Organic Skin Care

Skin; a living, breathing, sensitive, flexible covering meant to protect us from the harmful rays of the sun, the dangers of infection and too much moisture.

In order to protect our skin, organic skin care products should be utilized. This new organic world can become confusing as you navigate through the shelves of your supermarkets and malls and some questions come to mind:

• Which product out there is really organic?
• Doesn’t organic apply to only food products?

Some of these non-food products you see before you carry labels that say 75% Organic or 100% All Natural Organic ingredients.

Organic skin care products are beneficial for the health of your skin, but if they are truly organic, their shelf life is cut in half from their commercial counterparts. This is one way to check the authenticity of organic skin care products, by the expiration date. Only synthetic ingredients prolong shelf life for products beyond the few months that natural products can survive.

Organic skin care products claim to be beneficial for your skin. Free of harmful preservatives and additives, organic skin care products is an industry that has exploded in the last couple of years. With sales rapidly expanding due in large part to the industry taking to the internet, more and more companies are now joining the move to offer non-toxic products for your skin.

Healing Gardens Organics

Their slogan is “Save Your Skin- Save the Planet.” Their line of organic skin care products are earth-friendly, non-toxic, and cruelty free (meaning animals are not used to test their products). Their aim is for their customers to live a longer, healthier life, by promoting such products as: Organics Wild Honey Body Lotion

Honey is an all natural skin exfoliate. When applied to dry, red or irritated skin, honey will naturally soothe the area and take the redness and soreness away. Honey is the oldest naturalizer in the world. When applied to the skin, honey locks the moisture in and prevents painful dry skin from occurring.

The company also offers aromatherapy products such as Lavendertherapy Relaxing Pillow Spray…The Healing Garden Body Definition…Healing Garden Hand Cream…all ingredients fully botanical and tested by dermatologists.

The Body Shop

Offers Skin Milk Shower Cream, completely free of soap (that can dry your skin) The company utilizes milk that has the property not only to exfoliate the skin, but also to nourish the skin with vitamins A and D. This body wash can be used also to take the sting out of burns and the irritation out of rashes.

These are only two companies in a long list that offer organic skin care products. If you are mystified as to which companies are legitimate, an organization called The Organic Consumers Association out of Minnesota stands ready to help you.

This is a grassroots organization dealing with the many issues of organic products and offering a website rich with facts and statistics. Their motto:

“Campaigning for Health, Justice and Sustainability.”