A great rule of thumb is: if you can't pronounce it; don't eat it. If you would be afraid to eat it; don't put it on your skin.
Your skin is what you put on it. Use chemicals and it will absorb those chemicals. Pure plant oils are what your skin craves. Keep it happy and it will keep you happy!
Love being outdoors? Not too good at using a mineral-based sunscreen?
You skin needs to be replenished the pure, toxin-free way. This of beef jerky. This is what happens to our skin with constant heat and sun exposure. Beef jerky doesn't take high heat, just low heat and air circulation. Do you know someone who "worshipped" the sun and now has dry leathery, wrinkled skin?
Our mineral-based sunscreen is perfect for helping you protect your skin.
Don't let leathery, wrinkled skin happen to you. Use one of our wonderful skin balms: Ultimate Lotion, Whipped Body Butter. For faces: use the Forever Young Face Oil at night and the Face Cream with sunscreen every day. The Live Long Sunscreen can be used on your face as well as the rest of your body. I prefer the Face Cream, for my face; it is fantastic!
Cleanse skin with a toxin-free castile soap.
Your skin will respond. It will become more resilent, soft and "plumped".
Are you tired of alway being told you need more and more products in a "Face Care Regimen?" Using toxin-free products that care for your skin gently, you can create your own regimen.
If you have oily skin and don't wear makeup -- rinse your face with water, then use a Facial Toner on a cotton pad or ball, even a cotton cloth. Then use Acne Healing Gel to control oil and the blemishes. The Facial Scrub is great to use 2 or 3 times a week, especially easy to use in the shower!
If you have Normal skin -- You have several options. If you wear makeup, you should use the Daily Cleanser to remove the makeup. The Eye Makeup Remover is fantastic at removing eye makeup while helping to reduce the puffiness under the eyes. Without makeup, you can use a Facial Toner, then the Forever Young Face Cream or Forever Young Face Oil.
With normal skin, using the Facial Scrub once or twice per week can help remove dead skin cells.
Should I use the Forever Young Face Cream or Forever Young Face Oil?
These formulas are both anti-aging. These also bring skin smoothness and reduces visible wrinkles--all without toxic ingredients!
Dry or older, more mature skin will definately benefit from using the FY Face Oil. I recommend using the Face Oil twice a day with these skin types.
Normal skin can really benefit from using the FY Face Oil around the eye and mouth area that ages faster. Here I recommend using the FY Face Oil at night. Then use the FY Face Cream in the morning. Be sure to apply to the neck and upper chest area.
Dry skin will definately need the FY Face Oil. Dry skin may not need to be cleansed or toned except with plain water, unless you wear makeup.
EXFOLIATING FACE PEEL
This formula is for a more extensive "face restructuring." This formula helps you take control of your "aging".
Hope this helps you negotiate the sometimes murky waters of Face Care.
Face Care Samples
----NOW AVAILABLE----
Want to try some products before purchasing a full-size bottle?
Now you can.
$0.00
Face Care Challenge Pack
Are you using expensive Department store or Spa Face Care Products? I challenge you to try our handcrafted petroleum-toxin-free products!
See for yourself why Healing-Scents.com
Toxin-Free products
are so much better for your skin!
Special Challenge Pack includes: 4 oz. Daily Cleanser, 4 oz. No Alcohol Toner, 1 oz. Eye Makeup Remover, 2 oz. Face Scrub, 1/4 oz. Forever Young Face Cream, 1 dram Forever Young Face Oil.
This light cream is highly protective of delicate skin. Works great as an under-makeup cream. Provides protection from sun damage.
Contains six healing oils (not like that mineral oil that seals skin and can clog pores). My customers are raving over how their face looks and feels!
Test this against those other high-cost commercial products. You will be quickly convinced that chemical-free is better. Rich and emollient this cream contains carrot seed, rosemary and lavender essential oils to continue the healing and protection while benefiting your stress levels also.
Nourishing oils and essential oils help support, protect and heal skin damage. We recommend using the Forever Young Skin Oil at night and this cream during the day. Works great under make-up.
I wanted to tell you that the face cream is the best I've ever had. My face is the softest it's ever been. I just love it!!!
Thank you,
Talk to you soon,
Yoli
$0.00
Forever Young Face Oils
forever young facE oils
We all want to look younger.
