Comments on: Safe Skin Care Has Nothing To Do With Price

By: Jon Clayton

Jon Clayton — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:04:12 +0000

For a long time I associated quality in skin care products exclusively with price. As skin care science develops, that has been shown to be an errant position. The answer is found in the ingredients. There is the answer. High cost does not translate into high quality in all cases. There is a plethora of high quality products at affordable prices. That has been an eye opener for me. Thanks!! Great post.

By: Bill Tessore

Bill Tessore — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:35:57 +0000

MY! Hideous doesn't begin to adequately describe this list of noxious nasties.

I wonder how many of these criminal chemicals played a contributing, if not leading, role in Farrah Faucet's death from cancer? (and countless thousands of others)

Keep on putting out the truth so others' mothers, sisters, etc. can learn.

I appreciate you,

Bill Tessore

By: Vicki Zerbee

Vicki Zerbee — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:34:35 +0000

It is amazing how many chemicals can be present in a product or in combination of personal care and skin care products. We put these products on our skin and it gets absorbed into our bodies. You are right that the long term effects are unknown and even scary. I have used natural skin care products for years and my two daughters do as well. Teenagers like to try all kinds of brands mainly based on the marketing and advertising they see. Sometimes they don't agree on the natural choices that you want them to use. I let them experiment and was happy when they came back asking for mom's brand. They could feel the difference and want to have great skin.

By: Jim Hickey

Jim Hickey — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:57:59 +0000

After I came across this post there were a couple of the compounds you listed caught my attention, specifically limonene and linalool. These two compounds are generically referred to as being part of the terpenoid family and are found in large percentages in many essential oils (limonene in citrus and many conifer based oils; linalool in a variety of other plants and herbs). The concentration of these two compounds in some essential oils are often in the 10 to 40 % range which is often higher than commercial products. Given the multiple uses of essentials oils, it's important to understand the nature of the substances we are using. Great insight, thanks for sharing!

By: Phillip Skinner

Phillip Skinner — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:41:34 +0000

Hi five folks – strange how over time we seem to believe everything we read in adverts about skin products helping our skins to do whatever especially the younger folks – my thoughts about skin care is it has to start from the inside out – eating a well balanced diet has to be the 1st step towards this fresh fruit and vegetables – drinking plenty of water might not be advertised as much as it should but in my world of health care its the no one cure for most skin problems that is easily overlooked…

Respect your skin from the inside out

By: Mike Kelley

Mike Kelley — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:12:05 +0000

My wife started making a moisturizer just this year. She says that the initial ingredients cost a bit, but they will make several batches of the stuff. She persuaded me to start using it because I have very dry skin and the only thing that helped was some prescription product. Much to my surprise, this stuff works great. It is a bit greasy at first, but my wife says to tough it out till it settles in. Guess she's the boss on this one.