Skin Care Products: Do you know what’s on your skin?
The quality of the ingredients that are in a skin care product make a huge difference to the health of the skin. It’s easy to get caught up in following trends and being lured by big-brand marketing, but at the end of the day, it’s what’s inside the product that counts.
It’s very important to look at the list of ingredients on a product. The ingredients are listed by their quantity within the product. The first ingredient is the most abundant last ingredient has the smallest concentration in the formulation.
Some ingredients that should be avoided are:
- mineral oil
- lanolin
- alcohol
- D&C Colorants
- Fragrance
- Sodium Lauryl Sulphate
I’ve seen marked improvements in client’s skin when they’ve moved away from drug-store brand skin care that contained dyes and fragrance. Some indications that your skin care products are doing more harm than good are the presence of:
- milia: These are characterised as small white, pearl-like lumps under the skin’s surface. Milia do not come to a head and can be present on the skin for long periods of time. They’re usually the result of ingredients that are suffocating the skin, such as mineral oil and dyes from make up.
- comedones: While everyone is susceptible to comedones, more commonly known as blackheads, in the oilier regions of their skin, it’s not normal to have patches of them or lots of bumps and collections of blackheads which would be referred to as congestion. This congestion is commonly caused by the ingredients listed above which do not encourage the skin the function normally, causing impactions of dead skin cells, dirt oil and debris.
Sometimes a simple change in routine can make a massive difference in the health of one’s skin, leading to a smoother, softer and brighter complexion. It’s best to follow that advice of a Skin Therapist who can Face Map your skin and customize your skin care regime to bring about balance and health.
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