Announcing
A New Skin Care Solution That Makes Your Skin Feel Smoother,
More Radiant and
Youthful
If you are struggling to find a skin care solution
that doesn't dry out your skin, costs a small fortune to keep
regularly using or simply fails to make your skin
feel younger and more healthy, then I'm sure that you'll find
the following information to be very useful.
Even though I don't know you, I'll bet that if you're like me,
you're sick and tired of skin care products that don't do what
they claim to.
The worst part is, it's ironically often the most expensive
skin care products that are the most ineffective.
Now, of course, there are some good products on the market that
can genuinely help make your skin look smoother, more radiant,
and youthful.
Not only should a quality skin product help reduce bags under
your eyes and fine lines around the eyes, but it should also
even out coloration inconsistencies caused by age spots and
other unwanted pigment concentrations.
The Real
Problem with many Skin Care Products
Now the problem is that there are literally
thousands of products to choose from and unless you become a
well-informed consumer, it's hard to find one of the few that
actually produces real results and eliminates years of
aging from your face and body.
Let's face it, people will understandably spend any amount of
money to make themselves look better or younger.
Cosmetic surgery is a multi-billion dollar industry and so
is the topical skin care industry.
It's simply a law of economics that the more the demand for
such products skyrockets, the more product that manufacturers
will flood onto the marketplace to capitalize on this
demand.
A lot of these products are rushed to market to meet this
demand without any real consideration to research and
development.
Many Skin Care Products Are More About Marketing Than
Helping Maintain And Improve Your
Skin
In many products, all of the money goes into the marketing
of the product.
On the surface everything looks great. The bottles and jars
that the creams come in look appealing.
The magazine advertisements are glossy, complete with a
youthful looking model or a well known celebrity who doesn't
even really use the products.
You can't really blame these companies. When you are spending a
fortune paying for marketing, whether it be on the product
containers, magazine, radio, and TV ads, royalties paid to
celebrities and models, you have to charge a lot of money for
your products or you're going to lose money.
On the other hand, this doesn't mean you and I have to fall for
these types of marketing schemes.
After all, these companies aren't going to encounter any
shortage of people who will open their wallets and purses to
purchase their products anytime soon.
The reality is most people simply won't take any time to
research products and understand what ingredients work and what
ingredients are actually bad for your skin!
That's why I created this website. So, let's get right
into.
Avoid Skin
Care Products that Contain These
Ingredients
It seems incredible, but many skin care products are loaded
with ingredients that actually harm your skin over time.
In this section, we will talk about some of these.
First, mineral oil. I have seen this
oil used in literally hundreds of products I've looked at.
Mineral oil may also go by the names liquid paraffin,
paraffin wax, and petrolatum on the product label. Mineral oil
is used so pervasively in skin care products for one reason:
it's cheap!
However, mineral oil, once applied, prevents the skin from
"breathing".
As such, it clogs pores, interferes with your skin's natural
ability to eliminate toxins, and can lead to acne flare
ups.
Also, it is irritating to the skin and if used for any length
of time, your skin can become dependent on it, causing chapping
and dryness.
Lastly, it can lead to premature aging of the skin. It's
amazing this substance is even allowed in so-called "skin care"
products at all.
Dioxane: (a synthetic derivative of
coconut). This substance is widely used in skincare
products.
It often contains high concentrations of 1,4-dioxane, which
is readily absorbed through the skin. I know this sounds crazy,
but 1,4-dioxane is considered a chemical "known to the State of
California to cause cancer".
To think people pay money to put this stuff on their skin
unknowingly is downright scary.
Fragrances: Who doesn't like to smell
nice? Well, I'm here to tell you that if you want to smell
nice, use a little bit of perfume or cologne....or some
bodyspray.
Your skin care products should not contain fragrances.
Many fragrances are produced from ingredients that
are known to be toxic or carcinogenic.
You must remember that your skin is the largest organ of the
body. Anything you put on it can be easily absorbed through the
pores.
Now, why would I recommend you use perfume or cologne as a
fragrance but to choose a skin care product without them?
The reason is simple. When you use skin care products, they are
applied all over the face, neck, and body.
This covers a lot of surface area and, therefore, a great
deal of chemical absorption occurs.
Now, I'm sure that many colognes and perfumes contain less than
desirable substances too, but I'm enough of a realist to know
that people aren't going to stop using these products to smell
nice.
However, with perfumes and colognes, you can achieve what
you want by a small dab here and there.
So, in my opinion, this is a much better route to go than to
use skin care products that also contain potentially dangerous
fragrance chemicals that are directly applied and massaged into
the skin all over your body.
Parabens: methyl, propyl, butyl, and ethyl
paraben. Many skin care products (and moisturizing products)
will use parabens as a preservative so their products have a
long shelf life. The reason is purely economical.
However, studies suggest that they may cause cancer and
interfere with the body’s endocrine system, as well as causing
allergic reactions and skin rashes.
Alcohols: ethanol, ethyl alcohol, methanol,
benzyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol and SD alcohol. Not all
alcohols have the same properties, but these, which are
commonly found in skin care products, are very drying and
irritating for the skin.
Alcohols such as these strip away the skin's natural acid
mantle, making you more vulnerable to bacteria, moulds and
viruses.
Now that we've looked at some of the bad, let's examine some of
the good ingredients and some ingredients that sound good but
in fact aren't.
Look for Skin Care Products that Contain These
Ingredients -
Before we have a discussion of specific ingredients, it's
important to educate ourselves a little bit more on skin itself
and what makes a product good or poor.
The biggest reason our skin, whether on the face or the rest of
the body, develops lines and/or starts to sag, is that the
collagen and elastin in our skin begins to break down. This is
the most technical this page is going to get, so bear with me
for just a sentence or two.