This Intensive treatment heals the ravages of sun, chemicals and time. Every decade of our lives bring different issues and problems to our skin (our largest organ). Faces get the brunt of damage because it is the “front-line”. Sun, wind, pollution, chemical products will dry out and damage delicate facial skin.If you happen to have a job that places you out in the elements several hours each day, you need to drench you face with these healing carrier oils and essential oils. When I am going to be outside for a while, I will apply Forever Young Face Oil before heading out—especially around the easily-damaged eye area.
These oils can even help those who are smokers. Many of my clients are amazed at the results after only one week.
Test this oil against your current products and I believe you will be convinced. Use Forever Young Face Oil on one hand and your current product(s) on the other. There is a difference very quickly!
Men who work outdoors also need this protection and healing. Women get you husbands caring for their skin. Let them know that you want them “unlined”. There is nothing frou-frou about these products….they just work great!
Specially blended for every age. These formulas help rejuvenate your skin. The blend of carrier oils in these formulas are almost as important to your skin as the essential oils. They contain vitamins and minerals to nourish your skin.
Use twice a day (or more often) for damage-reversal. Skin should be nourished often to counteract the continuing damage from sun, wind, and environmental toxins. If treated properly, your skin will become softer and show little sign of aging over the years.
20s skin -- a wrinkle preventative -- almond, apricot and hazelnut oils; lavender, fennel, carrot, chamomile and geranium essential oils.
30s skin -- hazelnut, jojoba, almond, and apricot oils; palmarosa, carrot, fennel, clary sage, vitamin e.
How to apply the Forever Young Face Cream and Face Oil
When applying the face oil or the cream, gently massage skin with pulling and stretching.
When looking at face, divide into quadrants. -- I usually start with the left upper cheek/eye area.
Apply a small dot of cream or oil to area. Gently massage into skin.
Move to another area of face or neck.
These creams and oils are safe for the whole eye area. Just be careful. If cream or oil get into eye, there can be blurring. This is because of the oils. Contacts will need to be cleaned to remove residue.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO APPLY CREAM AND/OR OIL TO THE NECK AREA. Our necks can really "tell our age" if we do not care for it regularly. I am very careful to also apply to my upper chest area at least once per week to avoid the "crepe-paper" skin look there.
Acne Care Starter Pak
Acne Care Starter Pak
Take control! A package designed to start clearing up skin problems.
Includes a 8 oz. bottle of Acne Care Cleanser for gentle cleansing, .75 oz. Acne Care Healing Gel, an 8 oz. Acne Toner, 2 oz. Facial Scrub and a Blemish Stick.
A naturally gentle way to clear, healthy skin.
Harsh cleansers and highly chemicalized products can be worsening your acne.
$48.95
Acne Care Healing Gel
Acne Care Healing Gel
Formulated to help heal acne and control outbreaks.
Used in conjunction with a cleansing routine such as the Daily Cleanser or Acne Care Cleanser, this soothing, healing gel will combat acne, stop the infection and heal skin.
Formulated with Lavender hydrosol, emu, and hazelnut oil with essential oils to heal acne.
Testimonial:
Kathleen, I love this stuff! I can't believe the feeling my face has the second I apply it. It takes away any redness or soreness even inflamation in the area of the acne. It is soooo nice. Thank you, Mrs. Lori
Testimonial:
Kathleen, I love this stuff! I can't believe the feeling my face has the second I apply it. It takes away any redness or soreness even inflamation in the area of the acne. It is soooo nice. Thank you, Mrs. Lori
Testimonial:
Kathleen, I love this stuff! I can't believe the feeling my face has the second I apply it. It takes away any redness or soreness even inflamation in the area of the acne. It is soooo nice. Thank you, Mrs. Lori
Testimonial:
Kathleen, I love this stuff! I can't believe the feeling my face has the second I apply it. It takes away any redness or soreness even inflamation in the area of the acne. It is soooo nice. Thank you, Mrs. Lori
Testimonial:
Kathleen, I love this stuff! I can't believe the feeling my face has the second I apply it. It takes away any redness or soreness even inflamation in the area of the acne. It is soooo nice. Thank you, Mrs. Lori
Testimonial:
Kathleen, I love this stuff! I can't believe the feeling my face has the second I apply it. It takes away any redness or soreness even inflamation in the area of the acne. It is soooo nice. Thank you, Mrs. Lori
$0.00
Acne Care Cleanser
Acne Care Cleanser
A simply gentle cleanser designed to help heal acne problems. Using chemically products can make acne worse, or can even be causing the problems.
