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How Do You Find The Worlds Best Moisturizer?

By Peter Clark
Sep 23, 2009
If you're interested in good skin care you're probably looking for the best moisturiser you can get. If so you will be interested to learn a bit more about the sorts of ingredients that go into many mainstream moisturizing creams and the ingredients to look for in the best moisturizing lotions.

It's sad to say but many big brand personal products such as cosmetics, shampoos, soaps, deodorants, baby products and many big brand skin care products contain synthetic chemical and petrochemical ingredients. The reason is because they are extremely cheap to buy.

Moisturizing lotions are a fine example. Look at the label of most moisturizing creams and lotions and you will see mineral oil there. Mineral oil is a byproduct the distillation of crude oil. It is a petrochemical product and is in fact a waste product.

Mineral oil is extremely cheap. It costs less to buy mineral oil then it costs to dispose of it. Mineral oil is used in many beauty and personal products, including baby products as well as many the brand moisturizing lotions and creams. It is not an effective moisturizer is not safe your skin skin.

The following is a quote from a material safety data sheet about mineral oil:

WARNING! HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED OR INHALED. CAUSES IRRITATION TO SKIN, EYES AND RESPIRATORY TRACT. COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID AND VAPOR.

The Cosmetic Safety Database links mineral oil to cancer, immunotoxicity, skin allergies, organ system toxicity and skin irritation.

The purpose of using mineral oil in moisturizers is to help prevent the loss of moisture from the skin. Mineral oil on the skin forms a thin film and it is intended that this prevents moisture loss and to some extent it does so. But what is the price to your health into your skin?

Mineral oil clogs the pores of your skin and can produce skin reactions such as acne and psoriasis.

If you want to find the best face moisturizer avoid mineral oil. The worlds best moisturizers do not contain mineral oil.

A second chemical ingredient to avoid is parabens. Parabens are in fact a class of chemicals that are used as preservatives. Sodium Methylparaben, for example, is linked to allergies and immunotoxicity, organ system toxicity, biochemical or cellular level changes, neurotoxicity and endocrine disruption according to the Cosmetic Safety Database.

Look on the label of personal products and avoid those with parabens listed.

There's so many other chemical ingredients to avoid that there are too many to list.

So now you know what to avoid when looking at the best moisturizer. But what you look for?

There are in fact many naturally occurring ingredients that can be used in top quality moisturizing products and skin care and anti aging products in general that work exceptionally well as moisturizers and which are also safe to your skin and your body.

There are many natural oils are example. Avocado oil, Babassu oil, Shea butter, Olive oil are all natural moisturizers, or work exceedingly well and all are safe to use will stop

And it's not just natural oils. There are other ingredients that are extremely effective at moisturizing your skin as well at promoting the best skin health and at the same time increasing your skin elasticity.

For example there is an ingredient used in the worlds best moisturizers called Cynergy TK. Cynergy TK is a patented ingredient sourced from the wool of sheep that does wonders to your overall skin health and also your skin moisture levels.

Another ingredient found in the worlds best in care products is Phytessence Wakame. This is a seaweed found around the coast of Japan that is packed full of minerals, vitamins and anti oxidants that are well known for their skin health properties. Phytessence Wakame is eaten by the Japanese and it is no coincidence that Japanese women have the worlds best skin.

So if you're looking for the best moisturizer the most important thing to know is what to avoid. Avoid modern mainstream big brand name anti aging skin care products with chemical and petrochemical ingredients. You need to source skin care products with naturally occurring ingredients that are highly effective and safe to use.

One company that makes the worlds best moisturizer does not make a moisturizer. That's because there entire range in care products all use the same natural ingredients as I have mentioned above and so they do not need to produce a moisturizer. All their products moisturize equally successfully.

Moisturizing is one of the most essential components of good skin care. All premium skin care products should moisturize successfully.
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