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Natural Beauty 101: Reasons to go Natural
While your wardrobe and accessories can help support a desired image, healthy skin is a fundamental of first impressions. While many think that beauty is determined by the shape of features or physique, but real beauty is a reflection of health and vibrancy.
Pure + simple believes in natural and organic skincare to amalgamate beauty and health. Opting for natural skincare and holistic services instead of dangerous chemicals, injections or surgeries, promotes better longevity and a gentler approach on our skin and bodies. But what are the benefits of natural skincare?
Pure Results
The first benefit of natural skincare is for healthier skin: Results. Because why do we purchase skincare except for more beautiful skin?
Truly natural products use pure vegetable + plant oils, waters and waxes as their bases while conventional product lines utilize petroleum (aka. mineral oil, petrolatum, propylene glycol etc). Petroleum molecules are too large to fully penetrate the skin. Therefore, these products clog pores and suffocates the skin. This clogging causes acne and blackheads and prevents the skin from breathing or absorbing any real moisture. The skin cannot even absorb moisture from the humidity in the air further contributing to dehydration.
Chemical detergents in conventional skincare also dehydrate the skin. These detergents strip + deplete its acid mantle. This leaves the skin vulnerable and damaged. It is therefore prone to reactions, sensitivity and oil imbalances. Both the stripping and clogging properties of chemical beauty products imbalance the skin.
Natural ingredients which fully penetrate, and cleansers gently remove dirt will nourish, protect and heal skin damage.
The skin is an organ which needs to be pampered and handled with care. Even when it is congested or acneic, harsh + stripping products will only worsen its condition.
Pure Products + a Healthier Body
But as we all know, beauty is only skin deep. True beauty is seen through a healthy mind + body. Because we absorb everything on our skin into our blood stream and internal organs, if we use products with toxic chemicals in them, they will affect our overall health.
Think of the nicotine patch. It is placed on the skin and nicotine is absorbed into the body to aid addiction. This same absorption exists for all substances applied to our skin’s surface. So, while we think of beauty care as something topical, superficial and fun, many of us are unaware of the impact it has on our bodies as a holistic system. The skin actually absorbs materials etc faster than the digestive system. It is argued that what we absorbed via skin is even more important than our diet.
Our sunscreens, our make-up, our skincare often contain carcinogenic ingredients, and this affects us in ways we would never even dream of. Certain sunscreen agents imbalance our hormonal levels, some ingredients can tax our kidneys and liver. And we are rubbing these ingredients all over our bodies on a habitual basis.
In an age with such technological advancement and information overload, sometimes the simplest beauty solutions are the best way to prevent worry lines. |
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