Contains lavender and tea tree essential oils in combination with neem seed oil. This very gentle cleanser uses almond meal, witch h...
$0.00
Blemish Stick
Blemish Stick
Quickly heals those annoying spots! Use as soon as the breakout starts and it will heal quickly.
Made with calendula oil, neem seed oil, beeswax, tea tree, lavender, eucalyptus essential oils.
Comes in a lip-balm style tube. The sample has only been filled part way.
$0.00
Daily Cleanser
Daily Face Cleanser
NEW! No soap formula for softer skin!
Beautiful Skin starts with chemical free skin! Pamper your face with this toxin-free cleanser. Gentle and soothing!
Great skin begins with a toxin-free cleanser. This cleanser is a simple solution to great face cleansing. Gently, but thoroughly cleanses skin to remove makeup, unclog pores, and start the healing process to undo the damages of the day.
$0.00
Eye Makeup Remover
Eye Makeup Remover
This oil was created to remove eye make up gently.
Helps soothe eye area and relieve puffiness and darkness under eye. Take a small amount on cotton ball. Wipe gently over the surface of the lash and eyelid. Leaves skin and lashes soft and conditioned.
Citric and Lactic acids make this peel naturally effective at removing the dry, dead skin layer. Use regularly to have younger looking skin.
Use no more that once per week to avoid any damage. It only takes 3-5 minutes to "feel the sting", which means it is working. Leaving it on too long can cause redness and dryness. It is very important to take care when using this product. But it can be very satisfying to take control of your own skin care.
Follow with "Forever Young" Facial Oil for soft silky skin.
$0.00
Facial Scrub
FACIAL SCRUB
Part of a beautiful face regimen. Scrubs get the debis that clog pores and cause wrinkles.
Use on normal or oily skin to help balance and heal. Always remember to massage gently onto face and throat.
Almond and Honey -- Great for oily or damaged skin. Contains: almond meal, colloidal oatmeal, buttermilk powder, honey, water; tea tree and chamomile essential oils. Herbal Balancing -- For normal or oily skin. An invigorating scrub with a minty aroma. Contains: Colloidal oatmeal, kaolin clay, rose petal powder, catnip powder, lavender bud powder, buttermilk powder, water; spearmint essential oils.
NOW COMES IN A TUBE FOR EASIER USE IN THE SHOWER!!
$0.00
Toner, NO ALCOHOL formula
No Alcohol Face Toner
Want to get away from toners that are alcohol based?Made with water-distilled witch hazel instead of alcohol-based witch hazel.
Has the light brown color witch hazel bark instills in the water.
Acne - Oily skin. Healing and soothing.
Herbal - Normal to oily skin.
Lavender - Normal to dry skin.
Lemon Refresher - normal to oily skin.
Minty - Normal to oily skin. Refreshing.
Tangerine - Normal to oily skin.
$0.00
THE CHANGING FACE OF SKIN CARE
In a classic episode of the sitcom Seinfeld, Jerry dates a dermatologist, who says she's "saving lives" all day by treating skin diseases. Jerry is skeptical, and his sidekick George squawks: "Saving lives? She's one step away from working at the Clinique counter."
Think about that before you rush off to get your forehead smoothed or your skin freshened for the holidays. George's assessment may be a little harsh, but there's no denying that the line between dermatology -– the medical specialty devoted to skin disorders and diseases -– and cosmetology -– the practice of improving a person's appearance –- is becoming increasingly blurred.
Indeed, the term "cosmeceutical" -– a product marketed as a cosmetic that purportedly has biologically active ingredients that affect the user -– has sprung up to define a broad gray area where the practice of medicine and the pursuit of vanity meet.
HEAVILY INVESTED. A variety of factors are behind the rise of cosmeceuticals: the aging of the baby boom generation; increasingly effective alternatives to plastic surgery, such as Allergan's (AGN ) Botox; and the financial disincentives of managed care. Add them all up, and cosmeceuticals comes to a booming business that has implications far beyond the promise of diminished crow's feet and less-visible laugh lines.
From 2003 to 2004, sales of skin-care cosmeceuticals in the U.S. are expected to grow by 7.3%, to $6.4 billion, according to consumer industry tracker Packaged Facts. Major cosmetic companies -– including Estee Lauder (EL ), Avon (AVP ), L'Oreal, and Revlon (REV ) -– are already heavily invested in such products and will continue to be.
