So…what’s the big deal with all natural skin care?

I mean you’ve been using chemical, synthetic lotions and creams on your skin forever right? That’s just how they are made…and why is it suddenly a big deal to be natural, it sounds like a marketing campaign to me, just more BS.

I used to think that too, except that every time I’d try a new cream on my face it would get all red. Of course I would just keep using the stuff because the label/commercial said it would do great things for me. Eventually my skin got used to it and all was well, even if the promised magic never happened. So it turns out that your skin gets red because it’s reacting to a foreign substance, and your body literally goes on red alert. It’s kinda like a fever when you get sick, the temperature rises in an attempt to kill off bacteria or a virus. Our bodies are smart.

These days everyone knows that processed/preserved and overcooked food fills our stomachs but is useless nutritionally. There is a huge trend towards whole natural food…and for good reason.

Your skin literally eats the creams you put on it. That’s why medications are available in skin patches. The medication is absorbed through the skin and enters deeper tissues and the bloodstream. So what you put on your skin affects your whole body.

Synthetic, chemical cosmetic ingredients are like fast food for your skin. They take something natural and twist it into a whole new thing. It’ll last for years on a shelf, but there is very little nutritional value left. Your skin does not even recognize it as “edible” and tries to fight it off.

And all the time we are being told that if we use this or that product we will be beautiful. Guess what? There’s only one way to have beautiful skin and that’s to have healthy skin. And yes, you can feed your skin good stuff, that’s what this blog is all about. How can you make cosmetics that are skin-friendly, what are the best methods and ingredients and what needs to be avoided…and why.

If you are looking to buy skin care that is made with these ideas in mind and are lost and confused (because cosmetic companies can pretty much say anything they like) I would suggest checking out Fig+Sage where you can find reviews on organic/natural products. Erin and Stacie do their research so if they say it’s natural it really is.