] “Irritation” are related. Someone somewhere in the world will be allergic to any single element in the Periodic Table; but for most people the relevant compounds of the elements and the amounts used in skincare products are non-irritating.



I believe that, for legal purposes, there is an accepted norm which states that at least 1% of the population will have adverse reactions to any product, whether natural (like shellfish or peanuts) or artificial.



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Cosmetic Ingredient Safety - Part Two

Continuing my answer to “Concerned” which started Sunday …



Interpreting Skincare Safety Data

There are other sites that claim to present data on skin care and cosmetic safety. When I look at the information you forwarded from one such site on Avon Deep Crease, I see that the primary “hazards” listed relate to: 1. fragrance ingredients; 2. dyes; and 3. benzyl alcohol.



Fragrances

It would be nice if companies would leave out the fragrances (from non-fragrance products) for the growing number of consumers who are developing allergies to these substances. However, sometimes the fragrances are there to mask another odor that more people would find offensive. It’s a bit of a Catch-22.



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Cosmetic Ingredient Safety - Part One

My husband is a cancer survivor, his was chemically induced. Anything we put on our skin is absorbed in our system. I don't think we were meant to put a ton of chemicals on our skin.



This is all so hard to know who to believe, even Kevin Trudeau states in his book "Cures they don't want you to know about" talks about this sort of thing. I just want to be safe, rather than sorry. If it means my health over a wrinkle, I would rather have my health.



It would be nice, if your website would also include what you felt was safer. I am not a chemist, so I rely on information I read etc.



I do know a person who hauls chemicals, and he does state as well, how dangerous or toxic some of the ingredients in our cosmetics, shampoos etc are.



"Concerned about Cosmetics"



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Tags: antiaging ingredients, cosmetic safety, carcinogenic chemicals