So far, relatively few drugmakers, besides Allergan and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ ), with its Vitamin A-based drugs, are in the business. That may change, though. The success of Botox, which was a $564 million product in 2003, and the aging of youth-obsessed baby boomers haven't been lost on the drug industry. Pfizer (PFE ), for one, bought a company called Anaderm in 1996 to focus specifically on cosmeceuticals.
ELEVATED AESTHETICIANS. Certainly, the business of improving appearance by medical means is vast and is growing in many directions. Along with cosmeceuticals, a wide range of treatments are available in doctors' offices. Chemical peels, laser treatments, microdermabrasion, which were once primarily the purview of spas and beauty clinics, are now common offerings at many dermatologists' offices.
Doctors are opening their own spas, lending their names to various product lines, and writing books detailing methods that allegedly keep skin youthful. About half of all dermatologists sell cosmetic products in their offices, estimates Howard Maibach, professor of dermatology at the University of California, San Francisco.
As a result, patients increasingly see dermatologists as having the skills and tools to reverse or halt the aging process -– and many doctors are more than happy to serve as elevated aestheticians. The reality is that doctors in the profession are "tour guides" to patients traversing a confusing world of products and services (Botox, collagen, lasers, and peels) promising youth, says Richard Glogau, clinical professor of dermatology at University of California, San Francisco. (Glogau consults for several cosmeceutical makers.)
Plenty of dermatologists view selling cosmeceuticals as good medical practice. "What we love about dispensing [these products] is we really know what patients are using," says Patricia Farris, a dermatologist based in New Orleans and clinical assistant professor at Tulane University.
A BLEMISHED REPUTATION? There's no denying that they're good business, too. She says such products are the beginning of a "step-up process" to prescription drugs or procedures like Botox injections and laser treatments, which is where the biggest dollars are. "You don't start with the big guns," says Farris. (Farris consults for a number of cosmetic companies.)
This emphasis on the aesthetic rather than the medical has some in the field concerned. "Cosmetic dermatology is really injuring the reputation of dermatology," says Eileen Ringel, a dermatologist in Maine who is also on the Food & Drug Administration's advisory committee for dermatology. "People come to me and think I'm a cosmetologist, and they don't know the difference. That's our fault as dermatologists." (Ringel doesn't perform cosmetic dermatology services of any kind.)
Dermatologists' reputation may not be all that's suffering. As these practitioners spend more time addressing cosmetic complaints, they have less time to treat patients with skin diseases, including potentially fatal skin cancers. The average wait time to see a dermatologist in major cities around the country is 24.3 days -- the longest among high-demand medical specialties including obstetrics and gynecology and cardiology -- according to a 2004 survey by physician staffing firm Merritt, Hawkins & Associates.
"ONE-DIMENSIONAL." According to data from the American Academy of Dermatology's 2002 practice profile survey, 90% of dermatologists interviewed reported a need for more medical or general dermatologists in their local area, while only 13% cited a need for more cosmetic dermatologists. "A severe shortage of dermatologists threatens patients' access to care and is likely to further increase the amount of medical and surgical skin care provided by nondermatologists," the study's authors wrote.
Though dermatology has become one of the most sought-after specialties among medical students, some fear that the field's dynamism is faltering. Funding from universities and industry alike for "basic science and research [on] important diseases is shunted to cosmetics," says Ringel. New York-based dermatologist A. Bernard Ackerman agrees: "Instead of being multifaceted and fascinating, it is one-dimensional." (Ackerman doesn't perform cosmetic dermatology.)
Sheldon Pinnell, professor emeritus at Duke University, disagrees. "I'm bullish about the profession from a number of points of view," says Pinnell. "[We're researching] everything from conditions that are life-threatening to ways of protecting skin that improve the cosmetic nature of skin." Advances in technology could soon spur the FDA and professional societies like the American Academy of Dermatology to make more rigorous demands of skin science and its practitioners, critics say. Both are now largely absent from the debate. (Pinnell is a consultant to a line of products called SkinCeuticals.)
Among consumers, the popularity of cosmeceuticals will continue to rise as long as improving physical appearance remains a top social priority. The question is: What will be the medical and scientific community's role in shaping this fast-rising field?
Tsao is a reporter for BusinessWeek Online in New York
Edited by Patricia O'Connell
Information about some of those popular commercial face products:
Oil of Olay Regenerist
Our population is getting older. By the year 2010 around 40 per cent of female Europeans will be aged over 50. Of the more than 2,000 women surveyed by Olay, most spent an average of £200, and some a whopping £500, a year on anti-ageing treatments.
