Health Market

There are more than 50,000 different cosmetics on the market today. Most of these products simply pick up on the latest consumer fad, even though the product doesn’t actually work. For example, take a look around the cosmetics section of your local pharmacy…how many “eco-safe” products can you find?

The cosmetics industry thinks that consumers will buy anything regardless of the ingredients inside of a cosmetics line. The truth is that consumers are smarter than they ever have been. Today, those purchasing cosmetics now want to know what’s inside of that “magical” anti-aging jar.

Why are ingredients important? Anything that you put on your skin will eventually be absorbed by your skin. This means that selecting cosmetics with poor ingredients might actually hurt your skin and promote aging. What constitutes a “poor” ingredient? Ingredients that are not derived from natural substances should be avoided – after all, would you bathe in a tub full of oil?

Natural Collagen Cosmetics are taken from the purest ingredients on earth. All of these cosmetics are made taking GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and GHP (Good Hygiene Practice) into consideration. The result is a cosmetics line that is safe for your skin while producing incredible anti-aging results.

Some of the ingredients that can be found in Natural Collagen Cosmetics include: Matrixyl™ -3000 (GHK and Pal peptides); GOTU – KOLA (ancient Chinese herb containing flavonoids, vitamins A, C, and E, Triterpen, and Magnesium); Aloe Vera (from the Aloe Vera plant); Vitamin E; and many other natural, anti-aging, substances.

While replenishing your skin with topical creams will provide some results, refreshing your skin from the inside should also be taken into consideration. Skin care is complicated…it takes a lot of work to create a younger, refreshed, look. When you combine topical creams with skin replenishing pills, the result is skin that literally glows from the inside out – regardless of the natural aging process.

Taking care of your skin can be tricky. With all of the anti-aging cosmetics out there, it’s hard to know which ones to choose. The best advice that you can take from this article is to nourish your skin with natural ingredients, work on the outside of your skin with natural creams, and don’t forget to restore the inside too.

Along with Natural Collagen Cosmetics, make sure to eat a healthy diet, exercise, and drink plenty of water on a daily basis. Your skin needs all the help that it can get as you age in order to stop it from losing elasticity and collagen. When you give your skin what it wants, you can expect your skin to radiate in return. Anti-aging skin care doesn’t have to be confusing with the right advice and products by your side.

As you treat both the inside and the outside of your body, you will find that your skin starts to take on a healthy color almost immediately. As the color of your skin increases, you will begin to feel younger and healthier all at once. It’s amazing what the right anti-aging skin products can do for you once you understand how skin really works.

The Product

Virtually no allergy risk, natural mineral cosmetics allow skin to breath. Talc free, chemical free, and dye free natural cosmetics recommended by plastic surgeons and dermatologists, are created from powdered minerals. Their consistency and mineral content act together to calm the most sensitive skin.

Over time mineral cosmetics actually improve your skin. Since your skin is allowed to breathe through the mineral foundation, no oily barrier preventing oxygen from reaching your skin, the texture and tone of your skin improve. Microscopic fibers fill up those tiny lines in your skin and give your complexion a natural healthy glow.

The best part of natural cosmetics is their ability to add a youthful glow while protecting your skin from harmful solar rays. Consisting of mica, titanium dioxide, iron oxides, ultramarine, zinc oxide, mineral foundation is particularly well suited to use as a sunscreen. Titanium dioxide and zinc oxide are both used in high quality sun blocks. These cancer fighting sun-blocking agents are both in most mineral make up products.

Mineral cosmetics are ideal for anyone suffering from acne or post surgical skin procedures. In most instances acne improves after extended periods of using mineral make up because titanium dioxide does not promote the growth of bacteria as some cosmetics may. Due to the dry formula of mineral cosmetics, ingredients such as talc, dye, and perfume are not added. Therefore mineral cosmetics offer a chemical free option to popular cosmetic choices.

