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Natural beauty does not come from a jar

Natural beauty does not come from a jar

Date: 2017-11-01

Unfortunately, today it's a reality that most mass-produced products we use everyday — whether for personal beauty care, household cleansing or storing things like foods in plastics — are loaded with endless synthetic ingredients thatcan wind up causing more harm than good.

Buying skin care products can be tricky these days, with so many different options available and endless, hard-to-pronounce ingredient lists on every face wash, lotion and scrub package. Knowing the potential for commercially sold products to absorbrightinto your skin and cause serious issues, you really want to keep an eye on what is being added to your products and how your skin reacts.

When looking for skin care products, follow the same rules that you follow for a healthy diet: huntfor unprocessed ingredients, without anyharsh chemicals or anything artificial!Basically, the closer to the nature the natural skin product is, the more your skin will know what to do with its beneficial ingredients in order to improve your skin's health.

There are more natural skin care products available now than ever, and their long list of benefits beyond even great looking skin might come come as a surprise to you. When you use natural products like this regularly, not only are you beautifying your skin, but you're also absorbing antioxidants, enhancing your skin's UV resistance, andstimulating your immune system, too.

Applying unprocessed, whole-food ingredients onto your skin — many that you likely even have already and cook with in your own kitchen — will make you love your skin, even if you are someone who has sensitive skin or has struggled in the past with clearing up difficult skin-related problems.

Start making over your beauty routine by trying these natural skin care products:

1.Coconut Oil is one of the most versatile skin (and food) ingredients there is,coconut oil's skin benefitsinclude: strengthening underlying epidermal tissue, removing dead skin cells, protecting us from sunburns, and containing antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal and antioxidant properties.

2. Tea Tree Oil has been used for hundreds of years in Australia to fight breakouts, redness and inflammation on the skin.

3.Apple Cider Vinegar is an extremely versatile and inexpensive natural skin care product,apple cider vinegar benefitsinclude helping to kill pathogens (likebacteria), clearing skin problems caused by gut issues, cleansing the skin and helping to stop acne, plus providing antifungal properties.

4. Raw Honey is one of the best natural sources of nutrients, enzymes, vitamins and skin-boosting acids.Benefits of raw honeyinclude reducing breakouts, providing moisturizing properties, containing antiseptic qualities, encouraging wound healing, fighting allergies or rashes, and helping to reduce scars.

5. Sea Salt comes loaded with tons ofminerals and nutrients likemagnesium, calcium, sodium and potassiumthat it absorbs from the sea water where its produced. Many of these minerals are the same ones found in our skin cells and within our bodies, which is exactly why real sea salt can help balance, protect and restore the skin.

6. Avocado is anultra-moisturizing fatty fruit, thebenefits of avocadosinclude containing vitamins A, D and E thatare able to penetrate the skin. It helps soothe sunburned skin, can boost collagen production and treat age spots. It also works to reduce inflammation of the skin when applies topically and can do the same internally when eaten.