Globally, the picture is much the same. The skin-care market is valued as being worth around £21 billion a year and rising, and anti-wrinkle creams make up a sizeable proportion of sales. Panic buying is the only reasonable way to describe it.
Most of todayÂ’s anti-ageing formulas boast sophisticated technology and unique ingredients. But at the most basic level there is very little difference between them. What is more, many contain ingredients that can accelerate skin damage and which may even have more serious health implications over the longer term.
Regenerist is Olay’s top brand. It’s costly but claims to ‘harness the latest peptide technology in an exclusive amino-peptide complex’. The product needs to be well absorbed, but that’s not much of a challenge as facial skin is thinner than skin elsewhere and Regenerist contains penetration enhancers to help the process along. The effect is superficial and temporary, however, lasting only as long as you keep using the product.
WHAT'S IN IT?
Regenerist contains the usual range of skin irritants, strong perfumes and colours. Full safety data appear to be lacking for some of its ingredients. However, it does contain carcinogenic acrylamide, triethanolamine (which can form cancer-causing oily compounds called nitrosamines) and Teflon (recently dubbed by environmentalists as the ‘new DDT’).
Regenerist also contains a range of ultraviolet filters, enough to have a potential additive effect in the process of skin damage. Sun-screens have become de rigueur in anti-wrinkle formulas, almost to the point of insanity: scan the label of some night creams, and you will find UV filters in these as well. The British facial skin-care market generated sales of £478m last year. Olay (owned by household products giant Proctor & Gamble) claims nearly 19 per cent of this market, more than double the share of its nearest competitor, L’Oreal. According to Olay’s figures, four Regenerist products are sold in the UK every minute.
Nivea
Nivea’s ingredients are, sadly, not very different from commercial hand and body lotions in all price ranges all over the world. But it does not yet use nanotechnology: the ultimate achievement in penetration enhancing ingredients that bypass the skin’s protective barrier and pass more deeply into the body and bloodstream. So it may be a relatively ‘safe’ choice.
Nevertheless, given the trust that women have put into Nivea over the years, it’s dismaying to see just what goes into the bottle. Along with semi-synthetic fatty acids and waxes, many of which do not have full safety data, nivea lotion contains the full complement of estrogenic parabens, contact allergens and penetration enhancers, five potential carcinogens, perfume, and even extra fragrance ingredients. In fact, one third of the listed ingredients are fragrances that are known irritants and sensitisers – chemicals that, with repeated exposure, can trigger allergic reactions. Once a person is sensitized even the smallest exposure can trigger a response.
Most acne treatments contain either a harsh anti-microbial like benzoyl peroxide or a chemical exfoliant like salicylic acid as their primary active ingredient. Clearsil's 3 in 1 face wash is no exception, making use of the skin-peeling effects of the latter. Like all acne skin washes, it is a somewhat schizophrenic mixture of heavy-duty detergents and solvents that remove the skin's natural oils, and synthetic skin conditioners designed to repair some of the damage the detergents and solvents inflict on the skin. In addition, it contains a range of well-known skin irritants, two potential carcinogens and five fragrance ingredients that are among the most commonly reported contact allergens in the EU. These fragrance ingredients so consistently produce skin problems that they must now be listed separately on the label.
Clearasil was first introduced to acne-troubled teenagers in the 1960s. Owned by Crookes Healthcare, the UK division of Boots Healthcare International, it is the global leader in anti-acne treatments. Boots purchased the brand from the US giant Procter & Gamble for £190m in 2000. It was a profitable move. Last year in the US alone acne remedies generated $286.3m worth of sales, and Clearasil accounted for nearly 10 per cent of these. In the UK, medicated skincare products are worth around £77m annually, and Clearasil boasts a 17 per cent share of this market.
But while people all over the world continue to buy acne treatments, there is little evidence that they do much good. Generally speaking, acne begins when hormones stimulate oil production or a genetic predisposition produces excess shedding of skin cells. Both oil and skin cells can clog follicles, thus creating an ideal climate for the bacterium Propionibacterium acnes to proliferate. The waste products of P acnes are what eventually cause the inflammation we know as pimples.
Over-the-counter acne treatments are not cures. In fact, there is no known cure for acne. In teenagers the condition is usually transient, settling down with hormones. In adults, a more complex set of factors, including food allergies, stress and, in women, cyclical hormone changes and cosmetic use, are usually to blame.