100 percent natural cosmetics provide excellent coverage, staying power, and creaseless beauty all day long. Natural anti-drying agents help to seal in moisture and prevent clogged pores. Mineral cosmetics dusted on liberally with special high quality brushes fill tiny lines and hide blemishes, leaving a soft healthy glow and sun protections. Because they don’t have to be reapplied during the day, they reduce stress and increase the happy factor in your life.

The Application

Foundation gives your face a flawless silky glow that reflects health with fine texture and uniform color. A little goes a long way. It is always best to start your make up application with clean fresh skin. If you choose to use moisturizer, it must be fully absorbed before applying mineral cosmetics.

To conceal any flaws: Lightly brush mineral foundation over any areas where flaws exist. Light layers cover better than one heavy layer; so go lightly.

Mineral foundation should be applied to dry skin, moisture will make it cake and appear uneven on your skin. Using a brush to apply the foundation in circular motions results in flawless coverage.

Blusher or bronzing powder should be applied as a highlighting accent to your face and completed with a finishing powder to set your make up.

Eye shadow can be applied either wet or dry, using a shadow brush, apply lightly and add more as needed. A bit of bronzer is an excellent eye shadow choice for daytime wear.

Using a light touch and the right brushes will help you achieve that dewy glow of youth and good health. These products are inexpensive and long lasting, making them an excellent choice for everyday cosmetic needs.

With literally thousands of cosmetics being offered on the market, each boasting and promising the best results available, consumers truly have a difficult task in choosing a product that actually is beneficial to their skin. Sometimes just finding a product that is not detrimental to the skin is next to impossible.  So what is the best way of finding this needle in the hay stack of  products available?

Using common sense and sensibility?

The large hay stack of products can be easily whittled down to what will actually be beneficial to your skin by using your common sense.  Think about this; are not all cosmetic products basically a mixture of various ingredients?  When we think about the complexity of these formulations it becomes puzzling. Did ancient people need such complicated mixtures to make their skin supple?  Of course not!  They simply applied something natural to their skin which was completely safe; such as olive or kukui nut oil. People using their common sense already knew that olive oil is edible, it must therefore be good for topical applications.  No harmful side effects, no allergies, no super-sensitivities.

How to rate ingredients?

Using this same principle we can individually rate the ingredients of a certain cosmetic. Say we choose a certain ingredient from the ingredients list, and apply a liberal amount of it on our skin. For example the ingredient “propylene glycol.”  It is found in 90% of all cosmetic products. What would happen? Would there be any side affects from this chemical?  Would we have an allergy to it?  Better yet, we could we apply the “what is good to eat is good for the skin” principle to this ingredient?   Can you imagine eating “propylene glycol”? No way you might say!  Propylene Glycol is known to cause serious health conditions, including liver and heart damage and damage to the central nervous system if ingested.

Do little amounts matter?

But some may argue, “products only have a fraction of a percentage of these poisonous ingredients, so the product as a whole must not be so harmful.”  However consider this; if I offered you a glass of water with only a small amount of arsenic in it, would you drink it?  Of course not! Therefore, why would you put a cosmetic on your body if it contained poison?  

Making sure that lipsticks and mascara are made from natural organic ingredients is of the utmost importance! Why? Think of how many times you lick your lips, or what happens when you eat something while you are wearing lipstick? Of course, you are ingesting it. If they contain harmful chemicals such as lead, you are contaminating your body. Also mascara can affect the body detrimentaly. The eyes are another doorway to the body by which chemicals find an easy entry. Every time you blink or when tears mix in with the mascara, you may be introducting chemicals into your body. After a while, your body may not be able to ward off these foreign substances, and your eyes will become sensitive, red and watery. These are the first indications that we should begin searching for a good, natural mascara.

If you care about your appearance and your health, then you will be just as selective about what you put in your body as what you put on your skin.

Using this simple skin care tip will help you make a wise product choice.

Xavier is an expert cosmetics formulator who insists on using organic ingredients. Visit  If you would like to learn more about healthy cosmetics, go to the website NATURAL COSMETICS