19/05/2022
Even when you do create healthy, vibrant skin with the right diet and supplements, you’ll probably use moisturizers, cleansers, makeup, and other cosmetics to maintain it.
Unfortunately, many people undo their efforts towards healthy skin, and the many other benefits they get from the right diet, when they choose poor-quality skincare products. The average woman uses about 12 beauty products, and within many of them lurk thousands of toxic chemicals.
Those chemicals include parabens, phthalates, synthetic colours, formaldehyde, fragrances, and propylene glycol to help them look and smell nice, in addition to preserving their shelf life.
But what increases cosmetics’ shelf life could be shortening yours.
These and other products also trigger or exacerbate an array of problems including allergies and can even act as irritants and carcinogens.
It’s crazy that manufacturers promise these (sometimes-very-expensive) cosmetics will improve your skin, but they can actually make it worse! Even products labelled “organic” or “natural” can contain chemicals, and those certified organic products might contain only 10 percent organic ingredients.
Make sure to check the labels of the products you’re using your skin. You can always reference this list from the EWG.org on which chemicals to avoid.