Collagen is a protein that is fibrous in
nature. What makes collagen different from other kinds of
protein is that it possesses great tensile strength, which
means, among other things, it provides firmness to the
skin.
You don't need to be a scientist, therefore, to understand that
as collagen breaks down due to aging, the firmness of our skin
becomes...well, less firm. Wrinkles appear and skin starts to
sag.
Elastin, too, is a protein that helps skin
stay "flexible" and firm. If your skin is stretched, elastin is
the protein that helps it return to its original position.
What all of this means for you is that you do not want to
purchase a skin care product that is nothing more than a cream
that fills in fine lines and wrinkles, giving the appearance of
temporarily nicer skin when it's on...but the illusion
shattered when you wash it off.
You want a product that contains ingredients that
actually stimulates new collagen and elastin production in your
skin. If you achieve this, you will, in reality, begin to turn
back the clock.
Now, pay attention here because I'm going to share with you
something extremely important.
Avoid These Deceptive Practices
Used in Some
Expensive Skin Care Products
Some of the manufacturers of more pricey products will try
to dupe the public by including some really good active
ingredients.
What's wrong with that you say?
Well, here's the tactic they use.
Because these active ingredients are beneficial for the
skin, they include some just so that they can legally list them
on the product label.
This way, the typical consumer thinks they are getting a
great product.
But, because these ingredients are expensive, and because,
as discussed before, a lot of well known companies are already
spending much of their budget on marketing, they don't put in
enough of these 'active ingredients' to have any real benefit
for your skin.
So, when choosing a skin care product, it's not just about
selecting one with good ingredients; it's also about choosing
one with a high concentration of these good ingredients.
Choose a
Skin Care Range That
Contains
These Good
Ingredients
Collagen
After my brief discussion about the importance of collagen, you
would think that buying a product with collagen in it would be
a great thing. And the marketers who sell products that contain
collagen know this.
But it's a bogus ingredient because
collagen molecules are much too large to
penetrate into the skin when applied topically.
To be of any benefit, you must purchase a product with
ingredients that have been shown to stimulate your body's own
collagen production.
Phytessence Wakame
Phytessence Wakame is an exotic kelp, native
to the Japanese Sea. It works by blocking a harmful enzyme in
your body called hyaluronidase. Hyaluronidase breaks down
hyaluronic acid in your skin. You may think "well who
cares."
Well, you should because without hyaluronic acid, the elastin
and collagen fibers lose their "glue," which leads to a loss of
youthful appearance and dark eye circles.
But don't just take my word for it. If you research this on
wikipedia, you will read, for example, "Hyaluronan is also a
major component of skin, where it is involved in tissue
repair."
Cynergy TK
This is a new exciting, cutting edge substance. Cynergy
TK actually stimulates your own collagen to grow
again. In fact, it is proven in clinical trials to stimulate
not only the regrowth of collagen but also elastin, thereby
promoting firmness and elasticity.
In short, fewer wrinkles, and more youthful, healthier
looking skin. It may help improve your skin's ability to retain
its needed natural moisture.
Indeed, studies show a sustained 14% improvement in skin
moisture retention over 18 days. Studies on Cynergy TK
also show a sustained improvement in skin elasticity of 42%
over 18 days.
CoQ10
If you look at the ingredient list for some of the better
skin care products, you'll often see CoQ10
listed.
CoQ10 is short for Coenzyme Q10, so you may also see it
listed this way. CoQ10 is a vitamin like substance that is
found in all of our body's cells and is very important for
healthy skin.
CoQ10 is a powerful antioxidant. A lot of skin damage and aging
comes from free radicals wreaking havoc in our body's
cells.
CoQ10's antioxidant ability can counter these free radicals
before damage occurs.
Unfortunately, like many other vital substances, as we age, the
amount of CoQ10 in our bodies becomes depleted.
Although CoQ10 is a great ingredient, not all forms are equal.
One in particular stands head and shoulders above the rest.
This version of it is called Nano-Lipobelle
H-EQ10.
Don't let the name scare you off, though. Here's why it's
different. Most of the CoQ10 you buy in a typical skin care
product is not readily usable when applied topically to the
skin.
Nano-Lipobelle H-EQ10, on the other hand, is a special
‘nano-emulsion’ form of CoQ10, which penetrates far
down into the skin, thereby providing much greater benefits for
skin health. In fact, Nano-Lipobelle H-EQ10 can
penetrate down 7 layers deep into the skin.
Because this version of CoQ10 can penetrate so deeply, it is
extremely effective at ‘gobbling up’ free radicals in your
skin. The result is a powerful anti-wrinkle effect.
Nano-Lipobelle can also promote collagen and elastin
production as well.
Together, these three main active ingredients are
some of the most powerful anti-aging skin care compounds
available, and can significantly improve the look and feel of
your skin.
Where can you find all three of these ingredients in
one product line?
The
Xtend-Life Natural Products company, that's
where.
This company is located in New Zealand but ships products
world-wide. I use their products daily.
The company is not a household name. It doesn't have big
hollywood celebrities endorsing their products for even bigger
royalties.
They don't advertise all over the radio, in magazines, and
on TV.
They're one of the few companies that focuses on spending the
bulk of their money on the production of the absolute best
products available, not the best marketing hype.
You can think of them as your "secret weapon" the big
companies don't want you to know about.
So, if you truly want to achieve younger looking more vibrant
skin, I suggest you
visit their site and read about their skin care philosophy
(click here to visit them) .I
think you'll be as impressed as I am. At the very least,
you'll learn more about what to look for and what to avoid
when it comes to taking care of your precious skin.
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