Skin has many important functions in our body such as: protection, excretion and nourishing. It protects against UV rays by absorbing and converting them into dark pigment to prevent further damage. The skin is also the largest excretion organ, eliminating bodily waste through its pores. Its oily glands secrete sebum, which maintains the elasticity of the skin’s surface. The water skin storage helps metabolic reactions, minerals and vitamins absorption.

Today, when people are more concerned about side effects, due to chemicals in personal care, when traces of parabens (preservatives) were found in breast tissue, organic herbs and genuine oils in skincare formulations become a necessity.

The general knowledge about herbs as ingredients in personal care along with the understanding of skin functions can open unlimited possibilities for people to choose a proper skin routine, free of side effects.

A natural and organic treatment for the skin has the same importance for your inner health as a natural and organic food. The natural and organic skin care routine becomes the new way of finding the right approach to feed the skin.

Skin requires water, vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids, proteins for its cells as much as your inner body needs them for a proper metabolic function of its organs. This is the natural and valid way of obtaining a younger looking skin for a long period of time while keeping the skin healthy.

The name natural or organic in skin care becomes very controversial since usually natural ingredients are mixed with chemical ingredients for the sake of nice and fluffy structure and for a long and strong preservation of the products.

If you’re looking for a nice looking cream with white and fluffy structure you will never find it to be a real natural cream unless they contain bleach and/or stabilizers.

One or two natural ingredients are not enough to start all chain reactions necessary to promote extended collagen and elastin production, or other vital metabolic reactions.

Many chemical ingredients in a formulation that also contain natural ingredients can induce oxidation of the last releasing free radicals that can damage the skin.

On the other hand, chemical substances can mimic similar structures with natural active constituents and compete for the same cell receptors. The result is the diminishing of the effects of the natural constituents.

Some chemicals are very hard to eliminate from the skin due to their unrecognizable structure and tend to accumulate in different parts of the body and even block the skin pores makes the toxin elimination very difficult.

In conclusion: Be very careful when you choose a natural cream; be aware when you see more than one or two unknown names (chemicals) in a natural product. Be picky as if you were choosing a proper outfit. Don’t be tricked by fancy advertising. Look carefully at the ingredients of your skin care products as you would look for side effects on a prescription medication.

With bath and body stores everywhere you turn and skin care and other beauty products slamming the shelves each day, should you care?

To truthfully answer this question, you must ask yourself a few questions..

One. Are your looks important to you?

Two. Do you care about the beauty of your skin?

Three. Are you willing to pay for the products these bath and body stores provide?

If you answered yes to all three questions, then yes you should care about your overall appearance and I suggest you check out a bath and body store near you. If you answered yes to the first two, but answered no to the third.. then you should really consider whether your looks really are important to you. After all, you wouldn’t wear a stained shirt to a job interview.. so why if you are willing to clean your shirt, something that can be replaced, why not care for your skin with a top of the line bath and body beauty product? If you answered no to all three questions, then you really need to ask yourself an entirely new question.. Do you care about yourself?

In today’s world, those who look clean in appearance radiate a glow of success,importance, and dignity. Those who do not, tend to not feel good about themselves and the rest of society can see it.