Skin Care is Skin Deep

I always wondered why there were so many different skin care companies and why “woman” needed so many different products to take care of their skin. I also wondered how many years of sciences were required to come up with all those chemical products and to identify the most beneficial natural extracts that give younger looking skin. As long as the product says it will make your skin look healthier, it must be true, right?

If you’re sceptical like I am, you are probably wondering how to get more information about the products you use to see if they are safe. I found this great website a few years called the Skin Deep Report (http:// http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/). Skin Deep is a safety guide to cosmetics and personal care products brought to you by researchers at the Environmental Working Group. You can browse products by brand name and company name. Unfortunately, not all products are listed on the website (“yet”), but you call always lookup the ingredients that were used to create your cleanser, toner, lipsticks or moisturizer and decide weather the ingredients are safe enough for your skin. The website also identifies which companies test their products on animals, and which companies have signed a pledge to formulate products that do not use ingredients that are known or suspected to cause certain health harms.

If you care about your skin, this website is one you will want to bookmark!